[ecrea] vacancy - Senior Lecturer in Game Design

https://www.uu.se/en/about-uu/join-us/details/?positionId=211154

Senior Lecturer in Game Design

Sort on published: 2018-05-30

Uppsala University is a comprehensive research-intensive university with 
a strong international standing. Our mission is to pursue top-quality 
research and education and to interact constructively with society. Our 
most important assets are all the individuals whose curiosity and 
dedication make Uppsala University one of Sweden’s most exciting 
workplaces. Uppsala University has 42,000 students, 7,000 employees and 
a turnover of SEK 6.7 billion.

At the Department of Game Design, Campus Gotland, Sweden

The Discipline: The Department of Game Design was established on July 1, 
2013, through the merger of Gotland University and Uppsala University. 
Game development and game design education and research had been 
conducted at the former Gotland University for about 10 years prior to 
the merger.

The department currently offers four undergraduate degree programmes: BA 
Game Design and Graphics, BA Game Design and Programming, BA Game Design 
and Project Management, and BA Game Design. A Master’s programme in Game 
Design is planned for an autumn 2019 start.

The department additionally offers independent courses in game design 
and graphics with an emphasis on visualisation and animation. Research 
within the department focuses on fundamental issues relevant to the 
field of game design.

Duties: The position encompasses teaching courses in game design with 
both practical and theoretical orientation, personal research and course 
administration. Teaching includes course responsibility, supervision, 
examination and development work. The duties also require staying up to 
date with the subject area and other societal development relevant to 
the work at the university. Applicants must be prepared to participate 
in department and faculty level activities and accept departmental 
management responsibilities, such as Director of Studies or Prefect 
(Head of Department).

Eligibility requirements: Applicants are eligible for employment as 
Senior Lecturer if they have completed a doctorate or possess the 
equivalent academic qualifications, have demonstrated teaching skills 
and have completed relevant tertiary-level teacher training comprising 
ten weeks or have in some other way acquired equivalent proficiency; and 
have the general capabilities necessary to carry out in full the duties 
of the appointment. In special cases, the tertiary-level teacher 
training may be completed during the first two years of tenure.

The documented ability to teach in English is a requirement.

Assessment criteria: In selecting among eligible applicants, equal 
emphasis will be placed on academic and teaching competence. 
Professional experience from the games industry is meriting.

When assessing academic competence, the primary criteria will be skill, 
i.e. scientific quality. Additionally, the applicant’s range of 
research, mainly with regard to depth and breadth will be of importance 
for the assessment. Attention will be paid to the ability to plan, 
initiate, lead and develop research and teaching independently on a 
postgraduate level, as well as their capacity to successfully obtain 
research funding in a competitive situation, and to their demonstrated 
capacity to cooperate with other researchers and with the community at 
large.

Regarding the focus of the applicant’s research it is expected that it 
clearly includes game design or Game Studies. The candidate may have a 
background in fields such as, for example, Gender studies, interaction 
design, art, cultural studies, literature, sociology or new media studies.

When appraising the pedagogical and scholarly qualifications, the 
primary criteria will be that of skill, i.e. pedagogical quality. The 
applicant’s portfolio of teaching qualifications should be detailed and 
well-documented. The range of pedagogical skills, regarding both breadth 
and depth, will also be considered. In addition, the capacity to plan, 
initiate, lead and develop teaching and education on all levels as well 
as the ability to link instruction to current research will be 
considered. Pedagogical skills also include the ability to engage in 
matters of university level pedagogics with actors both within and 
outside the university.

Equal care will be taken in assessing the applicant’s pedagogical skill 
and their scientific skill.

Following a comprehensive assessment of accomplishments and skills, the 
University will select the candidate who is judged to be most qualified 
to carry out and develop the functions of the position and contribute to 
the advancement of the subject and the Department.

Assessment criteria – additional skills: Administrative and leadership 
competence is important for this position and will be assessed accordingly.

Administrative competence is shown, for instance, in the ability to 
plan, organise, and prioritise work in an efficient and goal-oriented 
manner and in the capacity to set and respect time frames. Skills 
include overarching operational planning and the ability to manage 
resources in a manner that reflects the priorities of the Department as 
well as the capacity to work in an organised way with a view to 
objectives and quality.

Managerial competence is demonstrated in the ability to manage 
departmental activities and staff, to make decisions, to assume 
responsibility as well as to provide others with incentives and the 
conditions to achieve common goals efficiently. The ability to 
coordinate the work of the group as well as contribute to a good working 
environment are further examples of administrative competence.

Additionally, the ability to interact with the surrounding society and 
to disseminate research and research results and development work will 
be appraised. The ability to disseminate research and development work 
is shown by popular science work, e.g. participation in educating the 
general public, publication of writings in popular science and 
participation in the public discussions of issues of education and research.

The successful applicant must be prepared to assume administrative 
tasks, such as Director of Studies or Head of Department. It is thus 
important that the applicant is suitable for, and has an interest in, 
academic leadership and administration.

Uppsala University aims for gender balance and diversity in all 
activities in order to achieve a higher quality at all levels of the 
organisation. We therefore welcome applicants of any gender and with 
different birth backgrounds, functionality and life experience.

In an overall assessment of the applicant’s qualifications, parental 
leave, part-time work relating to care of children, union assignments, 
military service, or the like are to be regarded as work experience.

Application process:

Applications must be submitted electronically in Uppsala University’s 
recruitment system Varbi. Publications that do not exist in an 
electronic format and that cannot be scanned must be sent in two copies 
to Historisk-filosofiska fakulteten, Uppsala universitet, Box 256, 751 
05 Uppsala. Mark the package dnr UFV-PA 2018/1609.

For further information about Uppsala University appointment 
regulations, see 
http://regler.uu.se/digitalAssets/92/c_92570-l_1-k_appointment-regulations-for-uppsala-university.pdf

https://mp.uu.se/documents/432512/52616468/komplriktlinjeranst201582.pdf/f3bb84f9-2ea4-4382-b8a0-8d2255462833 
(in Swedish)

Information about the position can be provided by Magnus Johansson, Head 
of Department, tel +46 18-471 8426, e-post Magnus (Johansson /at/ speldesign.uu.se)

Please submit your application by 30 June, 2018, UFV-PA 2018/1609.

In case of different interpretations of the English and Swedish versions 
of this announcement, the Swedish version takes precedence.

We decline offers of recruitment and advertising help. We only accept 
the application the way described in the advertisement.

Placement: Department of Game Design

Type of employment: Full time , Permanent position

Pay: Fixed salary

Number of positions: 1

Working hours: 100%

Town: Gotland

County: Gotlands län

Country: Sweden

Union representative: Suzanne Borén Andersson, TCO/ST 018-471 6251
Per Sundman, Saco-rådet 018-471 1485
Ella Papaioannou, Seko 018-471 3315

Number of reference: UFV-PA 2018/1609

Last application date: 2018-06-30
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