Assistant Professor in Spanish of Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College

Requirements 

Gonville & Caius College and Emmanuel College invite applications for a joint College Lectureship in Spanish (fixed term) to be held with a Bye-Fellowship at Gonville & Caius College for nine months commencing on 1 October 2025 and running to 3 July 2026. This is to cover a period of leave for a member of academic staff.

Applications are welcome from persons with expertise in any relevant field of Latin-American Literature, Visual Culture or Thought. The successful candidate will have been awarded their PhD at the time of application. The successful candidate will be required to:

• Play a key role teaching undergraduates on topics from the Cambridge undergraduate Spanish course (Paper Sp1 ‘Introduction to the Language, Literatures and Cultures of the Spanish speaking world’ and other scheduled papers, especially Sp5 ‘Latin American Culture and History’).
• Carry out small group teaching (supervisions) in pairs during term, equivalent to approximately ten hours per teaching week (20 teaching weeks per academic year).
• Take part in admissions interviews in December for both colleges.
• Pursue their own research, with opportunities to become involved in activities within the Faculty of Modern and Medieval Languages and Linguistics.

The remuneration is at point 44 on the University Single Pay Spine (currently £41,509 per annum, pro rata for fixed term). This salary is pensionable under the University Superannuation Scheme (USS). Service as director of studies is separately remunerated and the successful candidate is likely to be asked to serve as director of studies for at least one part of the Modern and Medieval Languages Tripos at Emmanuel College.

The successful candidate would also be:

• Expected to serve as a Pastoral Tutor to a half panel of Undergraduate students at Gonville & Caius College (remunerated separately, currently £10,078 for a full panel).  
• Appointed as a Temporary College Lecturer
• Appointed to a Bye-Fellowship of Gonville & Caius College to be held for the duration of their tenure as Assistant/Associate Professor of Gonville & Caius College.

For queries please contact the Senior Tutor of Gonville & Caius, Dr Andrew Spencer, at senior.tutor@cai.cam.ac.uk or the Senior Tutor of Emmanuel College, Dr Corinna Russell, at cr215@cam.ac.uk.

Application Process

• Online applications, including a letter of application and a full Curriculum Vitae, should be completed by 23:59 BST on Sunday 29 June 2025.
• Candidates should ask two referees to submit confidential letters of recommendation to careers@cai.cam.ac.uk by the same deadline. Referees should be asked to comment on the candidate’s achievements in research as well as their suitability for undergraduate teaching.
• Shortlisted candidates will be invited for interview, in person or online, according to the timeline below.

During the application process, the following details will be required:

• A full CV;
• A completed application form;
• A covering letter outlining reasons for applying, suitability for the job and current research plans;
• Confirmation of the right to employment in the UK;
• Names and email addresses of two referees; and
• One piece of written work up to 10,000 words.
• Short-listed candidates should expect to be notified in the week of Monday 7 July.
• Interviews will be held in person or online on Tuesday 15 July.
• The outcome of the application will be communicated to all candidates as soon as possible after interviews have been completed.

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