Lecturer in Russian and East European Studies

Job reference: HUM-028937
Salary: UoM Grade 6 £41,671 to £45,413 pro rata per annum depending on experience
Faculty/Organisational Unit: Humanities
Location: Oxford Road
Employment type: Fixed Term
Division/Team: Modern Languages and Cultures
Hours Per Week: 0.5 FTE
Closing date (DD/MM/YYYY): 23/06/2025
Contract Duration: 22 months
School/Directorate: School of Arts, Languages and Cultures

Overall Purpose of the Job

The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC) contains one of the UK’s largest concentrations of high-quality research and teaching in languages and linguistics. SALC is seeking to recruit a part-time (0.5 FTE) Teaching and Scholarship lecturer (research is not included in this role) to contribute to the teaching activities of Russian and East European Studies which is housed within the department of Modern Languages and Cultures. We welcome applications from candidates with a PhD (or equivalent) in any aspect of Russian and East European Studies. This fixed-term appointment will make an important contribution to Russian and East European Studies at undergraduate level. The post is tenable from 1 September 2025 to 30 June 2027.

The School is strongly committed to the enhancement of excellence, in step with the University’s ambitious plans as set out in the document Our Future: Vision and Strategic Plan, which is designed to cement the University’s place within the world’s top 25 universities. Teaching is a key element of the School’s activity and students at all levels benefit from the breadth of the School in that they can combine languages and pursue interests from a cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspective.

What can you expect in return

The University will actively foster a culture of inclusion and diversity and will seek to achieve true equality of opportunity for all members of its community.

What you will get in return:

• Fantastic market leading Pension scheme
• Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme
• Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays
• Additional paid closure over the Christmas period
• Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers

As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit.

Our University is positive about flexible working – you can find out more here

Hybrid working arrangements may be considered.

Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies.

Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitment@manchester.ac.uk.

Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift.

Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews:

Name: Professor Julia Dobson

Email: julia.dobson@manchester.ac.uk

General enquiries:

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This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date.

Further particulars including job description and person specification are available on the University of Manchester website - click on the 'Apply' button above to find out more.

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