Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies (Mexican Studies)

UCC Futures -Collective Social Futures is re-imagining and addressing the complex and intertwined societal, environmental and political challenges faced across the world. These include social and gender-based inequalities, geopolitical shifts, migration, health and climate change and the urgent need to foster a more caring and liveable world for all. The imperative to develop more collective and social visions of the future is more pressing than ever. By driving innovative, critical, theoretical, participatory and community-engaged research, UCC Futures – Collective Social Futures will foster excellence in social research to understand, re-envision and enact our collective social futures.

UCC wishes to appoint an experienced academic to the role of Lecturer in Spanish and Latin American Studies (Mexican Studies). Reporting to the Head of Department, the successful candidate will contribute to core and optional modules in Spanish, Portuguese and/or Latin American Studies. S/he will hold a PhD in Hispanic/Latin American Studies, will have expertise in Mexican Studies and will be able to demonstrate a research record commensurate with the stage in his/her career. S/he will have responsibility for research and teaching in the areas of Mexican and US Latino/a culture and society across the different undergraduate and postgraduate programmes to which SPLAS contributes, including the Higher Diploma in Spanish for Post-Primary Teachers and the taught MA programmes offered in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultures, in particular the MAs in Translation Studies and Global Languages and Cultures. In addition, s/he will be the Director of the Centre for Mexican Studies and will also take on other administrative duties as agreed with the Head of Department.

Informal enquiries can be made in confidence to the Head of Department, Dr Martín Veiga, Email: [email protected]

Appointment may be made on the Lecturer Salary Scale (above the bar): €72,602 - €94,024(Scale B) / €69,075 - €89,321 (Scale A).

Salary placement on appointment will be in accordance with public sector pay policy

Applications must be submitted online via the University College Cork vacancy portal (https://ore.ucc.ie/). Queries relating to the online application process should be referred to [email protected], quoting the job-title. 

Candidates should apply, in confidence, before 12 noon (Irish Local Time) on 29th June 2023. 

No late applications will be accepted. 

UNIVERSITY COLLEGE CORK IS AN EQUAL OPPORTUNITIES EMPLOYER 

Please note that an appointment to posts advertised will be dependent on University approval, together with the terms of the employment control framework for the higher education sector