Ewert House, Ewert Place, Summertown, Oxford
Grade 7: £29,541 – £36,298 p.a. (pro rata)

We are seeking to appoint a Part-time Departmental Lecturer in Language Studies, who will be responsible for planning and delivering the large programme of liberal adult education in modern languages, classical languages and language and cultural studies within the Public and International Programmes division of the Department for Continuing Education.

The Department has been running its large programme of languages courses since 2003 and offers 10- and 20-week long courses in Arabic, Chinese, French, German, Greek, Italian, Portuguese, Polish, Spanish, Russian, Swedish and Turkish at its centres in Oxford and Reading. It also runs weekly classes in Latin, Ancient Greek and Sanskrit; a programme of intensive weekend language training and a small programme of Saturday day schools in aspects of teaching languages and cultural studies.

The successful candidate will be academically well-qualified in modern language teaching and have experience of teaching and research in their subject at higher education level.

The postholder will be required to work 90% of full-time hours. The appointment will be made for 1 year in the first instance, with the possibility of renewal thereafter, during which time the postholder will be based at Ewert House. The Department is committed to developing colleagues both personally and professionally.

Interviews for this position are scheduled to take place on Friday, 13 September 2013.

Applications are to be made online and no later than 12.00 midday on Friday 6 September 2013.