The University of Oxford is an equal opportunities employer.
Applications are invited for an Instructorship in Arabic, tenable from 1 October 2007 or as soon as possible thereafter. Applicants must have a native, or equivalent, command of Arabic and competence to teach a colloquial, preferably Syrian/Levantine or Egyptian; and some experience in teaching Arabic as a foreign language at university level. Applicants should hold, or expect to hold by the time of their appointment, a degree in Arabic language and/or literature. The Instructor will be required to cover tutorials in classical as well as Modern Standard texts at both the undergraduate and graduate levels; to develop teaching materials; and will be encouraged to participate in the further development of the profile of Arabic Studies in the University. The salary will be in the range of £23,002 to £27,465 a year.
Further particulars, including an application form and details of how to apply, should be obtained from http://www.admin.ox.ac.uk/fp/, or from the office of Ms C. Vinnicombe, Secretary to the Board of Oriental Studies, Oriental Institute, Pusey Lane, Oxford, OX1 2LE (tel. 01865 278200, fax 01865 278190, e-mail orient@orinst.ox.ac.uk), to whom applications and references should be sent no later than 13 April 2007. Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date.
The University proposes to appoint an Instructor in Spanish in the Faculty of Medieval and Modern Languages. The successful candidate will be required to give up to sixteen hours' language instruction in each of the ten weeks of the University's three terms each year. The successful candidate is expected to be a native speaker of English with excellent Spanish or a native speaker of Spanish with excellent English, and to have a first degree in a relevant subject (language, literature, or linguistics). Experience of teaching Spanish as a foreign language is required. A teaching qualification is desirable but not essential. Familiarity with and an interest in using technology (video, audio, IT) for language teaching is highly desirable. The post is available from 1 October 2007. The salary will be in the range of £23,002 to £30,013 a year.
Further particulars are available from the Faculty website at http://www.mod-langs.ox.ac.uk/, or from Miss Samantha Valentine, 41 Wellington Square, Oxford, OX1 2JF (tel. 01865 270752, e-mail samantha.valentine@mod-langs.ox.ac.uk). The closing date for applications is midday on 11 April 2007 and interviews are expected to take place in the week beginning 30 April 2007.