Lecturer in Global Hispanic Studies and World Literature

Job id: 085627. Salary: Grade 6/7 £43,205 – £61,021 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 04 March 2024. Closing date: 31 March 2024.

Business unit: Faculty of Arts & Humanities. Department: Languages, Literatures and Cultures.

Contact details:Catherine Boyle. [email protected]

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Academic & Teaching.

Job Description

The Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures at King’s College London seeks to appoint a Lecturer in Global Iberian Studies and World Literature (Research and Education Pathway), with a starting date of 1 September 2024.   

The successful candidate will have established a strong research profile and possess relevant teaching experience in areas of Global Iberian Studies (precisely, Spanish speaking worlds, global empires, and contact zones) and World Literature which complement our existing areas of expertise. The successful candidate will have expertise in Spanish literatures and language and at least one other language area other than English, with a research focus on comparative and world literatures. Expertise in areas that expand our current profile, such as Arabic, the Philippines, indigenous cultures and languages of Latin America, or the black Atlantic diaspora, are welcomed. 

The successful candidate will teach on a range of undergraduate modules offered on our Comparative Literature degree and the Spanish pathway of our Modern Languages degree; they will also contribute to MA teaching, including the online MA in Global Cultures. They will additionally be expected to supervise BA and MA dissertations and to supervise PhD students as appropriate. They will take on administrative roles in the department and contribute to the pastoral care of students.   

Applicants should have submitted a PhD in a relevant field by the time of application and have relevant experience of undergraduate and/or postgraduate teaching. The successful candidate will have a publication record appropriate to their career stage.   

Candidates should explain in their cover letter the ways in which their research engages with the areas we identify above, and how it would complement the department’s expertise.

Our ambition is to work together to create a more inclusive environment at King’s and in the Department of Languages, Literatures and Cultures. We particularly encourage applications from members of groups with protected characteristics that have been marginalized on any grounds enumerated under the Equality Act.  

Provisional interview date scheduled for week commencing 29 April or 6 May 2024.  

About the faculty: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/artshums   

About the Department: https://www.kcl.ac.uk/dllc   

This post will be offered as an indefinite contract. 

This is a full-time post – 100% full time equivalent.

Key responsibilities

• Participate in the planning, design, organisation and delivery of teaching activities within the department in accordance with established departmental practice.
• Collaborate with colleagues across departments to deliver relevant interdisciplinary programmes. 
• Contribute to innovations in online teaching programmes.
• Supervise student dissertations and projects at all levels. 
• Act as personal tutor to students as agreed with the Head of Department. 
• Participate fully in assessment and examination processes according to Department practice. 
• Develop and sustain a research profile through appropriate outputs, dissemination of research, the development of funding applications and participation in the research life of the Department. 
• Take responsibility for administrative roles within the Department and Faculty as appropriate.  
• Engage in professional development as appropriate.   

*The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post. *

Skills, knowledge, and experience 

Essential criteria

PhD in a relevant field, submitted by the time of application.

Experience in teaching literatures of more than one linguistic and geographical area at BA or MA level.

Ability to develop teaching content and carry out research in world literature and Global Iberian Studies in two languages other than English.

Ability to contribute to innovations in online teaching.

Ability to carry out research in world literature and Global Iberian Studies in two languages other than English.

Ability to contribute to the Spanish language programme.

High-quality teaching skills evidenced by, for example, range of teaching experience, teaching design, and delivery, appropriate to career stage.

Excellent administrative skills: ability to support the organisational aspects of teaching, learning and research.

Desirable criteria

Teaching experience at postgraduate level.

Experience in the pastoral care of students.

Administrative experience.