The Faculty of Humanities and Teacher Education (AHL) at Volda University College, Norway has vacancies of up to 200 % as Associate Professor/Assistant Professor in English language and didactic in its Department of Language and Literature.
The position includes teaching topics in language and language learning covered on the college’s teacher-training programs, such as grammar, phonetics, varieties of English, pragmatics and English in the classroom. It also involves following up students whilst they are working in schools during their practice periods. It is important that applicants are versatile and flexible, and that they can adapt to a variety of work tasks and student groups. The position could also involve some teaching in the Bachelor Program in Language and Literature. Research will largely be expected to take place within the field of teacher training.
The applicant must possess at least an MA in language and should document relevant education or experience within English language teaching and learning. To be employed as Associate Professor, the applicant must have a relevant Doctoral degree; to be employed as Assistant Professor, the applicant must have a relevant MA degree.
Applicants unable to document pedagogic competency may be employed on the condition that they obtain the necessary competency within the span of two years. Training/courses in college-level pedagogy will be offered. The language of instruction is English. It is an advantage to be able to communicate fluently in a Scandinavian language. Employees lacking this competency must obtain the ability to communicate professionally in Norwegian within three years.
For this position, the ability to cooperate with others is crucial, and so is the ability to work independently. Communicative skills are vital. The department of language and literature encourages and accommodates research. Applicants that provide realistic plans for ongoing and future research will be prioritized; plans to achieve Doctoral competency are welcomed in cases where the applicant has an MA.
An exciting work environment with opportunities for academic and personal development and good pension arrangements. The position will be salaried according to qualifications within the state salary scale with normal yearly salary within these position codes for Volda University College.The person appointed will be based at the Volda University College campus.
The application and all documentation are to be submitted electronically through the recruitment system where you register the application, attachments and information about your education and professional experience. You are also asked to provide references with contact details. The application shall provide a complete overview of education and previous professional experience. The University College accepts neither applications nor attachments sent by e-mail or by surface mail.
The applicant is responsible for ensuring that all documents/files be uploaded within the application deadline. The application will be assessed based on the information presented electronically.. Attachments should be uploaded as separate files in a digital format: PDF, PMG, JPEG, ODF, DOC. If the sum of the size of the attachments is greater than 30 MB, the files must be compressed before uploading. All attachments must be assigned a name descriptive of their content. The following attachments must be submitted with the application:
Applications from obviously unqualified applicants will not be sent on to the academic committee for assessment.
In between deep fjords and high mountains, you will find the student town of Volda. With its 4000 students and 350 staff/faculty members, Volda University College is the largest institution of higher education between Bergen and Trondheim. Volda is known for its active student environment and the university college is also known for the top study programmes in media and journalism, as well as, long traditions for teacher training.
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