[ecrea] Associate Professor (tenure track), Intercultural and Digital Communication

Associate Professor (tenure track), Intercultural and Digital 
Communication https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/current-vacancies

The University of Jyväskylä is a nationally and internationally 
significant research university and an expert on education that focuses 
on human and natural sciences. The University is Finland’s leading 
expert in teacher education and adult education, as
 well as the major exporter of education. The Faculty of Sport and 
Health Sciences is the only one in the country. The University of 
Jyväskylä is known for its dynamic operating culture and strong 
commitment to social responsibility.

Department of Language and Communication Studies is currently seeking to 
recruit an
Associate Professor (tenure track), Intercultural and Digital 
Communication, starting January 1st 2018 for a fixed-term period of five 
years.
The Associate Professor’s position is allocated to Department of 
Language and Communication Studies to the discipline of Intercultural 
communication.
The Associate Professor’s position is at Department of Language and 
Communication Studies. The position supports the profiling of the 
department at the two core fields of the University strategy (Languages, 
Culture and Communities in Global Change Processes, and Information 
Technology and the Human in the Knowledge Society) and the profiling 
measure Language in Changing Society.
The duties of the associate professor include active international 
research and publication activity, initiating and leading research 
projects, acquiring external research funding, active participation in 
national and international networks, teaching and
 supervision in undergraduate and postgraduate training, and leading 
the international master’s programme. The duty of the associate 
professor is in particular to develop future oriented research and 
teaching in the field of intercultural and digital communication.
The successful applicant needs to have strong evidence of research and 
teaching in intercultural communication. Research in the areas of 
digital communication and communication technologies is considered an 
asset. Success in acquiring external funding, supervision of theses, and 
administrative experience are also considered an asset. The emphasis in 
the evaluation is based on strong international research profile and on 
experience in teaching and supervision. In addition, the successful 
applicant is expected to have broad theoretical and methodological 
expertise.
The duties and qualification requirements for the position of the 
Associate Professor are stipulated by the University of Jyväskylä 
Regulations, Rector’s decision on personnel matters and language skills 
guidelines. The selected person is required to have a full command of 
Finnish language. When considered appropriate, the university may grant 
exemption from the language proficiency requirements. In this position, 
the languages of instruction are Finnish and English. Excellent English 
skills are thus required, as well as the ability to teach in English. 
Non-Finnish personnel are expected to acquire at least intermediate 
skills of Finnish within three years from the start of their employment.
The appointment is for a fixed period of five years, see tenure track 
path. An especially distinguished and unquestionably qualified person 
may exceptionally be appointed directly to the position of professor 
presuming there is no candidate available who is more competent and 
suitable candidate for the position.
The purpose of the fixed-term is, that the Associate Professor gathers 
enough merits for full Professor position. When an employee has been 
selected for a fixed-term associate professorship, an evaluation 
procedure is used regarding the employee’s merits for a
professorship filled through an invitation procedure. The evaluation 
procedure shall begin before the end of the fixed-term contract. The 
evaluation procedure follows the same practices used in the expert 
evaluation procedure for filling a professorship.
The application procedure provides more detailed information on the 
duties, qualification requirements and attachments, see: 
https://www.jyu.fi/en/workwithus/appointment-procedure.
The Associate Professor’s job-specific salary component is based on the 
job demands levels 7 (3 851,33 €/month) according to the salary system 
concerning teaching and research staff at universities. In addition, a 
personal performance-based salary component amounting to the maximum of 
46,3% of the job-specific salary component is also paid.
Four months trial period is applied to the filling of the position. For 
more information, please contact Head of the Department Anne 
Pitkänen-Huhta, e-mail: (anne.pitkanen-huhta /at/ jyu.fi) , tel. +358 
0504285276 or Professor Anu Sivunen e-mail: (anu.e.sivunen /at/ jyu.fi) tel. 
+358 40 7354279. Following documents must be included in English to the 
electronic recruiting system:
1. Motivation letter,
2. A CV composed according to good scientific practice and considering, 
when possible, the template for researcher´s curriculum vitae of the 
Finnish Advisory Board on Research Integrity (TENK) (see: 
http://www.tenk.fi/sites/tenk.fi/files/CV_english_270613.pdf),
3. Short (2-3 pages) explanation of the applicant’s research activities, 
merits in scientific work and supervision of research including 
acquisition of supplement funding and  responsibilities in externally 
funded research projects,
4. Short (2-3 pages) explanation of the applicant’s pedagogical training 
and teaching merits (see: 
https://www.jyu.fi/hum/en/aineistot/tyosuhteet/portfolio_eng.pdf/view),
5. Short (2-3 pages) explanation of the applicant’s international 
activities and experience in societal interaction, 6. Short (2-3 pages) 
explanation how the applicant intends to develop the research, education 
and societal interaction in the field of intercultural communication and 
that connects communication and language studies,
7. A numbered list of publications covering the applicant’s the 
scientific and other publications according to the instructions of the 
Academy of Finland (see: 
http://www.aka.fi/en/funding/how-to-apply/appendices-required/guidelines-for-list-of-publications/),
8. A maximum of ten publications, which must be numbered according to 
the list of publications.
 Please submit your application at the latest on Monday, August 14th 
2017 using the online application form. You’ll find the job 
advertisement and the application form at following link: 
https://www.jyu.fi/en/news/current-vacancies


































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