An open vacancy for an associate professor at Department of Biological Sciences (BIO) University of Bergen (UiB), within the field Marine Biodiversity, affiliated with the Fisheries and marine biology (FMB) group.
Work tasks
In addition to conducting research and strengthening BIO’s research environment within marine biodiversity, the tasks will include coordinating BIO’s contribution to the new master program in sustainability at UiB. This interdisciplinary two-year program includes teachers from theory of science, geography, law, psychology, biology, climate science, and energy. The successful applicant will become the contact point both towards the other UiB-faculties participating in the teaching as well as the students. Further, the tasks will include coordinating the MSc-thesis supervision arrangements of the students in the “Marine sustainability” specialization.
The teaching duties also include teaching in the general field of marine biology, for example in the fields of basic organismal biology, marine faunistics, biodiversity, community ecology, as well as supervision of students at both the master and doctoral level. Pedagogic qualifications and previous teaching experience will be emphasized, and applicants should briefly outline their plans and philosophies related to teaching in this field. Applicants should be motivated to teach at all levels, from bachelor to PhD level.
UiB offers access to extensive experimental facilities at a marine biological station and access to unique habitats by use of research vessels and accompanying equipment and instrumentation. We encourage the applicants to outline how they plan to make use of these infrastructures in their research and teaching.
Educational competence requirements
Applicants must document qualifications and experience in teaching and supervision of students. Such documentation can include:
- proof of completed teaching training
- evaluation reports of the applicant’s teaching practice
- overview of scope and level of teaching
- overview of supervision of postgraduate and doctoral candidates, and results obtained
- teaching awards received
- own educational publications
- own compendia and teaching material, reports showing participation in projects related to curriculum development and educational development, such as alternative learning or supervision methods or environments.
Educational competence must be documented in an educational portfolio which should include a documented overview of practical experience and competence as well as a brief reflection statement. The statement should primarily describe the applicant’s own teaching philosophy and an evaluation of own teaching in relation to his/her knowledge of students’ learning at a higher education level. You will find more detailed information about criteria and documentation requirements for assessing educational competence here.
The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. The successful applicant must be able to teach in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language within two years of being appointed.
Basic teaching training is a desirable, but a successful applicant who does not have formal competence at the time of appointment will be offered training and will be required to document such training within one year of the date of appointment. This deadline is extended to two years for a successful applicant who does not master a Scandinavian language at the time of appointment.
University of Bergen emphasizes educational qualifications for appointment to scientific positions.
We can offer
- Exciting development opportunities as part of your role in a strong professional environment
- Salary at pay grade 68–74 (code 1011/Pay range 24, alternative 10) in the state salary scale. This currently amounts to an annual salary of NOK 618 600- 694 400 before taxes. Further increase in salary will depend on seniority. A higher salary may be considered for a particularly well qualified applicant.
- Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
- Good welfare benefits
Your application must include
- CV
- diplomas, references
- complete list of publications
- a summary (2-3 pages) of the most important results in you research, your research goals, an outline of how research facilities available at BIO can be used in your research
- a summary (1-2 pages) of your teaching philosophy, methods and future plans for pedagogic development in the position
- list with appendices that document your pedagogical qualifications
- list of 10 academic work that the applicant believes to be particularly relevant for the position, including information about where this work was published
- the names of three referees, where at least one is familiar with your tutorial skills
The application and appendices with certified translations into English or a Scandinavian language must be uploaded at JobbNorge. Applications sent to individuals per email will not be considered.
Detailed information about the position can be obtained by contacting Head of Department, Professor Ørjan Totland (Orjan.Totland@uib.no phone: +47 47758058) or FMB Group leader Professor Arild Folkvord (Arild.Folkvord@uib.no phone: +47 55 58 44 56).
More details about the position here.