The Department of Language and Linguistic Science at the University of York is seeking to appoint two Lecturers to contribute to research and teaching in the field of English Language and Linguistics from 1 September 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter. The posts are full-time.

You are early to mid-career linguists who are establishing, or have established, a track record of high quality research and who are also committed to excellence in teaching and supervision. You will play a full part in the research, teaching, supervision and administration of the Department, with particular responsibility for teaching and supervising in our English language and linguistics programmes. We particularly welcome applications from scholars whose research and teaching interests include one or more of the following: corpus linguistics, history of English, interactionist approaches to English, language variation and change, sociolinguistics, varieties of English.

You should be sure that you meet the Essential Criteria in the Person Specification section of the further information associated with the posts before starting an application. Informal enquiries may be made to the Head of Department (Professor Dunstan Brown) by telephone (+44 (0)1904 322653) or by e-mail (dunstan.brown@york.ac.uk). Please also see the department web pages at http://www.york.ac.uk/depts/lang/.

Salary: £38,183 - £40,523 a year.

Closing date: 6 February 2017.

For further information and to apply on-line, please visit our website: http://www.york.ac.uk/jobs/. Alternatively contact HR Services on 01904 324835 quoting reference number 5442.

The University of York is committed to diversity and has policies and developmental programmes in place to promote equality of opportunity.

Vacancy Reference: 5442