Call for Catalan Studies Teachers

To select teachers to teach Catalan Studies at those universities outside of Catalan-speaking areas specified in the Appendix.

a) The applicant must hold a bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree certificate, preferably in Catalan Philology, or provide proof of the request for the respective certificate to be issued.

b) The applicant must hold a proficient user Catalan language certificate or equivalent.

c) The applicant must provide proof of knowledge of the official language of the destination country or of another language that is habitually used at the university, in accordance with the information provided by the universities shown on the Institut Ramon Llull website (www.llull.cat).

d) The applicant must have obtained the required qualification no earlier than 15 years before the date of publication of the call.

e) The applicant must not have been selected to teach Catalan Studies in more than one call for teachers announced by the Institut Ramon Llull.

f) The applicant must not have any illness or impediment that would prevent him or her from carrying out the functions required under this call.

One academic year, with the possibility of continuing for a further three academic years at the most. Continuity is subject to annual renewal, with the prior agreement of the Institut Ramon Llull and the respective university.

Applicants must submit an application to the director of the Institut Ramon Llull using the application form available at the electronic office of the Institut (http://oficinavirtual.llull.cat/ov/). On that application form, the applicant must provide the name and the e-mail address of a lecturer at a university where the applicant has studied. That lecturer will have to provide a reference about the applicant’s suitability to practise as a Catalan Studies teacher abroad.

Once the application has been submitted, that lecturer will receive an e-mail containing a link to enable him or her to provide the aforementioned reference. On receipt of the corresponding reference, the Institut Ramon Llull will notify the applicant that the procedure has been correctly performed. No applicant will be accepted as a candidate without that reference.

The application should preferably be submitted online. If the applicant chooses not to make an online submission, the application form in PDF format must by submitted to the register of the Institut Ramon Llull (Avinguda Diagonal 373, 08008 Barcelona) or to any of the places set out in Article 16.4 of Law 39/2015, of 26 October 1st, on the Legal Regime of Public Administrations and Common Administrative Procedure:

The applicants, who do not submit the application online, must send an e-mail to seleccio-professorat@llull.cat specifying their name as well as the date and place of submission of the application.

In these cases, a lecturer at the university where the applicants have studied will need to personally submit a reference about the applicant’s suitability to practise as a Catalan Studies teacher abroad to seleccio-professorat@llull.cat. On receipt of the reference from the lecturer, the Institut Ramon Llull will send a confirmation e-mail to the applicant.

5.1. Documentation that must be submitted with the application

a) A personal motivation letter giving the reasons why an application is being made to practise as a Catalan Studies teacher abroad, together with a justification of the chosen options.

b) CV with a recent photo.

c) A teaching unit aimed at students of Catalan as a Foreign Language (CFL) levels A2/B1 (length: five pages maximum, plus a further five pages of appendices). Any content exceeding that length will not be assessed.

d) A bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree certificate, or proof of the request for the respective certificate to be issued.

e) A proficient user Catalan language certificate or equivalent.

f) A reference about the applicant’s suitability to practise as a Catalan Studies teacher abroad (the lecturer at a university where the applicant has studied must submit this document, in accordance with point 4 of the Guidelines).

5.2. Documentation that must be submitted if the applicant is called for interview:

a) Original or certified copy of the applicant’s valid national ID card, tax ID code document, or passport.

d) Original or certified copy of the applicant’s bachelor’s, master’s or doctoral degree certificate, or proof of the request for the respective certificate to be issued.

c) Original or certified copy of the applicant’s proficient user Catalan language certificate or equivalent.

d) Original or certified copy of the applicant’s proof of knowledge of the official language of the destination country in accordance with point 2.c of the Guidelines, and/or the original or certified copy of proof of knowledge of other languages.

e) Documentary proof of the training shown in the applicant’s CV that is relevant to the purpose of this call, specifying the name of the training course and of the organising institution or company, the length of the training course, etc.

f) Documentary proof of the experience shown in the applicant’s CV that is relevant to the purpose of this call, specifying the type of job undertaken, the name of the employing institution or company, the length of employment, etc.

