French Lecteur / Lectrice (Fixed-term Contract)

Exeter College and Merton College (‘the Colleges’) seek jointly to appoint a French Lecteur/Lectrice. This is a fixed-term appointment from 1 October 2025 - 30 June 2026.

The postholder must be able to undertake up to nine ‘contact’ hours of French language teaching per week during the three eight-week terms of the academic year (i.e. 216 ‘contact’ hours for the period of the appointment).

The main duties of the post are to:

• To provide teaching covering written and oral French (all aspects of the language: translation into French, essays in French on current affairs or broad cultural subjects, summary exercises, grammar and French conversation);
• To prepare, set, and mark written work and provide feedback to students;
• To set and mark internal college practice exams (‘Collections’) that take place at the start of each term;
• To submit accurate and timely teaching records each term;
• To assist students with study skills and revision, as required;
• To support students with their planning and applications for their Year Abroad;
• To act as an assessor or second examiner in the Final Year oral exam;
• To provide pastoral support to students, liaising with other staff as required; and
• Such other duties as may be required by the Organising Tutors, including (where necessary) duties which may fall outside the dates of the three academic terms (i.e. during the University’s vacation periods at Christmas and/or Easter). 

The successful applicant will be fluent in French (equivalent to native-speaker level), and will have recently spent some time in a French-speaking country. They will also have successfully completed an undergraduate degree in fields of language and/or literature, or other disciplines in the Humanities and Social Sciences that might equip them to deliver effective French-language teaching to students of the French language and of literary, cultural, social and/or political issues in the French-speaking world. 

With a good command of written and spoken English, they will have excellent organisational ability, and they will be able to teach and assess the work of students, and deal effectively with any pastoral matters that may arise.

The postholder will be expected to work independently at times, but always ultimately in collaboration with the French fellows in the two colleges, and (where they exist) any other lecturers or Fellows who support the teaching of Modern Languages within the colleges.

For more information, including details of how to apply, please click on the 'Apply' button above.

The closing date for applications is 12pm noon (GMT) on Friday 28 February 2025. It is the responsibility of each applicant to ensure that their application and references arrive before the deadline.

Exeter College is an equal opportunities employer and values diversity.

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