The University is organised into about 140 different departments, each of which recruits its own staff. Permanent academic posts usually have a ‘joint’ post in a College and in the Faculty, but there will also be posts (often, but not exclusively, research-only or teaching-only) that are based in either a College or a Faculty/Department. Colleges arrange their own recruitment and will advertise vacancies on their own websites, although many will also place vacancies on the main university website at:
The following vacancies are primarily in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages, which is based at 41 and 47 Wellington Square.
The Modern Languages Faculty has roughly 1,000 undergraduates reading for the Honour School of Modern Languages or one of five Joint Schools, and approximately 150 graduate students; there are around 100 academic staff holding university posts. The main subjects studied are French, German, Spanish, Russian, Italian, Portuguese, and Modern Greek.
The Faculty’s professional services staff are based in Wellington Square, until the move to the the new Schwarzman Centre in September 2025. Most academic staff are based in colleges, but a small number of academics and some research staff are also based at Wellington Square.
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Current Vacancies
Department Lecturer in French
Contract type
Fixed Term (1 year) from 01 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.
This fixed-term post is to provide replacement teaching for Professor Lubecker. The post will involve advanced teaching and independent academic research in French. The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching of French within the Sub-Faculty of French by offering sixteen hours of lectures or seminars over the course of the year. They will also be responsible for providing eight hours a week of undergraduate tuition in French language and literature at St John’s College.
Salary (£): £38,674 – £40,855 per annum
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Department Lecturer in German
Contract type
Fixed term (1 year) from 01 October 2025 to 31 August 2026.
This post is to cover the absence of the substantive postholder, who is on research leave. The post is available until 31 August 2026. The post will involve advanced teaching and academic research in German. The successful candidate will contribute to the teaching of German within the Sub-Faculty of German by offering 16 hours of lectures or seminars per year (to be determined in consultation with the Sub-Faculty, but drawing on the appointee’s expertise). They will also be responsible for providing undergraduate tuition in German language and literature at Exeter, Merton, and Pembroke Colleges, and playing a part in running Modern Languages in the Colleges.
Salary (£): £38,674 – £46,913 per annum
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Departmental Lecturer in Portuguese
Contract type
Fixed term (1 year) from 01 October 2025 to 30 September 2026.
These fixed-term posts are to provide replacement teaching while one postholder is taking up a Divisional post/sabbatical leave and while another post is temporarily vacant for one year, following the retirement of a postholder.
You will also be expected to offer lectures and will contribute to the administration and research environment of the Sub-Faculty of Portuguese. They will also be responsible during Full Term for tutorials (small group teaching) in Portuguese language and literature, across a range of colleges, and for supporting students in academic and pastoral matters.
Salary (£): £38,674 - £46,913 per annum, with discretionary range to £51,059 (inclusive of Oxford University weighting)
Please click this link to view the vacancy to apply.