ECDS Career Launch Postdoctoral Fellow in European Languages

Job title:

ECDS Career Launch Postdoctoral Fellow in European Languages

Company

University of Edinburgh

Job description

Job Description:College/School/Department: College of Arts, Humanities & Social Sciences, School of Literatures, Languages & Cultures, Department of European Languages & Cultures.Contract Type – Fixed Term – 12 MonthsFull-Time – 35 Hours Per WeekUOE07 – Salary: £39,347 – £46,974Number of Posts: 2As part of the Edinburgh Career Development Scheme (ECDS), the Department of European Languages and Cultures (DELC) invites applications for two Career Launch Postdoctoral Fellows in European Languages. The two available positions are full-time (35 hours a week), and each is available for a fixed term of 12 months from 1st July 2024.The opportunity:These posts are part of the Edinburgh Career Development Scheme (ECDS):The Career Launch postdoctoral fellowships aim to bridge the challenging transition from PhD to externally funded postdoctoral fellowships or equivalent. They are aimed at promising applicants who have completed a PhD but are not yet in an open-ended research role and have not yet been awarded a major funded postdoctoral fellowship (such as those offered by the British Academy or the Leverhulme Trust).These specific fellowships in European languages will support two researchers who have been awarded PhDs at the University of Edinburgh to develop broad research visions in fields of relevance to the work of DELC over the course of a year.Successful candidates will have obtained a PhD at the University of Edinburgh in the past eight years (excluding any career breaks) in a relevant field and show evidence that they are on course to produce innovative research outputs during the course of the fellowship. For these fellowships in European languages, we would expect candidates at least to have passed their viva successfully by the closing date for applications.This advertisement is open to applicants with a research background of relevance to any of the six sections within DELC (interdisciplinary profiles covering multiple languages/sections are also welcome):

• French and Francophone Studies.
• German.
• Italian.
• Russian Studies.
• Scandinavian Studies.
• Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies.

The successful candidates will play a full part in the activities of the most relevant section for their interests with guidance from the Head of Section as their line manager. Depending on their specific profile, they will also gain experience in appropriate teaching and assessment duties, which may include courses in their own section or DELC-wide courses. They are also likely to have opportunities to supervise undergraduate dissertations. They may also take on some course organisation and/or other administrative duties, and they will join a team of colleagues organising the DELC Research Seminar Series.Projects with a European dimension are very welcome, as are projects focusing on other parts of the world beyond Europe that are also of relevance for our approach to language-based area studies.The two available positions are full-time (35 hours a week), and each is available for a fixed term of 12 months from 1st July 2024.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 .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 awarded (or viva recently passed) at the University of Edinburgh in the past 8 years in a relevant field of expertise.
• Recent record of outstanding research activities in the field and a clear research plan for the duration of the fellowship.
• Commitment and demonstrable success in delivering effective university teaching in areas of relevance to European languages and cultures.
• Excellent oral and written communication skills in English and in at least one of the other following languages: Basque, Catalan, Danish, Dutch, French, German, Italian, Norwegian, Portuguese, Russian, Spanish, or Swedish.
• Potential to design and lead supervisory activities for undergraduate students.

Click for a copy of the full job description. If you already hold a contract of employment with the University of Edinburgh, you should apply for this role via the internal applications portal .We do not require references to be provided at the point of application. These will only be requested if you are shortlisted for the position.We will not accept applications via email.If you are submitting application materials in any European language, please also provide copies that are translated into English. Candidates who do not include English language application materials may not have their application considered in full.As a valued member of our team you can expect:A competitive salary of £39,347 – £46,974An exciting, positive, creative, challenging and rewarding place to work.To be part of a diverse and vibrant international communityComprehensive Staff Benefits, such as a generous holiday entitlement, a defined benefits pension scheme, staff discounts, family-friendly initiatives, and flexible work options. Check out the full list on our (opens in a new tab) and use our reward calculator to discover the total value of your pay and benefitsThe University of Edinburgh holds a Silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our commitment to advance gender equality in higher education. We are members of the Race Equality Charter and we are also Stonewall Scotland Diversity Champions, actively promoting LGBT+ equality.How to apply:Applications should be submitted through People & Money. In addition to completing all the basic information, please upload one integrated PDF to the platform that includes:

• A two-page max. covering letter outlining how your experience satisfies the essential/desirable criteria;
• A curriculum vitae, no longer than 4 pages.
• A research proposal covering the duration of the fellowship, including any planned outputs and proposed timescales for these (max. 2 pages).

Interviews will be held as soon as possible after the closing date.If invited for interview you will be required to evidence your right to work in the UK. Further information is available on our webpages. This post is open to visa sponsorship.The University is able to sponsor the employment of international workers in this role. If successful, an international applicant requiring sponsorship to work in the UK will need to satisfy the UK Home Office’s English Language requirements and apply for and secure a Skilled Worker Visa.The closing date for applications is 23 May 2024Unless stated otherwise the closing time for applications is 11:59pm GMT. If you are applying outside the UK the closing time on our adverts automatically adjusts to your browsers local time zone.About Us: As a world-leading research-intensive University, we are here to address tomorrow’s greatest challenges. Between now and 2030 we will do that with a values-led approach to teaching, research and innovation, and through the strength of our relationships, both locally and globally.About the Team:The College of Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences is a large and diverse part of the University. Led by Vice-Principal Professor Sarah Prescott, it has over 16,000 undergraduates, over 8,400 postgraduate taught students, 1,300 research students and more than 4,000 academic and professional services staff. The College incorporates 11 Schools (Business; Divinity; Economics; Edinburgh College of Art; Education; Health in Social Sciences; History, Classics and Archaeology; Law; Literature, Languages and Cultures; Philosophy, Psychology and Language Sciences; and Social and Political Science), the Institute for Advanced Studies in the Humanities and the Centre for Open Learning. The College is located on multiple sites across Edinburgh, with the majority of Schools and College Offices based close to the central George Square area. The College, which is recognised as one of the world’s leading centres for the arts, humanities and social sciences in research and teaching, has been growing and investing strongly in recent years.The College operates at the highest levels of international quality across a very wide range of disciplines in the arts, humanities and social sciences and submitted 1,130 staff across 20 Units of Assessment in the REF2021. The College achieved a superb result, combining a large-scale, broad and diverse submission with very high quality outcomes: 86% of our submission was assessed as being world-leading or internationally excellent. Of the 20 Units we led or joint led, two came first in the UK for breadth and quality (Sociology, and Anthropology & Development Studies). Thirteen were ranked in the top 5. We are incredibly proud of our research environment score, which achieved a remarkable 100% in the two top categories of world-leading and internationally excellent. This part of the assessment measures the ‘vitality and sustainability’ of the schools and research centres in which research and impact is supported. This is a wonderful recognition of collegial, supportive and inclusive research culture. Within CAHSS we celebrate the contribution all of our staff made to the REF – not just our researchers, but our technical and professional services, our postgraduate and early career researchers, and our students, all of whom contribute to our flourishing environment.

Expected salary

£39347 – 46974 per year

Location

Edinburgh – Midlothian

Job date

Sat, 11 May 2024 00:32:18 GMT

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