Associate Lecturer (Teaching) in Portuguese Language

About us

SELCS 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, and Swedish). Our taught programmes are innovative and interdisciplinary; academic colleagues and students engage with many urgent concerns facing the world today by understanding Europe’s languages, cultures and histories and their impact globally.

About the role

The post holder will contribute to teaching of Portuguese language and culture at undergraduate level and will teach 8-10 contact hours weekly during the teaching term. They will be assigned a number of Personal Academic Tutees. There may be opportunities to undertake teaching and/or dissertation supervision in other programmes in SELCS-CMII. Teaching is allocated by the Programme Director of Spanish Portuguese and Latin American Studies and the Head of Department (Director) of SELCS.

About you

The successful candidate will have a Postgraduate qualification (Master’s degree or equivalent) within the area of Portuguese Teaching as an Additional Language and/or Portuguese Linguistics and/or another relevant field. They will have knowledge of language assessment and competence standards in the UK and Europe. The post holder will have experience of delivering classroom-based language teaching and of teaching and assessing Portuguese language at university level. They will have a high level of linguistic awareness regarding the phonetic, lexical and grammatical differences across variants of Portuguese, including Brazilian and European Portuguese.

To apply, please upload your CV and supporting statement. The supporting statement should evidence how you meet all the essential criteria, as well as any applicable desirable criteria; it may be uploaded as a cover letter, or submitted as part of the online application form. Please DO NOT include writing samples or other documentation with your application; documents other than CV and supporting statement will not be taken into account when shortlisting for this post. The full 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, please visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

If you have any queries about the role, please contact SELCS Operations team. If you need reasonable adjustments or a more accessible format to apply for this job online or have any queries about the application process, please contact UCL's recruitment team . • The UCL Ways of Working supports colleagues to be successful and happy at UCL through sharing expectations around how we work – please visit www.ucl.ac.uk/ways-of-working to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation. We want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s academic talent, from local to global. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong. We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates currently underrepresented in UCL’s academic, research and teaching workforce. These include: people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; people with disabilities; LGBTQI+ people; and women.

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