Stilling:
Professor / Associate Professor of Medicine (Biomedicine)
Deadline: November 4, 2018
A permanent position as Professor of Medicine (50%) is vacant at the Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine. If there are no qualified applicants for the professor position, it will be open for appointment to a position as associate professor. The position is financed by the University of Bergen, Faculty of Medicine and Department of Biomedicine.
The major focus of the position is to strengthen the existing collaboration between Shandong University and the University of Bergen in the area of neuro-oncology both in research and teaching.
See end of page for job description including details on curriculum and area of responsibility, particular duties and other circumstances which will be emphasized at the time of appointment.
The successful candidate shall work within one of the established research groups at the department. The work place will be at Bygg for Biologiske Basalfag, Jonas Lies vei 91 in Bergen.
Additional information about the position can be obtained from Professor Mathias Ziegler, Head of Department of Biomedicine, phone 55 58 45 91, e-mail mathias.ziegler@uib.no.
Qualifications
- The applicant must have a medical background and a relevant Norwegian doctorate or corresponding qualifications.
- The applicant must have documented experience and competence in research on brain malignancies.
- The applicant must have extensive experience with collaboration projects between Chinese (preferably Shandong University) and Norwegian institutions of higher education and research. The work necessitates travels between Norway and China, and the candidate should therefore have knowledge of Chinese culture and language.
- The successful candidate will be teaching general and basic skills within the fields of anatomy and cell biology in the current curriculum for medical students.
- The successful candidate will also supervise Master- and PhD-students at the department and participate in the general teaching at bachelor-level for the medical, dental, nutrition and pharmacy students as well as participate in other tasks at the department.
- Emphasis will be put on the applicant’s ability to create a good teaching environment and a good collaboration with the clinical departments at Haukeland University Hospital.
- Emphasis will be put on the ability of the applicant to create a good research environment.
- Basic teaching training is a requirement. The successful candidate will be offered appropriate training if this requirement has not been met before the appointment.
Proven willingness and ability to cooperate will be of great importance in the evaluation process.
The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. The successful applicant must be able to teach in Norwegian or one of the other Scandinavian languages within two years of his/her appointment. Norwegian courses will be offered.
Salary
Professor salary will be paid in accordance with level 77-78 (code 1013) on the government salary scale, at present NOK 731 400 - 754 900 gross p.a. for a full-time position. For an associate professor the initial salary pay grade is 67 (code 1011/pay framework 24.10) on the government salary scale; at present NOK 597 400 or salary scale 79 (specialist) at present NOK 778 700. Salary is 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 a highly qualified applicant, a higher salary may be considered.
We can offer
- a good and challenging international working environment in a faculty with an academic environment that is in the forefront nationally and internationally
- professional challenges with opportunities for personal development and skills development
- a good pension scheme in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
- inclusive workplace (IW)
- good welfare benefits
For more information regarding what the University of Bergen can offer its employees please visit:
http://www.uib.no/en/poa/74243/what-can-university-bergen-offer-its-employees
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 can 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.
Application
How to apply for the position:
Upload the following and send the application and CV via the link "Apply for this job" on this website:
● scanned copies of your certificates
● list of attachments providing evidence of the applicant's teaching qualifications
● complete list of scholarly works, with information about where these have been published
● list of works on which the committee should place special emphasis in its evaluation with information on where they have been published
● scholarly works, or parts of such works on which the committee should place special emphasis in its evaluation (max 15 for a professor, max 10 for an associate professor)
It is very important that each of the scholarly works on which the committee should place special emphasis, is attached in its entirety (pdf).
The applications with attachments are sent electronically to the expert committee.
Please note that the applications will be forwarded to the committee with the information and attachments uploaded in Jobbnorge at closing date.
Further information about our employment process can be found here.
DESCRIPTION OF POSITION
PROFESSOR/ASSOCIATE PROFESSOR OF MEDICINE (50%)
A permanent position as Professor of Medicine (50%) is vacant at the Department of Biomedicine, Faculty of Medicine, University of Bergen. If no qualified applicant for the professor position, it will be open for appointment to a position as associate professor.
About the Department
The Department of Biomedicine represents an education and research center focusing on biological mechanisms involved in human health and disease. The knowledge generated may lead to new diagnostic tools and therapies. The research is primarily focused on the following topics:
- cancer
- neuroscience
- physiology
- protein biology
- nanotechnology
- neuropsychiatric disorders
- cell biology
The Department trains future scientists in a master's program and a PhD research school. Around 200 employees form the core of the ten thematically focused research groups. The Department manage three high-technology core facilities that are available to all higher educational institutions in Norway.
About the position
Research
The successful candidate must have a strong experience within the field of cancer research focusing on brain tumor malignancies. This involves extensive experience within the fields of molecular biology, cell biology and translational research. The candidate must document a capacity to establish well-functioning international academic relations with foreign research institutions.
The University of Bergen strives to strengthen academic and educational collaborations with Chinese institutions of higher education, and a neuro-oncology research program between Shandong University and the Department of Biomedicine has been established. The successful candidate will follow up, strengthen and expand this research program. The work necessitates travels between Norway and China, and the candidate should therefore have knowledge of Chinese culture and language.
Education/Teaching
The successful candidate will be teaching anatomy and cell biology courses as described in the current curriculum for medical students. The curriculum is under revision and the successful candidate will subsequently participate in the teaching of the medical students following the new curriculum.
The successful candidate will also supervise Master- and PhD-students at the department and participate in the general teaching at bachelor-level for the medical, dental, nutrition and pharmacy students as well as participate in other tasks at the department.
Documented abilities and willingness to participate in collaborative work will be emphasised.
The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. The successful applicant must be able to teach in Norwegian or one of the other Scandinavian languages within two years of his/her appointment.
Basic teaching competence is also a requirement, but the successful applicant who does not have such competence at the time of his/her appointment will be offered training.
Reference is made to the University's General Regulations which state that as part of the normal duties of the position, the successful applicant may also be required to undertake teaching, supervision and work in connection with examinations in his or her particular field outside the organisational unit to which the appointment belongs.
The University of Bergen underscore that teaching qualifications are to be given real weight in appointments to middle and senior positions. This can be done by for instance sending in:
- evidence of completed teaching training
- evaluation reports of the applicant's teaching
- overview of scope and level of teaching
- overview of supervision of post-graduate and doctoral candidates, and results obtained
- student awards received
- own teaching publications
- own teaching compendia and material reports showing participation in projects related to the development of teaching, such as alternative forms of teaching, supervision or teaching environments.
Appointment takes place based on the recommendation of an expert committee and an independent assessment from the appointing authority including interview and any testing of teaching competence.