Docent/ professor in counselling, supervision and relational leadership - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Docent/ professor in counselling, supervision and relational leadership
There is a vacancy for a permanent full-time position as a docent/ professor at the Department of Vocational Teacher Education at the Faculty of Education and International Studies from 1 January 2019. The Department of Vocational Teacher Education educates teachers for vocational programmes in upper secondary schools, and we have a broad range of continuing and further education programmes, a big contract work portfolio and a competence centre for vocational programmes. The department also offers a master’s degree in vocational pedagogy and is affiliated to the PhD programme in educational sciences at the faculty. Read more about the faculty and the department here. If you want to read more about our research groups, see here.

There is much demand for expertise in counselling, supervision and relational leadership to be provided as continuing and further education, and we now want to expand our team with 1–2 permanent positions. We offer study programmes in career guidance and counselling, personal and social counselling, educational options, professionally-oriented counselling, and supervision and mentoring for newly-educated teachers and practical training supervisors.

Duties

• initiating and carrying out research and development work
• being a driving force in the development of major research projects and applications for external funding together with colleagues in the expert community
• initiating and further developing research collaborations with national and international partners
• playing a key role in the work of further developing the expert community and the department’s study programmes
• teaching and supervising at bachelor's, master’s and PhD level and following up students in practical training
• carrying out academic administrative tasks.

The teacher education profile and the profession-oriented research and development work is very important to the faculty. It is therefore important that the appointed candidate is willing to focus on challenges specific to the profession. The department has a vocational profile, also in its continuing and further education programmes, and we are looking for someone this resonates with.

Qualification requirements:

• professor-level qualifications in a relevant field (pedagogy) or similar
• The applicant must be able to document relevant educational theory and practice. Applicants who are unable to document basic teaching qualifications upon appointment, must achieve such qualifications within two years. OsloMet offers a programme in university pedagogy (UHPED) which meets this requirement.
• a degree in counselling and supervision, relational leadership or classroom management
• experience of supervision in a vocational context
• good knowledge of vocational education and training

• research and development work of relevance to the position. Emphasis will be placed on publications from the past six years.
• experience of research networks and managing projects involving external funding
• experience of teaching and supervision at all levels (bachelor’s master’s and PhD level)
• teaching skills
• experience of academic management
• good digital skills
• the ability to communicate and cooperate with students and colleagues
• personal qualities that can make positive contributions to the working environment
• good oral and written presentation skills in a Scandinavian language and English. Applicants whose first language is not one of the Scandinavian languages, must document both oral and written language skills. Applicants that do not fulfil this qualification, must dedicate them self to learning a Scandinavian language within two years after appointment. 

General criteria for appointments to academic posts are found in the Regulations for appointment and promotion to academic posts.

OsloMet will test teaching qualifications in connection with interviews.

It is important to OsloMet to reflect the population of our region, and all qualified candidates are welcome to apply. We make active endeavours to further develop OsloMet as an inclusive workplace and to adapt the workplace if required.

Application process

You must upload the following documents together with your application by the deadline for applications:

• application letter
• CV
• references and all pages of certificates/diplomas
• complete list of publications
• up to 10 scholarly works and an overview of them 

You must upload all of these documents. The documents must be in a Scandinavian language or English. Translations must be government authorised, and you must expect to present originals if you are invited for an interview. OsloMet checks documents in order to give you as a candidate a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition. Incomplete applications will not be considered.

Applicants will be assessed by an expert committee. Before the application papers are forwarded to the expert committee, all applications will be reviewed by the faculty, and applications from applicants who are not qualified will not be forwarded for assessment.

We offer you:

• interesting and challenging tasks in an active and diverse academic environment
• time for profession-oriented research and development work
• loan and pension arrangements with the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• good welfare arrangements

If you would like more information about the position, feel free to contact:

Head of department Sidsel Øiestad Grande, email: sidselga@oslomet.no Programme coordinator Siv-Heidi Ruud, email: sivheid@oslomet.no

The position is in accordance with the pay scale for state employees: the annual salary for professor (code 1013) and ‘dosent’ professor (code 1532) is from NOK 665,500 to NOK 893,900. A contribution of 2% to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund is deducted from the salary.

If you wish to apply for the position, please apply electronically by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.

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