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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 Technology, Art and Design (TKD) offers higher education and research and development (R&D) activities within technical subjects, arts and design. The Faculty has approximately 3.000 students and 280 staff members and is situated at Pilestredet Campus in downtown Oslo and at Kjeller Campus in Akershus.
The Department of Mechanical, Electronic and Chemical Engineering (MEK) is one out of five departments at TKD. The department offers three Bachelor's degree programs and a Master's degree program in addition to research and development activities. The department has approximately 35 staff members, 10 PhD students, and 450 students.
We are looking for a candidate with a talent and a passion for teaching, research, and innovation. The candidate will be expected to have conducted extensive research in the field of electronic engineering. The research should be reflected in an extensive publication list in journals and conferences of high quality. Experience from research and development work in or in close collaboration with the industry is rated positively.
The candidate is expected to actively strengthen and shape the academic and research work at the department and the university's research community in general, including interdisciplinary work across departments at TKD, as well as in collaboration with other faculties at OsloMet.
The candidate is expected to initiate and secure external funding for new research activities. Earlier experience with applying and securing external funding (for example from Research Council of Norway and/or EU) is considered positively in the evaluation for this position.
The candidate is expected to acquire a working command of Norwegian within three years of being appointed.
Candidates who have no relevant qualifications in pedagogy at the time of appointment must commit themselves to complete OsloMet's programme for basic pedagogical competence (15 ECTS credits) within two years. The university will test pedagogical skills in connection with a personal interview.
General criteria for appointments to academic positions are covered by the Regulations for appointment and promotion to academic posts.
OsloMet conducts testing of pedagogical qualification in connection with interviews.
It is important for 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. If there are periods where you have not been in work, under education or in training, you are also welcome to apply.
Practical information about relocation to Oslo and living in Norway
The position is remunerated in accordance with the Basic Collective Agreement for the Civil Service and OsloMets salary policy: Assosiate Professor, position code: 1011. The salary is NOK 543 500 – 702 100 per year, salary scale 60 – 74. A higher salary may be considered for particularly well qualified applicants.
You will be assessed by an Expert Committee. You must upload the following documents with the application within the application deadline:
Application letter
We only process applications sent via our electronic recruitment system. Incomplete applications will not be processed for any further assessments. All documents must be uploaded for your application to be processed. The documents must be in either English or a Scandinavian language. Translations must be authorised. Originals must be presented if you are invited for an interview. OsloMet performs document checks in order to give you as a candidate a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition.
Before submitting the application documents to the Expert Committee, all applications will be reviewed by the faculty and applicants who do not meet the formal qualification requirements will not be submitted for assessment.
If you have documents that cannot be uploaded electronically, please contact HRTKD@oslomet.no
Original documents and valid passport must be presented if the possible candidate is invited for an interview. OsloMet performs document inspections in order to give a proper evaluation and ensure fair competition.
OsloMet has adhered to the principles in the DORA declaration and obliged the institution to follow the recommendations in this declaration.
For more information about the position, feel free to contact Head of Department Astrid Oust Janbu, e-mail astridj@oslomet.no ,phone +47 91 51 43 26.
The salary for the position is in accordance with the pay for state employees: job code 1011 associate professor NOK 535 200-694 400.
A higher salary may be considered for particularly well-qualified applicants. Law deducts 2% of the salary to the State Pension Fund.
As an employee at OsloMet, you must always adhere to the changes that the development in the subject requires and the organizational changes that are adopted.
The selected candidate, after approving the position, must live in a location enabling them to be physically present at and available to the Department.
If you wish to apply for the position, please apply electronically by clicking the button at the bottom of the page.
Type of employment | Permanent position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 01.08.21 |
Salary | NOK 535 200-694 400 |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Oslo |
County | Oslo |
Country | Norway |
Reference number | 21/09010 |
Published | 09.Sep.2021 |
Last application date | 07.Oct.2021 11:59 PM CEST |