Reader query on jobs at English-speaking institutions in non-English speaking countries

In the comments section of our most recent "how can we help you?" thread, 'S' writes:

Can we have a specific thread about the international job market in philosophy in predominantly non-English speaking countries, but for faculty positions at predominantly English-speaking universities? Is PhilJobs the best place to learn about job opportunities abroad for US PhD candidates? Are there any guides or resources that give information about international searches that can't already be extrapolated from guides or resources about national searches? What are some impressions or misimpressions that people have about international searches and working abroad, but in a place where the culture and language are unfamiliar to them?

This is a great query. I actually would have loved to get a faculty job in a non-English speaking country, but didn't have much of a clue how to track them down and be competitive for them. While philjobs does advertise such jobs (I've seen jobs advertised in South America, Asia, etc.), it doesn't list very many of them, and I have to imagine there are far more jobs out there that for one reason or another are not advertised there.

Does anyone have any insight on these things? What's the best place to look for job-ads in non-English speaking countries? And what should job-candidates know about these jobs - about being competitive for them, what they are actually like (if one gets the job), and so on? If you work at such a place and choose to chime in, please feel free to share which country you work in, how you found the job, what the job is like, etc. It would be great to find out! 

Comments

[Been there]

I will give my impressions, based on experience. European universities are hiring people on the basis of their research. There is a particular type of career trajectory that is normal here. You get a PhD then you work a number of years as a post doc, perhaps 4-6 years, at two or three different places (and always in more than one country), and then you are eligible for a permanent job (in American terms, a tenured job). That is quite typical in a number of European countries. As a result, much of the teaching portfolio material that figures in USA job applications is irrelevant here in Europe. They do not know what to make of it. Teaching is often to a fixed curriculum. That is, students in programmes take set courses, and you will be expected to teach some part of the programme (some fixed set of courses). You are also expected to work with masters students and PhDs. But there are far fewer of these in European programmes than there are in programs in the USA (like Notre Dame, for example).

[Luca Gili]

All academic jobs in Italy are listed here: http://bandi.miur.it/

Jobs are advertised both in Italian and in English, but you'll have to teach in Italian once you're hired. as of now, there are three openings: "theoretical philosophy" (mind, epistemology, metaphysics), logic & language, and ancient philosophy

[Bill Wringe]

I work at an institution that teaches in English in Turkey (Bilkent University). We advertise on PhilJobs, and get a fair number of international applicants. Most of the things we're interested in are pretty standard, but it's helpful if a covering letter shows some evidence that a candidate actually wants to come here.