Lecturer in information technology - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

The Department of Information Technology has a leading position in research and education. The Department currently has about 300 employees, including 120 teachers and 110 PhD students. More than 4000 students study one or more courses at the department each year. More info: http://www.it.uu.se

Description of subject area of the employment: Information technology

Duties:

• Teaching and administration. Teaching duties include course responsibility and course administration. The main part of teaching and administration in this position concerns thesis project courses at the Department of Information Technology. The duties also include development of routines and procedures for handling thesis projects at the Department of Information Technology, in close collaboration with directors of study, student counselors, and administrative staff.
• Follow developments within the subject area and the development of society in general that is important for the work at the university.

Qualifications Required:

• Higher-education degree including subject specialisation in computer science, computational science or information technology.
• Teaching Expertise. It is necessary that the pedagogical skills and subject specialisation are relevant to the content of the employment and the tasks that will be included in the employment. • Applicants must have completed teacher training of relevance to operations at the University, comprising ten weeks, or have acquired the equivalent knowledge. If special circumstances apply, this training for teachers in higher education may be completed during the first year of employment.
• Documented ability to teach in Swedish or English is a requirement unless special reasons prevail.
• Personal capabilities necessary to carry out fully the duties of the appointment.

Assessment Criteria/Ranking of applicants that fulfill the above-mentioned qualifications required

The ranking of eligible applicants will be based primarily on subject specialisation and teaching expertise of which weight will be primarily given to teaching expertise.

Subject Specialisation may refer to in-depth study of the subject, for example a PhD. In addition to academic qualifications, experience from other activities, including technology development, may also be taken into account.

Teaching Expertise comprises educational and teaching qualifications. This expertise can have been achieved outside the academy through supervision, internal training, mentoring programs, etc. In assessing teaching expertise teaching quality will be the prime consideration. The scope of teaching experience, in terms of both breadth and depth, will also be afforded consideration.

Furthermore, consideration will be given to the capacity to plan, initiate, lead, and develop teaching and instruction, as well as the ability to connect research to teaching in respect to research in the subject at hand, subject didactics, as well as teaching and learning in higher education. The ability to interact concerning issues of teaching and learning in higher education with actors inside and outside the University is also included in teaching expertise.

Administrative Expertise is important for the employment and will be given high consideration. Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for example, through the capacity to plan, organise, and prioritise work in an efficient and task-related manner as well as through the ability to assign and operate within time frames. Expertise includes overall operational planning and the capacity to manage resources in a way that reflects operational priorities as well as the ability to work in a structured manner based on an awareness of goals and quality. Administrative expertise also includes entrepreneurship.

All merits must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to assess both quality and scope.

In filling this position the university aims to appoint the applicant who, following a qualitative holistic assessment of their competence and expertise, is judged to have the best potential to carry out and develop the relevant duties and to help advance operations.

Further information: An applicant who is offered an employment as lecturer can be promoted to senior lecturer if he/she has applied for this, is qualified for such a post, and moreover has been deemed suitable based on the specific criteria established by the faculty board.

In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience.

University appointment regulations

Faculty appointment regulations

For further information about the position, please contact: Tobias Wrigstad, professor, Head of education, 0736-971419, tobias.wrigstad@it.uu.se.

Type of position: Permanent full-time position.

Salary: Individually negotiated salary.

Working hours: 100%

Town: Uppsala.

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Please submit your application by 4 March 2022, UFV-PA 2021/4900.

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