{"id":3531,"date":"2022-04-15T11:21:53","date_gmt":"2022-04-15T08:21:53","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/?p=3531"},"modified":"2022-05-11T13:00:42","modified_gmt":"2022-05-11T10:00:42","slug":"university-lecturer-in-english-language-universitetslektor-abo-akademi-university-starting-from-september-1-2022","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/blog\/university-lecturer-in-english-language-universitetslektor-abo-akademi-university-starting-from-september-1-2022\/","title":{"rendered":"Job Announcement: university lecturer in English Language (Universitetslektor), \u00c5bo Akademi University, starting from September 1, 2022"},"content":{"rendered":"

\u00c5bo Akademi University wishes to appoint a university lecturer in English Language (<\/strong>universitetslektor<\/strong><\/em>)<\/strong>, including linguistics, starting from September 1, 2022, or as agreed.<\/p>\n

Description of the position<\/strong>
\nThe university lecturer will have a wide ranging responsibility for teaching, including courses in sociolinguistics, English linguistics, and applied linguistics, as well as in the social and historical context of English-speaking countries. Teaching tasks will also include courses in spoken and written skills. Additionally, the lecturer supervises and examines Bachelor\u2019s and Master\u2019s theses on language-related topics. Depending on the competences of the candidate, teaching duties may also include participation in courses that are provided jointly for all students in the faculty.<\/p>\n

The university lecturer will be expected to participate in a variety of administrative tasks, such as coordination of the students\u2019 language practice and exchange programmes with overseas universities.<\/p>\n

A university lecturer may be given the opportunity to conduct research for a maximum of one third of the contract hours. The university lecturer will participate in departmental research seminars and contribute to the research activities of the subject.<\/p>\n

The university lecturer has a total working time of 1,612 hours per year, and the work tasks will be defined in detail in an annual work plan. A trial period applies to all new employees.<\/p>\n

Qualification requirements and evaluation<\/strong>
\nIn accordance with the University Board\u2019s decree, a university lecturer is required to have a doctorate in the subject they are teaching or in a closely related discipline, as well as pedagogical competence.<\/p>\n

Application<\/strong>
\nThe application should be submitted electronically in the University recruitment system (www.abo.fi\/rekrytering<\/a>) no later than 23 May 2022 at 3 PM (Finnish time)<\/strong> with the following enclosures:<\/p>\n

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  1. An application letter including an account of the key experience and skills relevant for the task (max. 2 pages)<\/li>\n
  2. CV, according to the model of the Finnish National Board on Research Integrity, TENK: https:\/\/tenk.fi\/sites\/default\/files\/2021-06\/TENK_CV_template_2020.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n
  3. A full list of publications, with the three most important publications supporting the applicant\u2019s research competence marked; please include links to these three publications or upload them in the recruitment system<\/li>\n
  4. A teaching portfolio https:\/\/web.abo.fi\/befattningar\/Pedagogical_portfolio2021.pdf<\/a><\/li>\n
  5. A copy of the diploma of a doctoral degree relevant to the position,<\/li>\n
  6. A copy of other diplomas and certificates (for example, for language proficiency or pedagogical studies),<\/li>\n
  7. Research plan (max 3 pages),<\/li>\n
  8. Contact information for two referees.<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    The full announcement is posted at https:\/\/abo.rekrytointi.com\/paikat\/index.php?jid=544&key=&o=A_RJ&rspvt=p0bmodttrascsggcscck0wkcwg4gosg<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

    \u00c5bo Akademi University wishes to appoint a university lecturer in English Language (universitetslektor), including linguistics, starting from September 1, 2022, or as agreed. Description of the position The university lecturer will have a wide ranging responsibility for teaching, including courses in sociolinguistics, English linguistics, and applied linguistics, as well as in the social and historical context of […]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_crdt_document":"","ngg_post_thumbnail":0,"jetpack_post_was_ever_published":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_access":"","_jetpack_dont_email_post_to_subs":false,"_jetpack_newsletter_tier_id":0,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paywalled_content":false,"_jetpack_memberships_contains_paid_content":false,"footnotes":""},"categories":[23],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3531","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-academic-positions"],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","jetpack_sharing_enabled":true,"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=3531"}],"version-history":[{"count":2,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3573,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3531\/revisions\/3573"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=3531"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=3531"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/essenglish.org\/messenger\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=3531"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}