Professor in the field of health sciences

There is a vacant part-time position (50 per cent of full-time) as a professor in the field of health sciences at the Department of Physiotherapy, to start as soon as possible.

We are looking for a candidate with extensive experience of research and clinical work in the field of medicine and health sciences. It is important that you want to help us to achieve the faculty’s strategy of quality, robustness and relevance to society in the programmes and in research that can lead to innovation and improve the profession and patients’/users’ health.

The department engages in extensive research activities and has several active research groups. It offers a Bachelor’s Degree Programme in Physiotherapy and five specialisations as part of its Master Degree Programme in Health Sciences, which will start up in autumn 2021.

Read more about the faculty and the department. 
Read more about our department’s research groups.

Main duties of the position

• play a key role in research and dissemination of research results in the field of medicine and health sciences with relevance for psychomotor physiotherapy
• be a driving force in the development of major research projects and contribute to applying for funds for externally funded research
• take the initiative to and further develop research collaborations with national and international partners
• play a key role in the further development and running of the Master’s Degree Programme in Health Sciences, the psychomotor physiotherapy specialisation
• teach and supervise bachelor’s and master’s degree students affiliated to the Department of Physiotherapy and at the Faculty’s PhD programme
• actively contribute to the development of the department and OsloMet as a whole

Qualification requirements

• professor qualifications in the field of health sciences
• health sciences education in e.g. physiotherapy, medicine or psychology
• relevant doctoral degree
• experience of national and international research networks
• experience of leading externally funded research projects
• experience of academic management
• able to document results in relation to obtaining external research funding

Good oral and written presentation skills in English are required. Applicants who are not sufficiently proficient in a Scandinavian language upon appointment must acquire Norwegian skills corresponding to at least level B2 within three years of their appointment.

The applicant must document relevant educational competence. The criteria for the assessment of such competence are set out at our guidelines for the assessment of educational competence.

General criteria for appointment to teaching and research positions are set out in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts.

The following qualifications are emphasized:

• extensive recent (past six years) research and development work of relevance to the position
• experience of humanist orientated health science research with relevance to the physiotherapy discipline
• methodological breadth of research
• experience of teaching and supervision at all levels (bachelor’s, master’s and PhD level)
• experience of and an interest in interdisciplinary work
• able to refer to good contact with and an overview of the field of practice, including physiotherapy in general and psychomotor physiotherapy in particular
• good digital skills

Personal qualities required for the position.

We place emphasis on the person appointed being interested in cooperation and motivated to develop professional communities, having teaching skills and being interested in new thinking and innovation in education, research and development work.

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.

We offer

• interesting work at Norway’s third biggest and most urban university
• participation in research groups and a creative and inspiring academic environment
• performance-based R&D time
• loan and pension arrangements with the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• good welfare arrangements and a wide range of sports and cultural activities

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 1013 Professor, i.e. NOK 704,900 – 906,000 per year for a full-time position (pay grade 75–84). 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:

• Head of Studies Karin Hesseberg, (+47) 92 66 74 72, Karin.Hesseberg@oslomet.no
• Head of Department Hege Bentzen, (+47) 90 95 05 79, hege.bentzen@oslomet.no

Application process.

If you wish to apply for the position, please do so via our application portal.

Applications will be assessed by an expert committee. Please upload the following documents together with your application by the final date for applications:

• application letter
• CV, references and all pages of certificates/diplomas
• a complete list of publications
• up to 10 scholarly works and an overview of them
• preferably two references with contact information

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.

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 no applicants who are qualified for appointment as a professor apply, an applicant may be appointed to a temporary position as a professor on the condition that he/she qualifies for a permanent position within three years.

Final date for applications: 7.12.20
Ref: 20/09199