Lecturer of French Language Education

Job id: 085866. Salary: £43,205 - £50,585 per annum, including London Weighting Allowance.

Posted: 06 March 2024. Closing date: 03 April 2024.

Business unit: King's Education. Department: King's Language Centre.

Contact details:Magali Allary. [email protected]

Location: Strand Campus. Category: Academic & Teaching.

• To be responsible for teaching French language modules and internal and external French courses offered by the Language Centre at King’s College London and at partner institutions/organisations.
• To support the Team Leader and Deputy Team Leaders in the planning and development of all activities related to the teaching of French.

About the King’s Language Centre

King’s Language Centre (LC) is a semi-entrepreneurial department with over 100 members of staff.  It sits within the Centre for International Education & Languages (CIEL).  It teaches up to 25 languages and welcomes over 6,000 students each year to a variety of language courses. It has two broad and entwined remits: to provide language teaching and support in a range of formats to members of the King’s community; and to proactively pursue income-generating teaching opportunities with businesses, organisations and the wider London community. The LC also includes the Language Resources Centre which supports independent language learning with specialist language resources and work areas for students and teachers. In addition to a variety of learning resources (including grammar and course books, magazines, newspapers, CDs, DVDs and online subscriptions), face-to-face learning support, cultural workshops and speaking practice sessions are also available.”

About CIEL

Set up in 2023, CIEL’s role is to widen the educational reach of King’s as an integral part of the King’s lifelong learning offer and enhance the university’s scholarship of teaching and learning. The Centre offers an increasingly joined-up approach to a range of education experiences that are different to the typical degree, for individual learners, public and private sector groups, and partners, both in the UK and internationally. ​The Centre sits alongside the nine Faculties of the university and comprises King’s Foundations, King’s Language Centre, and Summer Programmes. Each of these areas are well established, respected and recognised within and beyond the King’s community.  The Centre also supports educational and learning development of King’s staff and students.

This post will be offered on an indefinite contract

This is a full-time position

The proposed start date for this role will be 1 September 2024

• Teaching French language and culture courses.  
• Supporting the team leader and deputy team leader in the effective running of all teaching and assessment activities, course development, events and programmes relating to credit-bearing and external courses  
• Contributing to the organisation of student preparation sessions for internal and external examinations (revision classes, workshops, etc.)   
• Assisting, as required, in the provision of the Learning Resources Centre and e-Learning facilities, and of the library, teachers' and TEL resources  
• Developing and maintaining an active scholarly portfolio of activities related to the teaching of French language and culture 
• Playing an active role in the developing/trialling/evaluating of original and/or adapted teaching materials for use in classroom and/or self-access mode  
• Participating in the departmental review, development and management of activities relating to course organisation and other functions, including staff management, student evaluations, quality control, etc., and in meetings convened for these purposes  
• Supporting the LC to offer courses at other King’s campuses and other established institutions  
• Attending regular team meetings  
• Attending conferences and presenting papers  
• Meeting King’s departments colleagues in relation to language students and teacher deployment   
• Networking and representing the LC locally, attending King’s committee meetings and interest groups  
• Updating staff members on conference reports and external events  

Liaising with Team leader and/or Deputy Team Leaders, French language teachers, other Deputy Team Leaders and Team Leaders, the LC Head of Operations, the TEL Officers (communication relating to online learning resources), members of the LC Professional Services staff regarding administrative procedures such as timetabling, assessment organisation, completion and publication of syllabi and week-by-week documents, external bodies and professional associations;    

The above list of responsibilities may not be exhaustive, and the post holder will be required to undertake such tasks and responsibilities as may reasonably be expected within the scope and grading of the post.

Essential criteria

Desirable criteria: