Lecturer (Teaching) in Estonian

About us

Founded in 1915, the UCL School of Slavonic and East European Studies (SSEES) is one of the UK’s largest institutions for research and teaching on Central, Eastern and South-Eastern Europe, the Baltic region and Russia. Our mission is to create in-depth knowledge of the SSEES region in comparative, transnational, and global contexts, and to promote and disseminate an understanding of our region to the wider world; to develop multidisciplinary, interdisciplinary, and multi-method approaches to knowledge creation and to teaching; and to enhance the development of area studies at UCL and among the wider academic community.

We offer undergraduate, postgraduate taught and postgraduate research programmes, both in our four core disciplines (Economics and Business; Politics and Sociology; Languages and Culture; and History) and in our interdisciplinary programmes (for example, our BA in History, Politics & Economics).

About the role

The postholder will conduct and make an active contribution to the planning, development, delivery and coordination of education and training at the undergraduate and postgraduate levels.

They will lead, plan, develop and deliver high-quality teaching, assessment, and feedback at undergraduate and/or postgraduate levels, including the provision of lectures, seminars and tutorials; supervise and assess undergraduate and postgraduate dissertations where allocated; provide academic and pastoral support and advice to undergraduate and postgraduate students; and undertake relevant pedagogic, scholarship and professional development activities.

This post is available on an open ended contract.

For an in formal discussion about the role please contact Riitta Valijarvi .

For any queries regarding the recruitment process please contact .

About you

The post-holder will specialise in and focus on delivering teaching and assessment in Estonian language.

You will be required to have a PhD in Estonian or a very closely related field by the start of the appointment.

You will have experience of providing supervision and academic and pastoral care to undergraduate and postgraduate students

What we offer

As well as the exciting opportunities this role presents, we also offer some great benefits some of which are below:

• 41 Days holiday (27 days annual leave 8 bank holiday and 6 closure days)
• Additional 5 days’ annual leave purchase scheme
• Defined benefit career average revalued earnings pension scheme (CARE)
• Cycle to work scheme and season ticket loan
• Immigration loan
• Relocation scheme for certain posts
• On-Site nursery
• On-site gym
• Enhanced maternity, paternity and adoption pay
• Employee assistance programme: Staff Support Service
• Discounted medical insurance

Visit https://www.ucl.ac.uk/work-at-ucl/rewards-and-benefits to find out more.

Our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion

As London’s Global University, we know diversity fosters creativity and innovation, and we want our community to represent the diversity of the world’s talent. We are committed to equality of opportunity, to being fair and inclusive, and to being a place where we all belong.

We therefore particularly encourage applications from candidates who are likely to be underrepresented in UCL’s workforce. These include people from Black, Asian and ethnic minority backgrounds; disabled people; LGBTQI+ people; and for our Grade 9 and 10 roles, women.

You can read more about our commitment to Equality, Diversity and Inclusion here: https://www.ucl.ac.uk/equality-diversity-inclusion/

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