Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies

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Post ID: 039049

Post Summary:

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies (SLLCS) welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates for the position of Teaching Fellow in Hispanic Studies.

The purpose of this post is to provide temporary teaching and assessment support to the Discipline of Hispanic studies. The post-holder will provide teaching of modules at undergraduate and potentially postgraduate level, while also contributing to supervision at undergraduate and PGT levels (up to 12 hours per week) within the Department of Hispanic Studies in the School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies. This post would be key in supporting planned growth in the department of Hispanic Studies and the School.

The School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies

(SLLCS)

is home to 7 departments, 12 disciplines and 8 Centres. It is the premier School of Modern Language Studies in Ireland and ranked 58th in the world in the QS Subject Rankings 2025. The programme in Hispanic Studies offers a comprehensive coverage of periods and genres, from the medieval period until today in peninsular studies, and Latin American Studies across countries, periods and genres, as well as Latinx, and Chicanx studies in the US. The department has Spanish and Portuguese within its language offerings at present. Spanish is currently part of 22 undergraduate programmes. This includes 17 Trinity Joint Honours programmes

(TJH),

namely Spanish and: Ancient History and Archaeology, Classical Civilisation, Drama Studies, Economics, English Studies, Film, French, German, History, History of Art and Architecture, Italian, Linguistics, Mathematics, Middle Eastern Jewish and Islamic Civilisations, Music, Russian, and Sociology. Spanish is also part of the  

European Studies

programme , and the Middle Eastern and European Languages and Cultures ( 

MEELC

) programme , both contributing to the Columbia Dual Degree Programme. It also offers the Business Studies and a Language (Spanish) ( 

BSL

) integrated programme with the Trinity Business School, and Computer Science, Linguistics and a Language (Spanish) ( 

CSLL

). Working closely with partners abroad is also a key component as our TJH programmes have an integrated third year spent abroad in a Spanish speaking country.

Hispanic Studies on top of its 22 undergraduate degree programmes in which it participates, as listed above, also contributes actively across the  

MPhil programmes

in the School, particularly in areas such as Applied Intercultural Communications (with a dedicated field to Latin American Studies); Comparative Literature; Identities and Cultures of Europe; and Literary Translation, and has also applied to deliver the PGDip for upskilling of post-primary teachers in Ireland. Thus, this role can include teaching and supervision at this level.

The post-holder will be a key member of a highly dynamic group, where teamwork is essential.

This position is full- time, 2 years fixed-term, June 2026 - May 2028.

Post status: 2 Year Fixed-Term Contract

The purpose of this fixed term post is to provide temporary teaching and assessment support to the Discipline of Hispanic studies, to meet a defined teaching need for the remainder of the substantive postholders term as Head of School. Employment is not offered on an indefinite duration basis as the teaching responsibilities will revert to the substantive postholder upon conclusion of their term in office.

Closing Date: 12 Noon (GMT), Thursday 30th April 2026

Please note incomplete and late applications will not be considered.

Salary: Appointment will be made at Teaching Fellow grade at a point in line with Government Pay Policy [€43,425 - €55,227 per annum].

How to apply:

Applicants should submit an email, quoting title of the position in the subject line, with:

• Full curriculum vitae,
• A covering letter outlining experience relevant to the post,
• Names and contact details of 2 academic referees (including email addresses),

To: Ms Heike Wischmann-Wilson, Operations Manager, School of Languages, Literatures and Cultural Studies

Email Address: financeandhr.sllcs@tcd.ie

Applicants who do not address these requirements in their cover letter will not be considered at the shortlisting stage.

Any applications which are still in progress at the closing time on the specified closing date will be cancelled automatically by the system.

Please see the Job Description below for this position.

Informal enquiries about this post should be directed to the Head of School, Prof. Omar García, at omar.garcia@tcd.ie

Application queries about this post, please email the Recruitment Partner at recruit@tcd.ie and include the Competition ID number in the subject heading.

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