[Job Vacancy] Associate Professor/ Professor, Research Centre for Translation and International Communication
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies – Research Centre for Translation and International Communication
| Location: | Guangzhou – China |
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| Salary: | ¥11,000 to ¥23,000 £1,234.02 to £2,580.23 converted salary* /month |
| Hours: | Full Time |
| Contract Type: | Permanent, Fixed-Term/Contract |
| Placed On: | 19th July 2021 |
| Expires: | 18th September 2021 |
Introduction
Guangdong University of Foreign Studies (GDUFS) is one of the prestigious universities in Canton, China which specializes in international studies and educates professionals for international business and management.
Established in May 2005, the School of Interpreting and Translation Studies (SITS) at GDUFS is dedicated to teaching and research in translation as one of the best of its kind in China. It boasts a great teaching and research staff with abundant experience in both the theory and practice of interpreting and translation.
SITS has the Department of Interpreting, the Department of Translation Studies, the Research Center for Interpreting and Translation Studies, the Training Center for Advanced Interpreters and Translators, and the National Resources Center for Translation Studies.
Requirements:
The ideal candidate will be a fluent speaker of English with a PhD or equivalent in English or languages and teaching and researching experience of AVT, translation for the (new) media, or translation of political discourse. Experience with approach of multimodal discourse analysis or corpus-based analysis and hands-on experience of AVT apps are preferred.
Duties:
1) Offering courses, such as AVT, media writing and translation, multimodal discourse analysis and translation, and translation of political discourse;
2) Organizing workshops, such as (new) media writing and translation, AVT, and multimodal analysis of translation;
3) Editing course-books such as AVT, media writing and translation, multimodal discourse analysis and translation, and translation of political discourse.
Remuneration Package:
Standard of Salary
Associate Professor, RMB 11,000-RMB13,000 /month;
Professor RMB 13,000-RMB 18,000 /month;
Well-known Scholar RMB 18,000-RMB 23,000 /month (well known scholar is hard to measure, I would suggest simply put the salary range of professor as “up to RMB 23,000 per month)
(Long-term foreign teachers should pay individual income tax.)
Free Accommodation
We provide free accommodation on campus for the long-term foreign teachers
(Fees of electricity, gas and toll call should be paid by individuals.)
Insurance & Medical Care
Long-term foreign teachers will entitle to public medical care the same as the other faculty members of the school. Besides, we take out the insurance for sever diseases, hospitalization and accidental injury for the foreign teachers under 65 during their working period in the university.
Flight Subsidy (paid monthly, inclusive of salary)
America and Canada:
America RMB 1,100 / month;
Canada RMB 1,200 /month
Western Europe: RMB 1,200 / month
How to Apply:
Professors and associate professors, with relevant graduate degree or above, and those with abundant experience of teaching or practices in enterprises have priority. All applicants must submit the following:
- Updated resume
- Copy of highest degree certificate
- Teacher service record, if applicable
- Copy of passport (your personal information will not be used for other purposes)
For those who are interested in working for a dynamic and prestigious university in Guangzhou, China, please contact: sitsinternational@163.com