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Oslo Metropolitan University is Norway's third largest university with almost 22,000 students and over 2,500 employees. We have campuses in central Oslo and at Romerike. OsloMet educates students and conducts research that contributes to the sustainability of the Norwegian welfare state and the metropolitan region.
The Faculty of Education and International Studies (LUI) has approximately 550 employees and 7000 students and is located in Oslo and Akershus. The Faculty is comprised of four departments as well as the National Centre of Multicultural Education (NAFO). The Faculty educates tomorrow’s teachers from kindergarten through upper secondary school, in close cooperation with the field of practical training. The Faculty offers a PhD in Education. In addition, the Faculty offers development studies and studies in sign language and interpreting. Diversity is a core value for the Faculty and its activities. The Faculty’s research and development focuses on practical training and is both profession-oriented and internationally oriented.
The Department of Vocational Teacher Education (YLU) is the leading academic community for vocational pedagogy in Norway. We offer study programmes in vocational teacher education and vocational pedagogy, postgraduate certificate education for vocational teachers (PPU-Y) and driving instructor education. The department also offers continuing and further education and does considerable contract work. We have a broad focus on research and development and work in close cooperation with schools and workplaces.
Associate professor/assistant professor in counselling, supervision and relational leadership
There is a vacancy for a permanent full-time position as an associate professor/assistant professor (førsteamanuensis or førstelektor) at the Department of Vocational Teacher Education at the Faculty of Education and International Studies from 1 february 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. 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 one permanent position. 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.
Read more about the faculty and the department here.
If you want to read more about our research groups, see here.
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.
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.
You must upload the following documents together with your application by the deadline for applications:
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.
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 associate professor (førsteamanuensis position code 1011 / førstelektor position code 1198) is from NOK 524,200 to NOK 682,200, and the annual salary for assistant professor is from NOK 449,400 to NOK 586,500 A higher salary may be considered for particularly well-qualified applicants. 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.
OsloMet has implemented the Charter & Code and has been certified to use the HR Excellence in Research (HRS4R) logo by the European Commission.
Type of employment | Permanent position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | As soon as possible |
Salary | from NOK 449 400,- to NOK 682 200,- per year |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Kjeller |
County | Viken |
Country | Norway |
Reference number | 18/11468 |
Published | 06.Dec.2018 |
Last application date | 13.Jan.2019 11:59 PM CET |