Vacancy Notice V/ad/acs/4/2025

**VACANCY NOTICE V/AD/ACS/4/2025**

The **European University Institute (EUI),**based in **Florence**,** Italy**
is organising a selection procedure based on qualifications and tests

to draw up a reserve list1 for the post of

**Teacher of English Academic Literacies and Language**
**in the Academic Service, Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages**

**(Temporary agent post, type 2a, AST042)**

The European University Institute (EUI) seeks an outstanding and highly motivated individual
to**teach English Academic Literacies and Language**to the EUI community

**Who We Are**

The **European University Institute (EUI)** at a glance:
- **an international organisation**set up in 1972;
- a research university focusing exclusively on **post-**
**graduate, doctoral and post-doctoral studies,**
and** advanced research**;
- located in the hills overlooking the city of Florence,
Italy.

The Institute also hosts the Historical Archives of the
European Union.

**Our Unit**

The **Academic Service** (ACS) is in charge of providing support,
including monitoring and assessment, to the EUI’s teaching activities.
selection, and admission processes, welcome and induction of master
students, early career researchers (i.e. doctoral and postdoctoral
fellows), fellows, academic assistants and professors. The Academic
Service collaborates with national and international funding

authorities and academic and research institutions worldwide. It follows and administers the
progress of all academic programmes at the EUI (Master, Ph.D., postdoctoral) in close
collaboration with the EUI Academic Units, the Dean of Graduate Studies, the Provost for
Education and Academic Staff Development and the Director of the Max Weber Programme
coordinating post-doctoral fellowships. The Service offers a wide range of academic skills and
professional development courses and career advice to early career researchers, language

1 The reserve list may be used to fill similar vacant future positions in other units of the European University
Institute. Cf. President’s decision No 15/2021of 27 April 2021 laying down a procedure for the use of reserve lists.
2 Cf. Annex II

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courses, academic literacies, psychological support and wellbeing services, and supports a wide
range of extracurricular activities.

The **Centre for Academic Literacies and Languages** (CALL) is part of the Academic Service.
It offers courses, workshops, and services designed for EUI members and their different needs
during their time at the EUI. Its mission is to provide language training in oral and written
academic communication skills and to facilitate networking in academic environments. CALL
offers language courses and services in English, French, Italian, German, and Spanish provided
by professionally trained staff and also relies on a group of freelancers.

**Your Key Responsibilities**

The EUI is looking for a teacher to deliver high-quality English Academic Literacies and
Language courses to members of the EUI community, including doctoral and postdoctoral
researchers in the Social Sciences and Humanities.
learning and teaching, promoting these across the EUI and providing individual coaching.
Reporting to the Director of the ACS, they will collaborate closely with faculty across various
disciplines to ensure English for Academic Purposes (EAP) instruction aligns with the academic
requirements of specific fields, engaging in ongoing professional development to stay abreast
of the latest trends and best practices in EAP education.

The main duties may include the following:
Level of Expertise

presentation and publication of research output as well as academic career
development;
- Acting as language and academic literacies specialist in English, also advising EUI staff

and faculty on language-related issues.
- Acting as a pedagogical specialist, using digital competencies.

Role in administrative processes
- Coordinating the activities for English academic literacies under the supervision of the

Director of the Academic Service;
- Contributing to the annual programme of courses and activities of the English Academic

Literacies unit of the CALL;
- Playing an active part in the digitalisation of administrative procedures in the CALL.

Level of autonomy and accountability
- Working with a high level of autonomy;
- Reporting to the Director of the Academic Service.

Representation/ Communication
- Representing CALL internally and externally: presenting the activities of the English

Academic Literacies offer in the framework of the EUI doctoral and postdoctoral
programmes to external stakeholders and in conferences;
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- Participating in outreach activities: developing networks and creating partnerships with

key universities and institutions teaching English Academic Literacies/English for
Academic Purposes (EAP) both inside and outside Europe.

Policy/ Strategy Making
- Assisting in developing and implementing the overall strategy, design and activities of

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