Fixed-Term Part-Time Stipendiary Lectureship in German

The College proposes to appoint a 3-hour Stipendiary Lecturer in German from September 2025 to August 2026, based at Wadham College. This is a temporary, fixed-term position to support Professor Duttlinger, the College’s Fellow in German, while she is leading a major research grant.

The lecturer will be required to give on average three hours per week of tutorials for Wadham College during the eight-week term. They are also expected to be available during both term and for some periods of the students’ vacations to offer organizational, pastoral, and (potentially) admissions support. The College expects twelve students reading German within Modern Languages, including joint schools, to be in residence 2025-26.

Key duties include arranging teaching, pastoral care of undergraduate students, setting and marking collections (termly college examinations) and potentially taking part in the undergraduate admissions exercise. The lecturer will be expected to share responsibility for the teaching of German Literature in the college. The period to be covered ranges from the late eighteenth century to the present. This will/may involve the first-year literature and commentary papers (Papers III and IV) and, for the Final Honours School, the Modern Period Paper (Paper VIII) and those Special Authors (Paper X) which they are able to teach. While German grammar, conversation and essay writing are taught centrally, the ability to teach translation either into or out of German would be an advantage.

It is expected that the successful candidate will have, or be close to completing, a doctorate, and they will have proven teaching experience relevant to the subject range to be covered. The successful applicant will be asked to provide proof of right to work in the UK before the post can be confirmed. Please note that the stipend offered for this post means that the College is not in a position to sponsor a Skilled Worker visa.

The stipend will be on a scale from £8284 per annum, subject to revision in line with national adjustments to University teachers’ salaries. The position is superannuable under USS. The lecturer will be a member of the College’s Senior Common Room, will have shared use of a room for teaching, and will be entitled to three meals a week, when the kitchens are open, free of charge. The lecturer will also be entitled to apply to research funds of up to £152 per annum.

Applications, consisting of a covering letter (detailing the candidate’s suitability for the post) and a curriculum vitae, should be emailed to tutorial@wadham.ox.ac.uk by noon on Tuesday 1^stJuly.

Applicants should ask two referees to e-mail references directly to tutorial@wadham.ox.ac.uk by the same date. It is likely that interviews for this position will be held during the week commencing Monday 14^th July.

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