Up to 15 Teaching assistants - 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. You can find more information about us at the web page of the department of Information Technology.

Duties
Participation in teaching in any of the courses listed below. Participation in teaching means, for example, participation in labs and tutorials/lessons, grading of assignments, answering students' questions, and supervision of student projects. The application is received via the Uppsala University's recruitment system. If you have specific questions regarding a course, please contact Hans Rosth.

1. 1RT485 Introduction to Computer Control Systems, period 3 (English)
2. 1RT999 Introduction to Process Control, period 3 (distance, Swedish)
3. 1RT745/1RT747 Reinforcement Learning, period 4 (English)
4. 1RT155 Modelling of Dynamic Systems, period 4 (Swedish)
5. 1RT490 Automatic Control I, period 3 & 4 (Swedish)
6. 1RT495 Automatic Control II, period 4 (English)
7. 1RT700 Statistical Machine Learning, period 3 (English)
8. 1RT317 Systems Analysis and Operations Research, period 3 (Swedish)
9. 1RT004 Safety and Security in Control Systems, period 4 (English)

Requirements
Employment as a student assistant is regulated by the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5. Only those who are admitted to education at the undergraduate or advanced level may be employed as student assistants (Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 5 §10). The applicant must show good study results, especially in the area of the course the applicant will help with, as well as very good knowledge of Swedish (only for courses taught in Swedish) and good English communication skills, both spoken and written.

Additional qualifications
Previous experience from participating in teaching in courses at university level is particularly meritorious. Experience with relevant IT systems (Studium) is desirable as well as good knowledge of Uppsala University's organisation.

Application procedure
The application must contain a letter in which the applicant briefly describes his / her experience in teaching, language and knowledge (e.g., study certificate). The application must also contain which courses the applicant is interested in and an estimate of the number of hours he/she wants to work (per course and period, and where the number of hours must be 30, 60 or 120). Also attach of your Ladok transcript. 

About the employment
The employment is a temporary position until 2024-03-31, 2024-06-16 or as otherwise agreed, according to the Higher Education Ordinance chapter 5 § 12. Scope of employment: 2-50% (equivalent to 30, 60 or 120 hours in period 3 and/or period 4, 2024), after agreement. The scope is determined before the employment contracts are written. Starting date 2024-01-01 or as agreed. Placement: Uppsala.

For further information about the position, please contact: Hans Rosth, Hans.Rosth@it.uu.se

Please submit your application by 16 October 2023, UFV-PA 2023/3470.

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