Lecturer in Arabic Studies

at  The University of Manchester

To further strengthen our teaching portfolio, the Department of Modern Languages and Cultures wishes to appoint a Lecturer in Arabic Studies. The post is tenable from September 1st 2024 to June 30th 2027.
The School of Arts, Languages and Cultures (SALC) contains one of the UKs largest concentrations of high-quality research and teaching in languages and cultures, linguistics, and translation studies. Further information on the subject area of Arabic and Middle Eastern Studies, including current staff, may be found at: https://www.alc.manchester.ac.uk/modern-languages/about/people/arabic-studies/
This post in Arabic Studies is a teaching and scholarship position. Applicants must have a relevant PhD and demonstrate the ability to meet flexible curricular and teaching needs and demonstrate capability to contribute organisationally to the wider Departmental community. Experience of curriculum development and developing innovative teaching materials are highly desirable. The successful candidate will be asked to contribute to teaching activities, including undergraduate, and postgraduate programmes, as stipulated by the Head of Department. The candidate must be able to provide course development for new and existing undergraduate and postgraduate taught course units to complement the current teaching portfolio. The post holder is expected to provide high quality teaching. Finally, the post holder will be required to contribute to academic administration and management, appropriate to their career level.
The School is strongly committed to the enhancement of excellence, in step with the Universitys ambitious plans as set out in the document Our Future, which is designed to cement the Universitys place within the worlds top 25 universities. Teaching is a key element of the Schools activity and students at all levels benefit from the breadth of the School in that they can combine languages with interests from a cross-cultural and cross-linguistic perspective.
We are a supportive Department and are committed to the development of early career staff members, including offering probation support and mentoring, where appropriate.

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