Full-time tenure track position as Associate Professor at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry

The Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry wish to recruit talented persons with a professional background in medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, clinical nutrition or health sciences. We are therefore announcing a tenure track position as associate professor. The position is open within any of the special fields indicated. The position is vacant for a period of six years.

The aim of the employment in a tenure track position is to recruit the best candidates for a full-time permanent position as professor. The faculty and the departments are committed to facilitate the development of the competence within teaching, research, presentation and innovation for the successful applicant. The successful applicant will during the tenure track period get the opportunity to qualify for a permanent position as professor. The position will be connected to the department which is natural depending on the successful applicant´s field of expertise.

See end of page for job description including details on curriculum and area of responsibility, particular duties and other circumstances which will be stressed at the time of appointment and the request to get a full-time permanent position as professor at the end of the tenure track period.

Additional information on the position is obtainable from the Vice Dean, Professor Eyvind Rødahl, phone: +47 55 58 60 14 or e-mail: Eyvind.Rodahl@uib.no

Conditions for employment

• There should be less than six years since the applicant received his/her PhD-degree. The applicant may obtain additional time for leave of absence in connection with birth or adoption

• The applicant must have a Norwegian authorization in one of the relevant special fields indicated. It is possible for the applicant to have a part-time clinical position (40 %). Applicants currently under specialisation may have a part-time clinical position up to 50 %, or the applicant can apply for one year leave of absence in order to finish the specialization. The position as associate professor at the University of Bergen and the clinical position outside the University of Bergen cannot exceed 120 %. The tenure track period cannot exceed seven years.

Responsibilities

• The successful applicant must have a degree within medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, clinical nutrition or health science, and contribute to research and teaching at the Faculty of Medicine and Dentistry. For details, please see the description of the position at the end of the page.

Qualifications

• A relevant Norwegian PhD-degree or corresponding qualifications. There should be less than six years since the successful applicant received his/her PhD-degree
• A Norwegian approved speciality training within a relevant health profession (medicine, dentistry, pharmacy, clinical nutrition or health science)

 

The following conditions will be emphasized

• Good progression in the development of his/her own research
• The ability to work independently and structured
• Good interpersonal skills
• Taken part in teaching-, supervision- and examination programmes
• Basic teaching training. The successful candidate will be offered appropriate training if this requirement has not been met before the appointment.
• Professional and general communication of own research
• The ability to attract external funding

 

The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. 

We can offer

• The possibility for a permanent position as professor at the end of the tenure track period if the candidate is qualified
• Extensive follow-up during the tenure track period
• Access to advanced infrastructure at the University of Bergen and Haukeland University Hospital
• Office and lab space
• A start-up package consisting of NOK 250 000 per year for the first three years to cover running costs
• For an associate professor the initial salary pay grade is 59-62 (code 1011/pay framework 24.3-24.6) on the government salary scale; at present NOK 507 100 - 535 900 gross p.a. for a full-time position; following ordinary meriting regulations. A pension contribute of 2 % will be deducted and deposited to the state pension scheme. In the case of highly qualified applicants a higher salary may be considered
• A good pension scheme in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Inclusive workplace (IW)
• Good welfare scheme

 

Guidelines

The successful applicant will be required to take part in teaching and examination programmes in force at any time and to comply without additional remuneration with any amendments that may be introduced by legislation with regard to curriculum, pension schemes and retirement age.

Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the evaluation committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the Personnel Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied.

State employment shall reflect the multiplicity of the population at large to the highest possible degree. The University of Bergen has therefore adopted a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds and persons with disabilities are therefore encouraged to apply for the position.

The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when recruiting staff to scientific positions. Information about the applicant may be made public even though the applicant has requested not to be named in the list of applicants. The applicant will be notified if his/her request is not respected.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the position at any time.

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