Senior Lecturer in Library and Information Science - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Archives, Libraries and Museums (ALM) provides second-cycle education in the Master Programme in Archive, Library and Museum Studies and, beginning in the autumn semester 2019, a new Master Programme in Digital Humanities. Third-cycle courses and study programmes in Library and Information Science are also available. The Department currently hosts around ten teaching staff and researchers and six doctoral students.

Duties: Employment includes research, teaching and examination for the Master Programme in Archive, Library and Museum Studies and Digital Humanities. Teaching includes management, planning, course coordination and administration, in addition to supervision. It also includes following the development within ALM studies, the digital humanities and other social developments that are important to the work of the university. In addition, teaching will be both in online distance and campus-based form. Teaching is in both Swedish and English.

Qualification requirements: In order to be employed as a Senior Lecturer, the applicant must have completed a doctoral degree in Library and Information Sciences or have the equivalent academic skills. The applicant must show teaching ability and have the personal characteristics necessary to successfully conduct employment tasks.

Teaching and learning expertise is essential; academic and professional ability are relevant to the subject content of the employment and the duties that will be included in the appointment.

Evidence of teaching and learning ability includes completion of relevant academic teacher training, comprising a minimum of ten weeks, or the equivalent. Should special reasons exist, academic teacher training may be conducted during the first two years of employment.

To be eligible for the position, documented evidence of teaching ability in both Swedish and English is required.

Assessment criteria: In the selection of eligible applicants, equal importance will be placed on research expertise and teaching and learning ability.

Research expertise: In the assessment of research expertise, proficiency – i.e., quality of research – will be taken into account. The research’s scope, mainly with regard to depth and breadth, shall also be assigned significance. Furthermore, significance will be placed on the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop research and doctoral education and to obtain research funding in a competitive environment , as will the ability to interact both within the discipline and society as a whole. Documented experience of applying for and obtaining research funding in a competitive environment and evidence of research collaborations are of merit.

Educational expertise: When assessing teaching and learning skills, the primary emphasis is to be placed on quality. Teaching and learning skills must be well-documented. Scope, both breadth and depth, shall also be assigned significance. Importance will also be attached to the ability to plan, initiate, lead and develop education and teaching, including supervision and examination at all levels. This includes the ability to interact with academic teacher training matters with actors within and outside of the University.

An equal amount of care will be devoted to the review of educational expertise as to research expertise.

Special value will be attached to assessing the applicant’s ability to include broad and inclusive perspectives from the fields of ALM and digital humanities in their teaching and research, and how they create understanding and knowledge of how digital methods, digital source materials and digital resource infrastructure in ALM and the cultural heritage sectors influence the conditions for producing knowledge in the field of the humanities and how these skills can be implemented in the workplace.

Assessment criteria, other skills: Administrative and leadership skills are significant to the position and will be assigned considerable importance.

Administrative skill is demonstrated among other things through the ability to plan, organise and prioritise the work in an effective manner adapted to the purpose and through an ability to provide and keep time frames. This skill includes overall activity planning and an ability to manage resources in a manner that reflects the activities’ priorities, as well as an ability to work in a structured manner and based on an awareness of goals and quality.

Leadership skills are shown through the ability to lead the organisation and staff, make decisions, take responsibility, motivate and provide others with the conditions necessary to effectively achieve common goals. Further examples include the ability to coordinate groups as well as encourage motivation, participation and job satisfaction, and the ability to manage conflicts.

The ability to interact with the community and share information about research and development will also be considered. The ability to share information about research and development work can be shown by work with popular science, for example participating in popular education, publications of popular science articles and through participation in public debate on research and education issues.

When the university is to appoint new teachers, the applicants are to be selected who, through a qualitative assessment of the whole picture regarding competence and skills, are considered to have the best qualifications for the implementation and development of the tasks in question, and for contributing to a positive development of the activities.

The Recruitment Committee may use interviews, trial lectures and the taking of references. Hence, the applicant must submit a list of reference persons who can provide information about their professional skills and personal qualities that are relevant to the position,such as interpersonal skills, the ability to lead and the working methods they use.

Personal circumstances (such as parental leave, part-time work due to caring for children, union work, military service or the like) that in the qualification assessment can be counted in favour of the applicant should be indicated in connection with the presentation of qualifications and experience.

Recruitment target: Uppsala University values the qualities that gender balance and diversity add to the activities. We therefore welcome applicants of all genders with different birth backgrounds, functionality and life experience.

Application procedure: The complete application shall be submitted through Uppsala University’s recruitment system and include:

• Application letter
• Enclosures list
• Curriculum Vitae
• Presentation of academic qualifications
• List of publications
• Presentation of teaching qualifications
• Presentation of other qualifications
• Research and any educational work that is cited
• List of reference persons

 Please Note that applicants are expected to submit up to five publications with their application. These are uploaded in section 11 of the online application form.

Please note that the application and enclosures are submitted via the Varbi recruitment system. Any cited publications that are not in electronic format are to be sent in duplicate to the Faculty of Arts, Uppsala University, Box 256, SE-751 05 Uppsala, Sweden. Label the consignment with reference number UFV-PA 2019/1228

For more information about the guidelines that apply to employment as Senior Lecturer at Uppsala University, see:

Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University (UFV 2010/1842)http://regler.uu.se/digitalAssets/92/c_92570-l_3-k_anstallningsordning-reviderad-180221.pdf and supplementary guidelines for Faculty of Arts (HISTFILFAK 2015/82) https://mp.uu.se/documents/432512/52616468/komplriktlinjeranst201582.pdf/f3bb84f9-2ea4-4382-b8a0-8d2255462833.

Information on the appointment is provided by the Head of the Department Ulrika Kjellman, e-mail mailto:Ulrika. Kjellman@abm.uu.se, tel. +46 (0)18-471 3386.

You are welcome to submit your application no later than 3 June 2019, UFV-PA 2019/1228

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.