Associate Professor in Social Psychology

The Department of Psychosocial Science, at The Faculty of Psychology, has a vacant position as Associate Professor in Social Psychology.

The Faculty of Psychology offers professional study programmes for psychologists, is responsible for the pedagogical training of the University of Bergen's own staff, contributes towards the pedagogical aspects of teacher training and offers academic degrees within a wide range of studies: child welfare, health promotion work, pedagogics, special education, psychology, work and organisational psychology, and speech and language therapy. The faculty's main focus areas in research are connected with health, education, development-related research and basic research in its widest sense.

The Department has in total 31 permanent academic positions and is responsible for the tuition of one-year psychology, the basic clinical skills of a psychologist, the bachelor programmes in work and organisational psychology and within general psychology, and a master programme in psychology (with two programme options at the Department: work and organisational psychology, and psychological science), as well as the PhD programmes at The Faculty of Psychology. The Department also offers courses within continuing and further education. The Department carries out research within basic psychological science and within applied areas such as school psychology, work and organisational psychology, and community psychology.

 

Work tasks/area of research:

The appointed person will be required to teach and supervise students at the professional study of psychology, and also other courses and study programmes at the Department where social psychology is included, for example the one-year introductory psychology programme and the bachelor and master programmes. It will also be necessary to teach at PhD level. The successful applicant will be given grading tasks, administrative tasks and participate in meetings and committee work in line with the other employees at the Department. He or she will take part of the Department's research activity and teaching activities within social psychology. We specifically welcome applicants with teaching and research competence within theme of diversity, social groups (within- and between relations), and group dynamics. The successful applicant will take part in further development of research in social psychology at the Department, including the establishment of professional networks and the recruitment of younger researchers.

 

Qualifications:

• Applicants must have achieved a PhD in psychology (including having defended the thesis) or equivalent at the time of application
• Experience with qualitative research methods will be seen as an  advantage
• He or she must be able to work independently and in a structured manner
• He or she must have strong communication and collaboration skills and must be able to work well together with both colleagues and students
• Emphasis will be placed on motivation and personal suitability for the position
• He or she must be able to generate a well-functioning learning environment
• Basic education in pedagogics is a requirement for the position. The successful applicant will be offered training in this respect if this requirement is not met at the time of appointment.
• Teaching language is mainly Norwegian. It is a requirement that the successful applicant within a period of two years following the appointment, must pass a Norwegian/Scandinavian language test and have the ability to lecture in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language.

 

We can offer:

• A good and professionally challenging working environment
• Salary at scale 60 - 68 (code 1011/salary grade 24-4) of the Government salary scale on appointment. This is equivalent to a gross annual salary of NOK 510,100-591,400 Further promotions are made according to qualifications and length of service. For particularly well-qualified applicants, a higher salary may be considered.
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Employment in an inclusive workplace (under the IA scheme)
• Good welfare benefits

 

Your application must include:

• A letter of motivation where the applicant explains in detail why he or she is applying for the position and what he or she wishes to achieve through the position
• CV
• Diplomas and transcripts
• Relevant certificates and written references
• Name and contact details for two referees
• Complete list of publications
• List with appendices documenting your pedagogic qualifications
• List of academic works that you believe should be taken into consideration in the assessment of your application, including information about where this work was published
• Academic works that the applicant believes should be considered in the assessment of the application (maximum 10)
• The application and attachments along with certified translations in English or another Scandinavian language must be uploaded to JobbNorge.

 

Please note that applications, along with the information and attachments linked to the application in JobbNorge, will be evaluated after the closing date for applications. Attachments must be in English or a Scandinavian language, and any translations must be certified. It is the applicant's responsibility to ensure that all the necessary information has been submitted by the closing date for applications.

It is particularly important that each of the attachments that are to be taken into account in the assessment is uploaded in full as an attachment to the application.

The top candidates will be invited to an interview.

Closing date for applications: 15th of August 2016

The Application must be marked: 16/2723

 

General information:

Further information about the position can be obtained from:

Head of Department/professor Norman Anderssen

E-mail Norman.Anderssen@uib.no

Tel. 55 58 20 55

The state workforce shall reflect the diversity of Norwegian society to the greatest extent possible. Our personnel policy is designed to achieve an age and gender balance among our employees. People with immigrant backgrounds and people with disabilities are encouraged to apply for the position.

The University of Bergen applies the principle of public access to information when recruiting staff for academic positions.

Information about applicants may be made public even if the applicant has asked not to be named on the list of persons who have applied. The applicant must be notified if the request to be omitted is not met.