Lecturer (Teaching) in Italian

About us

SELCS-CMII is a world-leading centre for teaching, research and public engagement, focusing on the literature, linguistic traditions, history, sociology, philosophy, art, film and other aspects of the cultures associated with the languages we teach (Danish, Dutch, French, German, Icelandic, Italian, Norwegian, Old Norse, Portuguese, Spanish, Swedish).

BA and MA programmes in SELCS-CMII encompass Comparative Literature, Film Studies, Translation Studies, and interdisciplinary MAs in Gender, Race, Health Humanities, European Studies and Early Modern Studies (please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/european-languages-culture/programmes-and-courses for more information).

About the role

The post holder will contribute to teaching at undergraduate level and will teach approximately 320 contact hours per year. They will primarily teach Italian language but will also be expected to contribute to other modules and to BA and MA dissertation supervision within Italian Studies and programmes across SELCS-CMII.

The post holder will be expected to participate in departmental events and contribute to the intellectual life of the department. They are entitled to devote 15 per cent of their working hours to scholarship and/or research.

About you

We are particularly interested in applications from candidates specialising in translation, multimedia and digital technologies in language pedagogy.

To apply, please upload your CV and personal statement. You should make sure to address all the essential and desirable criteria in the Person Specification, providing evidence to demonstrate how you fulfil each of the essential criteria.

Please DO NOT include writing samples or other documentation with your application; documents other than CV and personal statement will not be taken into account when shortlisting for this post.

The post holder will set and mark assignments and exams as required, participate in oral exams as necessary and update the Moodle language-learning facilities for the modules they teach. They will engage in a range of knowledge transfer and/or public engagement activities and they will actively follow UCL policies, including Equal Opportunities.

More details of the person specification can be found in the Job description.

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

41 Days holiday (including 27 days annual leave

8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)

-Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)

-Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan

-On-Site nursery On-site gym - Enhanced maternity paternity and adoption pay

Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service Discounted medical insurance.

Please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

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