Teaching Fellow (Spanish) (Part Time)

An exciting opportunity has arisen within the Skills Centre (Foreign Languages) at the University of Bath for a Teaching Fellow in Spanish.

About the role 

This role will lead on all aspects of the Spanish language provision on the University’s Institution-Wide Language Programme and its Community Courses programme, including:

• the development and selection of teaching materials.
• the delivery of Spanish language courses at different levels, in person and online (depending on the University’s teaching arrangements and needs).

This role is offered on a 0.75 FTE (27.38 hours per week) permanent basis.

About you

We are seeking applicants highly committed to teaching, learning, and skills development, preferably with experience of teaching Spanish in a higher education context, to:

• ensure the highest level of student engagement, learning outcomes and quality are achieved within the student learning experience.
• work collaboratively with Course Leaders and other Skills Centre colleagues on our language skills provision.

You will have a degree in a relevant subject area with a language teaching qualification and proficiency in Spanish. You will have excellent knowledge of language-teaching pedagogy, be open to growth and are willing to positively engage with further training and share your expertise with colleagues when appropriate. 

You will have outstanding organisational and time management skills, as well as the ability to cultivate an excellent working relationship with the rest of the language team.

If you wish to make an informal enquiry, please contact Daisy Zhu (Languages Course Leader): z.zhu@bath.ac.uk.

What we can offer you:

We are an equal opportunities employer and have an excellent international reputation with staff from over 60 different nations. We have made a positive commitment towards gender equality and intersectionality receiving a Silver Athena SWAN award . 

A family-friendly University with an increasingly agile workforce, we are open to flexible working arrangements. We’re also proud to be a disability confident leader and are happy to discuss any reasonable adjustments you may require. 

We offer:

• a very generous employer contributory pension scheme;
• generous annual leave allowance with an additional 5 discretionary days so that you can enjoy a positive work life balance;
• an excellent reward package that recognises the talents of our diverse workforce;
• a wide range of personal and professional development opportunities.
• a number of support options available for new and existing staff to help with the cost of some immigration expenses which you may be eligible for. Please visit the following webpages for more information:
• Relocation Procedure
• Visa Reimbursement Scheme
• Interest-Free Loan Scheme

Our campus is surrounded by beautiful countryside, and the City of Bath with its historic charm and social activity only a short distance away creates an excellent environment in which to work. Find out from our staff what makes the University of Bath a great place to work. Follow us @UniofBath and @UniofBathJobs on Twitter for more information.

We aim to be an inclusive university, where difference is celebrated, respected and encouraged. We truly believe that diversity of experience, perspectives, and backgrounds leads to a better environment for our employees and students, creating a learning environment and organisational culture that enhances health and wellbeing across our community. We are very proud to have recently received Ambassadors for Autism certification and are an accredited Disability Confident Leader; committed to building disability confidence and supporting disabled staff .

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Further details:
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