The School of Arts, Language and Cultures at the University of Manchester invites applications from suitably qualified candidates for a full-time, temporary teaching-focused Lectureship in Discourse Analysis and Stylistics. You will convene and teach (on campus) one second year (L2) course unit in computationally aided register/genre/style analysis ("Stylistics of English", ca. 60 students), for which materials exist. The unit is offered as part of the single honours Undergraduate programmes in Linguistics and English Language and joint honours programmes with either of these subjects. You will be expected to teach all lectures and seminars, to set assessment, to undertake the marking, and to update existing course materials and a virtual learning environment on Blackboard. You will hold two office hours per week, and answer student queries by email and on the course units’ discussion board. You will also co-convene and co-teach together with an experienced colleague on a combined final year (L3) / PGT course unit on Forensic Linguistics (ca. 60 students), for which all course materials exist, and complete part of the marking for this course unit. In January 2025, you will also mark the coursework and exam for a combined final year (L3) / PGT course unit "Discourse as social practice" (ca. 58 UG and 10 PGT students). Detailed information on learning outcomes and marking rubrics exist. You will be expected to hold minor departmental administrative roles, act as academic advisor to ca. 20 undergraduate students, contribute to the supervision of MA or MSc dissertations in your area of expertise, and undertake some second marking for other course units as required by the department. For further details about the above courses and other tasks, you can email. What you will get in return: Fantastic market leading Pension scheme Excellent employee health and wellbeing services including an Employee Assistance Programme Exceptional starting annual leave entitlement, plus bank holidays Additional paid closure over the Christmas period Local and national discounts at a range of major retailers As an equal opportunities employer we welcome applicants from all sections of the community regardless of age, sex, gender (or gender identity), ethnicity, disability, sexual orientation and transgender status. All appointments are made on merit. Our University is positive about flexible working you can find out more here Hybrid working arrangements may be considered. Please note that we are unable to respond to enquiries, accept CVs or applications from Recruitment Agencies. Any recruitment enquiries from recruitment agencies should be directed to People.Recruitmentmanchester.ac.uk. Any CV’s submitted by a recruitment agency will be considered a gift. Enquiries about the vacancy, shortlisting and interviews: Name: Eva Schultze-berndt (Head of Department of Linguistics and English Language) Email: eva.schultze-berndtmanchester.ac.uk General enquiries: Email: People.recruitmentmanchester.ac.uk Technical support: https://jobseekersupport.jobtrain.co.uk/support/home This vacancy will close for applications at midnight on the closing date. Please see the link below for the Further Particulars document which contains the person specification criteria.