Job description

Faculty/Directorate: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences

Department: English and Modern Languages
Title of post: Lecturer in Spanish (Language and Business)
Grade of post: 9
Post number: 17527
FT or % P/T: P/T (0.5 FTE)
Permanent/Temporary: Permanent
Principal location of work: Headington Campus
Immediate line manager: HoD English and Modern Languages, Prof. Simon Kvesi
Staff managed: none
Qualifications required for post: Native or near-native speaker in Spanish, Good Honours
Degree in Spanish, or a closely-related discipline
Experience required for post: Experience of teaching Spanish at higher education
contexts, or equivalent
Overall purpose of post: To undertake academic and academic related responsibilities
Main duties:
1. To teach students using appropriate instruction methods such as lectures, tutorials,
seminars and other formal pedagogic work.
2. To contribute to courses across a range of programmes.
3. To supervise students projects and dissertations.
4. To mark and assess students work, and to invigilate.
5. To undertake relevant personal and collaborative research, and to undertake other forms of
scholarly activity as agreed with and supported by the Departments and Facultys research
management teams
6. To contribute to income-generating activities as directed by senior colleagues
7. To contribute to curriculum development work including identification of student
requirements, planning, development and evaluation of courses and course materials.
8. To care for the pastoral needs of students by giving them academic counselling and
guidance and, where appropriate, guidance on where they may find any further help
needed.
9. To contribute collaboratively to education processes including the administration of
education and training programmes.
10. Supported by senior colleagues, to participate in the administrative processes of the
institution including committee membership, quality assurance procedures, recruitment and
admission of students.
11. To participate in staff development and appraisal processes and in-service training.

12. To undertake such other duties as may reasonably be required by the University having
regard to the general principles used in the above descriptions.

Closing date: 1 June 2015

Ref: 496/17527/BC
Please return completed application forms to: Directorate of Human Resources, Oxford
Brookes University, Wheatley Campus, Wheatley, Oxon OX33 1HX.
Please note: The successful applicant will need to be subject to a background disclosure
check by the Disclosure and Barring Service (DBS) before any appointment can be
confirmed. A copy of the DBS Codes of Practice concerning background checks is available
for all applicants, upon request.

Person specification
Faculty/Directorate: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences
Title of post: Lecturer in Spanish (Language and Business)
Starting salary: 33,242, rising annually to 36,309 (pro rata)
Specification

Essential

Desirable

1. Education/Training

Good Honours degree in

Spanish or closely related
subject area.

MA in Spanish or closely
related discipline
PhD in Spanish or a closelyrelated discipline; or PhD
near completion

2. Relevant Experience

3. Relevant Skills/Aptitudes

Experience of teaching
Spanish language at
undergraduate level.

Experience of business
consultancy in a Spanishspeaking context

Ability to supervise
dissertations.

A proven ability to make a

contribution to the MA in
International Business,
Culture and Languages

Native or near-native speaker

in Spanish
Ability to contribute to a range
of courses.
A willingness to undertake
administrative tasks including
year abroad tutor.
Ability to work in a team.
Effective written and verbal
communication skills.
Ability to contribute to
curriculum development.

4. Special Requirements

A proven willingness to pursue

avenues to secure external
funding for personal research
and/or consultancy work.

5. Other

The ability to make a

contribution to the research
culture and/or consultancy and

An interest in innovative
learning and teaching methods,
including e-learning

business objectives of the

Faculty.