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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 Health Sciences consists of five departments and offers study programmes on all levels, including PhD. The faculty has about 6000 students and nearly 600 members of staff.
Department of Nursing and Health Promotion is located at all three campus: Kjeller, Pilestredet and Sandvika. The department has approximately 3000 students and 250 employees.
OsloMet is working to develop one of Norway’s best nursing education programmes and a leading expert environment in the field of nursing. There is a vacancy for a permanent full-time position as an associate professor (førsteamanuensis/førstelektor) in paediatric nursing at the Department of Nursing and Health Promotion at the Faculty of Health Sciences. The position is vacant now and is affiliated to the master’s degree and further education programmes in paediatric nursing. Duties in other areas of the programmes must be expected.
We are looking for someone who is ambitious on their students’ behalf, who enjoys teaching, supervision and research, and who is prepared to use various digital learning resources.
Extensive research activity is conducted at the department, which has seven research groups, and we regularly hire research fellows. As an associate professor, 35% of your position will be dedicated research time.
Tasks and responsibilities
Qualification requirements
Persons appointed to a førsteamanuensis position must hold a PhD or equivalent.
Persons appointed to a førstelektor position must have a pre-1990 university degree approximately equivalent to a master's degree ('embetseksamen'), a degree at second degree level under the pre-2003 system (‘hovedfag’) or a master’s degree, as well as documented extensive research and development work that in quality and scope corresponds to the workload and level of a doctoral thesis.
The applicant must be able to document relevant teaching qualifications. 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) that meets this requirement.
General criteria for appointments to academic posts are found in the Regulations for appointment and promotion to academic posts.
If no applicants who are qualified for appointment as an associate professor apply, an applicant may be appointed to a temporary position as an assistant professor (universitetslektor) on the condition that he/she qualifies for a permanent position within three years, cf. the Act relating to Universities and University Colleges Section 6-5(1).
We will emphasise the following:
Personal qualities required for the position
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 are also welcome to apply for a position with us if you have experienced periods where you have not been in employment, education or training.
Expert assessment and application process
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. Please upload the following documents together with your application by the final date for applications:
We only consider applications submitted through our electronic recruitment system and all documents must be uploaded for your application to be considered. The documents must be in a Scandinavian language or English. Translations must be government authorised, and you may be asked to present originals if you are invited for an interview. OsloMet checks documents in order to give candidates a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition. Incomplete applications will not be considered.
If you have documents that cannot be uploaded electronically, please contact Sofie Rabo Carlsen via email at soca@oslomet.no.
We offer
Practical information about relocation to Oslo and living in Norway.
The salary for the position is in accordance with the Basic Collective Agreement for state employees and OsloMet’s pay policy for position code 1011 førsteamanuensis/1198 førstelektor, pay grade 60–74, i.e. NOK 532,300–691,400 per year/1009 universitetslektor, pay grade 51–66, i.e. NOK 456,400–594,400 per year. A higher salary may be considered for particularly well-qualified applicants.
Other information
If you would like more information about the position, feel free to contact:
If you wish to apply for the position, please apply electronically by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Final date for applications: 8th of November 2020
Ref: 20/05003
Type of employment | Permanent position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | As soon as possible |
Salary | NOK 532 300–691 400/ NOK 456 400–594 400 |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Oslo |
County | Oslo |
Country | Norway |
Reference number | 20/05003 |
Contact |
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Published | 07.Oct.2020 |
Last application date | 21.Nov.2020 11:59 PM CET |