Closing Date: 20 March 2018

The School of Modern Languages wishes to appoint a Teaching Fellow in Spanish Translation or Interpreting. The successful candidate will have a PhD in a relevant field, and native or near-native fluency in Spanish and English. They will be expected to deliver undergraduate and postgraduate teaching and supervision in the areas of: Spanish interpreting/translation, translation studies (including literary translation), translation and/or interpreting as a profession, and research methods.

The successful applicant will also have the ability to undertake postgraduate supervision, and to take on appropriate administrative and pastoral roles within the School. You will have a PHD in a relevant subject area or due for completion by September 2018 and Knowledge of translation or interpreting as a profession.

Informal enquiries – Dr Patricia Oliart, Head of Spanish, Portuguese and Latin American Studies. Patricia.oliart@ncl.ac.uk. Tel: +44 (0)191 208 7438

For more information on the School of Modern Languages, please go to www.newcastle.ac.uk/sml

The University holds a silver Athena SWAN award in recognition of our good employment practices for the advancement of gender equality, and the University holds the HR Excellence in Research award for our work to support the career development of our researchers.  We are also a member of the Euraxess network

Please be advised that due to a new minimum salary threshold of £30,000 per annum imposed by the UKVI, this post may not qualify for University sponsorship under Tier 2 of the points based system.