Language Teaching Fellow in Portuguese

Language Teaching Fellow in Portuguese (part-time 0.4FTE)

To teach Portuguese (European variety) on BA undergraduate pathways at Queen's University, Belfast. To recruit students to the BA undergraduate programmes in Portuguese. To promote Portuguese language and culture and provide students with the means to develop their knowledge in this field. To contribute to the design and delivery of teaching and learning on core language modules in Portuguese on the BA undergraduate programmes. To disseminate Portuguese language and culture through the organisation of cultural events.

The successful applicant will be a native speaker of Portuguese, with excellent communication skills in both English and Portuguese. The postholder will be expected to contribute the design, delivery and administration of language-based activities to enhance the student experience, and support students’ language learning at all stages of the undergraduate degree. The role will be concentrated during core teaching periods with expectations that leave entitlement will be taken predominantly outside of term time.

About The Person

The successful candidate must have, and your application should clearly demonstrate that you meet the following essential criteria:

1. Native speaker of Portuguese.
2. Near native proficiency in spoken and written English.
3. An honours-level undergraduate degree (B.A. or equivalent) in an area of the Arts, Humanities and Social Sciences, or equivalent.
4. Proven experience teaching Portuguese language (European variety) at HE or FE level, including evidence of having undertaken a portfolio of activities relating to the teaching of Portuguese language.
5. Experience in delivering timely and constructive feedback to students, in line with established assessment criteria.
6. Experience using technologies such as virtual learning environments to provide an enhanced experience for language learners.
7. Excellent interpersonal skills with experience of working effectively as part of a team.
8. Ability to contribute to the design of course materials and to plan and organise the delivery and assessment within established courses.
9. Availability to work outside of normal working hours, with appropriate planning, for example to attend Open Days or participate in other recruitment activities.

DESIRABLE CRITERIA:

1. A postgraduate qualification in Teaching Portuguese as a foreign language, or cognate field.
2. Experience of delivering a programme of language classes.
3. Experience of event organisation and/or outreach activities.

The successful candidate will be available to occasionally work outside of normal working hours, with appropriate planning, for example to attend Open Days or participate in other recruitment activities.

To be successful at shortlisting stage, please ensure you clearly evidence in your application how you meet the essential and, where applicable, desirable criteria listed in the Candidate Information.

This post is available for 12 months. Fixed term contract posts are available for the stated period in the first instance but in particular circumstances may be renewed or made permanent subject to availability of funding.

What we offer:

Beyond a competitive salary, the University offers an attractive benefits package including a holiday entitlement of up to 8.4 weeks a year, pension schemes and development opportunities. We support staff wellbeing with flexible working options, work-life balance initiatives and support for physical and mental health.

You can find more detail on all of this and more at https://www.qub.ac.uk/directorates/HumanResources/pay-reward-and-benefits/

Queen's University is committed to promoting equality of opportunity to all. We subscribe to Equality Charter Marks such as the Diversity Charter Mark NI and Athena Swan and have established staff networks such as iRise (Black, Asian, Minority Ethnic and International Staff Network) and PRISM (LGBTQ+) which help us progress equality.

For further information on our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion, please visit http://www.qub.ac.uk/diversity.

If you are an international applicant and don't already hold a visa that permits you to take up the role you are applying for, please use the information provided on our website to self-assess whether the University is likely to be able to support a visa application - http://go.qub.ac.uk/internationalstaffsupport