[Commlist] Vacancy: Associate Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies (specialising in organizational communication)

Vacancy: Associate Senior Lecturer in Media and Communication Studies 
(specialising in organizational communication)

Read more: https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:555242/ 
<https://uu.varbi.com/en/what:job/jobID:555242/>

The Department of Informatics and Media (IM) is home to three 
disciplines: Media and Communication Studies (including journalism), 
Information Systems, and Human-Computer Interaction. The Media and 
Communication Studies research profile is broad, including 
discourse studies, existential media studies, digitalization, the role 
of media in society, and the role of communication in and to 
organizations, i.e. organizational communication. The department 
also operates a broad educational assignment including programs and 
courses within the Faculty of Social Sciences. The department has a 
turnover around 87 million SEK and 85 employees.

The department is interdisciplinary and offers research and education in 
an active environment where strengths are managed and opportunities for 
development supported. There are further possibilities of 
interdisciplinary exchange across the whole university.

Our bachelor program in Media and Communication Studies (and journalism) 
is, since its inception 2017, recurrently Sweden’s most popular. We also 
offer programs on an advanced level through collaborations across 
disciplines and departments.

Period of employment
The position of associate senior lecturer can be held for a maximum of 
four years, with a possibility of promotion to senior lecturer. Criteria 
for promotion to senior lecturer may be found here: Regulations for 
Promotion and in Faculty of Social Sciences Supplementary 
Guidelines (section 2 f).

Duties
Research and teaching in Media and Communication Studies, with 
specialization in organizational communication, which includes strategic 
communication. Teaching includes responsibility for courses, supervision 
and course administration. The position may also include administrative 
duties.

Required qualifications
A person qualified for appointment as an associate senior lecturer is a 
person who has been awarded a PhD or has the corresponding research 
expertise, and who meets the requirements for teaching expertise. 
Preference will be given to applicants who have completed their PhD or 
attained equivalent expertise no more than five years before the 
deadline for applications. Furthermore, the applicant must meet the 
requirements laid down in the Appointment Regulations for 
Uppsala University (Section 39) and the Faculty of Social Sciences 
Supplementary Guidelines (section 2 e).

The teaching expertise, research expertise and professional skill must 
be relevant to the subject matter of the position and the duties that 
the position involves.

As stipulated in the Appointment Regulations for Uppsala University, one 
general qualification required for teaching staff is that applicants 
must be able to work with other people and otherwise meet the demands of 
suitability required to perform the duties of the position well.

To meet the qualification requirements, applicants must have a 
documented ability to teach in Swedish or English. An appointee who only 
has a command of one of these languages when taking up their appointment 
must be able to teach in the other language as well within two years.

Assessment criteria
In the selection among qualified applicants, particular weight will be 
given to research expertise. In view of the nature of the position as a 
career-development position, applicants’ research and teaching 
qualifications will be assessed primarily in terms of quality. Hence, if 
an applicant has a quantitative advantage attributable to, for example, 
longer professional experience, this should not be decisive.

Research expertise
Research expertise refers to the track record in research. In assessing 
research expertise, particular weight will be given to the track record 
in organizational communication – with the focus on the constitutive 
role of communication to organizations – but may also include wider 
strategic communication research on, e.g., public, political and 
institutional contexts, both nationally and internationally. In 
assessing research expertise, research quality will be the primary 
consideration. The scope of the research, in terms primarily of its 
depth and breadth and experience of using both qualitative and 
quantitative methods, will also be taken into account.

Teaching expertise
Teaching expertise will be evaluated as carefully as research expertise. 
Teaching expertise refers to the track record in education, with a focus 
on the quality of teaching. The scope of teaching experience, in terms 
of both breadth and depth, will also be taken into account.

Administrative and other expertise is important in the position and will 
be accorded weight. Administrative expertise is demonstrated, for 
example, by the ability to plan, organize and prioritize work in an 
efficient and appropriate manner. Weight will also be given to the 
ability to interact both within the scholarly community and with the 
wider community.

Qualifications must be documented in a manner that makes it possible to 
assess both their quality and their scope.

When the University appoints new teachers, it will select the applicants 
who, upon a qualitative overall assessment of their competence and 
expertise, are judged to have the best potential to perform and develop 
the duties concerned and to contribute to the positive development of 
the department.

In this recruitment, the recruitment committee may make use of 
interviews, trial lectures and references. Applicants should therefore 
provide a list of reference persons who can shed light on their 
professional proficiency and personal qualities that are relevant to the 
position, e.g. team-working abilities, leadership abilities and working 
methods.

Personal circumstances (parental leave, part-time employment because of 
childcare, union responsibilities, military service, etc.) that may be 
considered to the applicant’s advantage when evaluating qualifications 
should be taken up in connection with the account of qualifications 
and experiences.

Application process
A complete application is to be submitted via Uppsala University’s 
recruitment system and should comprise:

•     Letter of application
•     List of attachments
•     Curriculum vitae
•     Presentation of research qualifications
•     List of publications
•     Presentation of educational qualifications
•     Presentation of other qualifications
•     Scholarly and any teaching and learning publications cited
•     List of reference persons (name, contact details, previous working 
relationship)
Instructions for drawing up the application

Please note: The application, including attachments, is to be submitted 
electronically in the recruitment system Varbi. Any publications cited 
that are not available in electronic format should be sent in 
triplicate to the Faculty of Social Sciences, Uppsala University, Box 
256, 751 05 Uppsala. Mark the package with the reference number UFV-PA 
2022/3843.

For further information, see the University’s Appointment 
Regulations and the Faculty’s supplementary guidelines for appointments.

About the position
The position is temporary, for a maximum of four years. The position is 
full-time. Starting latest May 1st 2023 or by agreement,. Placement: Uppsala

Further information about the position is available from: Director of 
Studies Daniel Lövgren, tel. 018-471 2877, email (daniel.lovgren /at/ im.uu.se) 
<mailto:(daniel.lovgren /at/ im.uu.se)>

Questions about the appointment procedure may be addressed to: Faculty 
Officer Ellinor Fiebranz Andersson, tel. 018-471 28 28, email 
(samfak /at/ samfak.uu.se) <mailto:(samfak /at/ samfak.uu.se)>

We look forward to receiving your application by 21 November 2022, 
UFV-PA 2022/3843.

In the event of any disagreement between the English and the Swedish 
versions of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

Please do not send offers of recruitment or advertising services.

Submit your application through Uppsala University's recruitment system.

Type of employmentTemporary position longer than 6 months
Contract typeFull time
First day of employment1 maj 2023 eller enligt överenskommelse
SalaryIndividuell lönesättning
Number of positions1
Working hours100%
CityUppsala
CountyUppsala län
CountrySweden
Reference numberUFV-PA 2022/3843
Union representative
• Seko Universitetsklubben, (seko /at/ uadm.uu.se) <mailto:(seko /at/ uadm.uu.se)>
• ST/TCO, (tco /at/ fackorg.uu.se) <mailto:(tco /at/ fackorg.uu.se)>
• Saco-rådet, (saco /at/ uadm.uu.se) <mailto:(saco /at/ uadm.uu.se)>
Published18.Oct.2022
Last application date21.Nov.2022 11:59 PM CET




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