SUPERNUMERARY TEACHING FELLOWSHIP IN EARLY MODERN FRENCH
St. John's College invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a five-year fixed-term Supernumerary Teaching Fellowship (without membership of Governing Body), with effect from 1 October 2021. Applications for this post are particularly welcome from women and black and minority ethnic candidates, who are under-represented in academic posts in Oxford.
The annual salary will be on the University’s Grade 6 for Academic Staff (currently £29,176 - £34,804). The Fellow will have rights to lunches and dinners without charge during those weeks of the year when the kitchen is open, the use of an office, and certain College benefits and allowances including teaching and research expenses (currently up to a maximum of £3,000 per year) and a housing allowance (currently £10,560 per year).
The person appointed will be expected to teach undergraduates up to a maximum of eight hours each week averaged over the three eight-week terms and play a full part in the organization and teaching in French in St. John’s for undergraduates reading for the BA in Modern Languages and various Joint Schools, and to undertake research. The Fellow will also be expected to share administrative and pastoral duties, participate in year abroad administration, in the undergraduate admissions process, College Open Days and school visits. The College is seeking a candidate with a firm commitment to undergraduate teaching and pastoral care who will be prepared to be a regular presence in and contribute fully to the life of the College.
Candidates must be able to teach the Early Modern Literature (1530-1800) paper (Paper VII) and the pre-nineteenth century part of the Modern Literature (1715 to the present) paper (Paper VIII) together with appropriate Prescribed Authors (Paper X). They must also be prepared to teach a significant part of the first year literature syllabus and to teach French to English translation. They must demonstrate an ability to teach effectively, to contribute to the organisation of the degree and some College administration, and that they have the interpersonal skills necessary for the pastoral care of students.
Details of the undergraduate syllabus in French can be found at http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/french
The election to the Fellowship will be for one year in the first instance, renewable subject to a satisfactory report on the specific duties. No duties are required for the University and the approval of the College must be sought before any are undertaken. A one-year period of sabbatical leave will be made available in the fifth and final year of the appointment, to permit the Fellow to further his or her research.
The person appointed will have or will have obtained by 1st September 2021 a doctorate degree in French and will be expected to engage in original research.