Teaching Fellow in Linguistics

School/Department: Department of Linguistics, School of Linguistic, Speech & Communication Sciences, Trinity College Dublin, the University of Dublin 

Job Category and Level: Academic; Teaching Fellow. One-year fixed term contract. Teaching Fellow Salary Scale (commencing Point 1 €43,425 per annum)

Post Status: 1 Year Fixed Term Contract

Closing Date: 22nd May 17:00

The Purpose of the Role 

The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences at Trinity College Dublin seeks applications from qualified candidates with a strong teaching record for the post of Teaching Fellow in Linguistics. The post-holder will join an experienced team of applied and theoretical linguists based in the School’s Department of Linguistics. 

The post-holder will contribute to the growth of a world-class teaching programme in Linguistics within the Department, the School and at Trinity College Dublin. The successful candidate will have a background in the domain of phonological theory and related areas, and their teaching will strengthen the curriculum in the area of formal linguistics, broadly construed, while also complementing and enhancing the offerings of the department overall. 

It is essential that the successful candidate brings experience of third-level teaching and assessment, and potential to supervise undergraduate capstone projects as well as M.Phil. dissertations. The successful candidate will join a department that is active at a national and international level. 

The successful candidate will have an appreciation of the range of research and intellectual interests represented in Linguistics in an international setting. They will contribute in particular to the growth and development of the university’s existing Joint Honours undergraduate programme in Linguistics as well as postgraduate taught courses, especially the M.Phil. course in Linguistics.

Context 

The School of Linguistic, Speech and Communication Sciences at Trinity College Dublin is a centre of research and teaching in Linguistics, Applied Linguistics, Phonetics and Speech Science, Clinical Speech and Language Studies. Within its Department of Linguistics, the School delivers a Joint Honours undergraduate programme in Linguistics, contributes to an undergraduate degree in Computer Science, Linguistics and a Language, and offers five taught postgraduate programmes (Linguistics, Speech & Language Processing, Applied Linguistics, English Language Teaching, Chinese Studies) as well as a range of credit-bearing and elective language programmes. The university’s Centre for English Language Learning and Teaching (CELLT) is based within the School, providing a research-and-development-based approach to pre-sessional and insessional English language support across Trinity’s undergraduate and postgraduate cohorts. The School also is home to the Trinity Centre for Asian Studies (TCAS), an interdisciplinary teaching and research centre which aims to advance knowledge of Asia through interdisciplinary teaching, research and engagement, and especially through the study of Asian languages and linguistics, politics, history and religions. The Department of Clinical Speech and Language Studies offers a four- year undergraduate degree programme in Speech and Language Therapy as well as postgraduate courses for qualified Speech and Language Therapists and opportunities for research and continuing professional development.

Person Requirements

The role-holder will require the following knowledge, skills and attributes for successful performance in the role: 

• Candidates must hold or be near to completion of a Ph.D. degree in linguistics; 
• The successful candidate will have some experience of third-level teaching in linguistics relative to their career stage; 
• As this post does not confer a work permit, the candidate must have the pre-existing right to work in Ireland (an EU member state) at the time of application.