Early Career Teaching & Research Fellow in French & Francophone Studies

Contract: Fixed Term, Full-Time (35 Hours per Week).

Contract Duration: 12 Months

Applications are invited from suitably qualified candidates for the post of Early Career Teaching and Research Fellow in French and Francophone Studies, in the Department of European Languages and Cultures at University of Edinburgh. 

The opportunity:

The appointee will be expected to teach French language and Francophone culture and conduct research in a relevant field of French and Francophone Studies. The successful candidate will have obtained a PhD in the past eight years (excluding any career breaks) in a relevant field of French and Francophone Studies and show demonstrable success of teaching French language and Francophone culture in a Higher Education context. 

They will be expected to contribute to the administration of the subject area, including course organisation, and have excellent written and verbal communication skills in French and English. As a career development role, they will also be expected to develop their research profile. The appointee may also be required to supervise Honours dissertations, contribute to the delivery of MSc programmes and support student learning through pastoral meetings.

This job is a fixed-term career development role intended to cover aspects of teaching, research and administration in French and Francophone Studies. 

The post is available for one year, from 1 September 2024 to 31 August 2025.

We welcome applications for this post from all qualified candidates and particularly welcome applications from members of minority ethnic groups, who are currently under-represented in the School of Literatures, Languages and Cultures.

Informal inquiries may be directed to LLC.Recruitment@ed.ac.uk. 

Please note that while the School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures operates with a hybrid working model, all teaching is delivered in person and on campus.

 Your skills and attributes for success:

• PhD or equivalent awarded in a relevant area in the past 8 years.
• Experience and demonstrable success in delivering effective university teaching in French language and Francophone culture.
• Recent record of outstanding research and publication activities in the field.
• Fluency in written and spoken French, with excellent oral and written communication skills in French and English.
• Potential to design and lead supervisory activities for undergraduate and postgraduate students.

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