Fifteen calendar days starting from the day after the date of publication of the call in the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia.

The provisional list of applicants accepted as candidates to take part in the selection process and of applicants that need to provide or amend documentation will be published on the website and on the notice board of the Institut Ramon Llull within a maximum of 10 calendar days starting from the day after the deadline for the submission of applications. Those applicants that need to provide or amend documentation will be given 10 working days starting from the day after the date of publication of the provisional list to provide or amend such documentation. That documentation must be submitted to seleccio-professorat@llull.cat. If the applicants do not provide or amend the documentation specified in the provisional list by that deadline, they will be deemed to have withdrawn their applications.

After the deadline, the definitive list of applicants accepted as candidates, applicants rejected as candidates and applicants deemed to have withdrawn their applications will be published on the website and on the notice board of the Institut Ramon Llull.

The Institut Ramon Llull and the universities will arrange a personal interview with the candidates deemed to better meet the criteria established by each university, in order to make the final selection.

The director of the Institut Ramon Llull is responsible for resolving this call, indicating the people who have been selected as well as those who, despite being accepted as candidates, have not been selected. The latter will stay on the reserve list in the event of a resignation or substitution.

The resolution will be published on the notice board of the Institut Ramon Llull and in the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia.

The director of the Institut Ramon Llull is the competent body for the handling and resolution of any queries or incidents arising in relation to its execution.

The deadline for issuing and notifying the resolution on the selection of teachers is three months from the date of the deadline for the submission of applications. That resolution is not the last administrative channel, meaning that someone wishing to do so may lodge an appeal against it with the chair of the Board of Directors of the Institut Ramon Llull, within one month from the date of publication of the resolution in the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia.

If the deadline for issuing and notifying the resolution has passed and no express resolution has been issued and notified, applicants shall take that administrative silence as meaning that their applications have been rejected.

10.1 The people selected must sign a document confirming that they accept to teach Catalan Studies at the assigned university.

That acceptance does not imply any occupational or administrative connection with the Institut Ramon Llull. Consequently, the Institut does not assume any responsibility deriving from the contractual relationship between the teacher and the assigned university or from his or her actions, especially in relation to damages that may occur while carrying out his or her functions.

In accordance with the information shown on the Institut Ramon Llull website (www.llull.cat), the people selected are assigned to the universities to which this call applies. It is with those universities that they sign the contract determined by the legislation in force in the destination country, and they are subject to the specific clauses determined by each employing university, particularly in respect of not only the remuneration package and the tax scheme applicable to them, but also the time limits on employment.

10.2 The people selected must provide an official medical certificate proving that they are able to carry out the functions entrusted to them without any impediment.

Les persones seleccionades han de facilitar a l’Institut Ramon Llull la documentació següent: 
a) Còpia de la documentació acreditativa  de la seva vinculació amb la universitat.
b) Document oficial de la universitat on constin el nom de les assignatures i el nombre d’estudiants inscrits a cada una.
c) Memòria de l’activitat duta a terme durant el període acadèmic de referència, signada i valorada pel/per la responsable acadèmic/a de la universitat, una vegada finalitzat el curs acadèmic. 
Les persones seleccionades poden ser sotmeses a actuacions de seguiment i avaluació per part de l’Institut Ramon Llull.

The people selected cannot resign from teaching before the end of the respective academic period unless, at the discretion of the Institut Ramon Llull and the university, there is a duly justified reason of force majeure.

If a resignation under the circumstances described above is accepted, another applicant who has been accepted as a candidate under the call and who matches the profile required by the university will be put forward.

Resignations and substitutions will be published in the Official Gazette of the Government of Catalonia.

The people selected will be awarded an incorporation grant for the academic year indicated in the resolution of the call in accordance with the rates stipulated in the Appendix.