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Part-Time Lecturer in German Language and Literature

Position overview

Position title: Lecturer
Anticipated start: September 23, 2024

Application Window

Open date: July 30, 2024

Next review date: Friday, Jan 3, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Apply by this date to ensure full consideration by the committee.

Final date: Monday, Mar 31, 2025 at 11:59pm (Pacific Time)
Applications will continue to be accepted until this date, but those received after the review date will only be considered if the position has not yet been filled.

Position description

Position: Part-Time Lecturer in German Language and Literature

Starting Date: The first day of Fall quarter is September 23, 2024.

Salary: Based on 100% annual salary of $68,247. Approximately $8,530.87 per course (pending final budget approval) Appointment is eligible for renewal depending on need, funding and performance.

All appointments are contingent upon the appointee being able to provide, in accord with Federal law, evidence of authorization to work in the United States

This position is contingent on funding and enrollment

Internal candidates receive first consideration

Qualifications:
The Department of Comparative Literature and Languages at University of California, Riverside, seeks to hire a part-time lecturer in German language teaching and German studies (literature/culture/cinema). This position is renewable based on positive performance reviews and departmental and curricular need.

Minimum requirements are an MA in German or a related field. Applicants holding a Ph.D. or who are ABD (with MA) are encouraged to apply. Preferred qualifications include a Ph.D. in German studies or a related field, native or near-native fluency in German and English, and experience and success in teaching German at the university level.

Duties:
Duties consist in the instruction of 4 quarter courses in German language and literature/culture/cinema.

Courses of Instruction:
Fall 2024: German 45 (Introduction to German Cinema – Conducted in English)

Winter 2025: German 101 (German Conversation – Conducted in German)

Spring 2025: German 103B (Advanced German Conversation and Composition – Conducted in German); German126 (From Novel to Screen: Film Adaptations in German Literature – Conducted in English)

Application Procedure:
Please provide cover letter, CV, teaching statement, a one-page statement of contributions to diversity, sample syllabus or syllabi, teaching evaluations (narrative and numerical), and 3 letters of recommendation. Materials should be uploaded using UCR’s on-line application system: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/apply/JPF01964 Letters of recommendation must be confidential. Please use the APRecruit system to have your recommenders upload them directly.

Applicants who use Interfolio should use the feature that allows letters to be uploaded directly into AP Recruit. Applicants can input an Interfolio-generated email address in place of their letter writer's email address. Interfolio refers to this as “Online Application Deliveries.” The following link at Interfolio shows how to set up the feature: (http://help.interfolio.com/entries/24062742-Uploading-Letters-to-an-Online-Application-System)

Review of applications will begin immediately and continue until position is filled. To ensure full consideration, applications and supporting material should be received by Aug 28, 2024.

Department Contact Person – Prof. John Kim: John.Kim@ucr.edu

Qualifications

Basic qualifications (required at time of application)

Minimum requirements are an MA in German or a related field.

Preferred qualifications

Applicants holding a Ph.D. or who are ABD (with MA) are encouraged to apply. Preferred qualifications include a Ph.D. in German studies or a related field, native or near-native fluency in German and English, and experience and success in teaching German at the university level.

Application Requirements

Document requirements
  • Cover Letter

  • Curriculum Vitae - Your most recently updated C.V.

  • Statement of Teaching

  • Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence - In a “Statement of Past and/or Planned Future Contributions to Advancing Diversity and Inclusive Excellence”, we ask applicants to describe their past and/or potential future contributions to promoting a diverse, equitable, and inclusive environment, which is a key requirement of the role of every faculty member and administrator at UCR. There are numerous ways to contribute, and a commitment to this part of our mission can be reflected through research, teaching, supervision, mentoring, community engagement, service, and any of the other varied activities that are a part of an academic career.

  • Sample Syllabus or Syllabi

  • Teaching Evaluations (narrative and numerical)

  • Misc / Additional (Optional)

Reference requirements
  • 3-5 letters of reference required

Letters of recommendation must be confidential. Please use the APRecruit system to have your recommenders upload them directly.

Apply link: https://aprecruit.ucr.edu/JPF01964

Help contact: John.Kim@ucr.edu

About UC Riverside

The University of California, Riverside is a world-class research university with an exceptionally diverse undergraduate student body. UCR is a member institution of the American Association of Universities (AAU) as well as the Alliance of Hispanic Serving Research Universities (HSRU). Its mission is explicitly linked to providing routes to educational success for underrepresented and first-generation college students. A commitment to this mission is a preferred qualification.

The University of California is an Equal Opportunity/Affirmative Action Employer. All qualified candidates will receive consideration for employment without regard to race, color, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, age, disability or protected veteran status.

For the University of California policies on Affirmative Action, Anti-Discrimination, and Sexual Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy, see below.

As a University employee, you will be required to comply with all applicable University policies and/or collective bargaining agreements, as may be amended from time to time. Federal, State, or local government directives may impose additional requirements.

As a condition of employment, the finalist will be required to disclose if they are subject to any final administrative or judicial decisions within the last seven years determining that they committed any misconduct, are currently being investigated for misconduct, left a position during an investigation for alleged misconduct, or have filed an appeal with a previous employer.

“Misconduct” means any violation of the policies or laws governing conduct at the applicant’s previous place of employment, including, but not limited to, violations of policies or laws prohibiting sexual harassment, sexual assault, or other forms of harassment, discrimination, dishonesty, or unethical conduct, as defined by the employer.

For the University of California's Violence and Sexual Harassment Policy please visit:
https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/4000385/SVSH.

For the University of California’s Affirmative Action and Nondiscrimination in Employment Policy please visit: https://www.ucop.edu/academic-personnel-programs/_files/apm/apm-035.pdf.

For the University of California’s Anti-Discrimination Policy for Employees, Students, and Third Parties, please visit: https://policy.ucop.edu/doc/1001004/Anti-Discrimination.

Job location

Riverside, CA