Applications are invited for the post of part-time Lector in Yiddish. The primary responsibility of the Lector will be to teach Yiddish to graduate students with varying levels of prior knowledge of the language, as well as up to three hours a week for a Yiddish Ulpan. Applicants should be fully qualified in the spoken and written language. Experience in teaching Yiddish at university level is highly desirable. The Lector will be expected to reside in Oxford or within comfortable commuting distance. Teaching undertaken by the Lector is normally conducted at Yarnton Manor near Oxford and in the Oriental Institute in Oxford.
The appointment is to begin on 1 October 2008. The salary will be on the University grade 6 scale, £23,692 to £28,289 a year, pro rata to average teaching hours worked in University Full Term from a minimum of 4.5 hours a week to a maximum of 16.5.
Further particulars are available from Martine Smith-Huvers, Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies, Yarnton Manor, Oxford, OX5 1PY (tel. 01865 377946, fax 01865 375079, e-mail registrar@ochjs.ac.uk), and at http://www.ochjs.ac.uk/.
Applications, including a covering letter and curriculum vitae, should be sent to Mrs Smith-Huvers by 23 April 2008. Applicants should also arrange for three academic referees to write directly by the same date.
The Oxford Centre for Hebrew and Jewish Studies is an equal opportunities employer.