Assistant Professor at Department of Educational Sciences

Dean of the Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University announces an open competition for the position

Assistant Professor

 

Workplace: Department of Educational Sciences, Faculty of Arts, Masaryk University
EU Researcher Profile: R2 

Amount of Working Hours: full-time - 40 hours per week
Number of Open Positions: 1
Expected Start: 01 January 2025
Type of Employment Contract: fixed term (employment contract for 2 year)
Application Deadline: 10 December 2024

 

We are looking for a colleague to join the Department of Educational Sciences for the position of assistant professor with a focus on quantitative research. An excellent publication record, experience in a basic research project and an international internship are important for us.

MAIN JOB CONTENT

Teaching

• Participating in lectures and other forms of teaching in Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programs, including courses such as Sociology of Education, Educational Policy, and Methodology of Quantitative Research.
• Contributing to teaching in Bachelor’s, Master’s, and lifelong learning programs.
• Supervising, advising, or serving as an opponent for Bachelor’s and Master’s theses.
• Acting as a supervisor or consultant for doctoral programs in exceptional cases.
• Assisting in the organizational support of teaching activities.
• Engaging in publishing activities, particularly for educational purposes.

 

Research

Participation in research, development, and innovation activities, particularly:

• conducting independent research on complex research and development tasks and publishing findings in peer-reviewed journals, scientific monographs, or peer-reviewed proceedings,
• actively participating in domestic and international scientific conferences and professional meetings to present research results,
• contributing to the organizational support of research activities.

Other

Participation in operational and administrative activities related to the academic position, as directed by the department head, including:

• performing routine administrative tasks related to course management, utilizing e-learning, and communicating with students via the MU Information System,
• organizing and facilitating foreign internships for students and academic staff.

 

WE REQUEST

• Ph.D. – Doctoral Degree Programme in Education
• professional focus on quantitative research
• publishing articles in Web of Science (WoS) journals
• participating in blue-sky research projects
• collaborating with leading international experts to publish scientific findings

Language skills

• knowledge of English language at C1/C2 level
• excellent knowledge of the Czech language in both written and spoken form

Requirements related to job content

• Ability to communicate effectively with students and actively engage them in learning
• Capacity for independent publication
• Advanced proficiency in statistical data analysis software
• Skill in clearly formulating and presenting research findings
• Ability to present research results to both an international professional community and a broad audience

 

WE OFFER

Working environment 

• stable working environment in a prestigious institution
• employment in a prestigious institution awarded by the HR Excellence in Research
• access to interesting projects 
• friendly and inspiring working environment
• convenient location of the faculty in the city centre
• a friendly approach to work-life balance

Employee benefits

8 weeks of paid vacation per year, flexible working hours with the possibility to work partly from home for better work life balance, meal allowance in the salary or for meals in canteens, pension insurance contribution or nursery school/ playgroup allowance, selected vaccinations free of charge, favourable mobile tariffs Vodafone, Multisport card, sports lessons organized by the Faculty of Sports Studies, the nursery school Elánek for children of employees near the faculty.

Training and development

Opportunities for training and personal development, e.g., language and other courses provided by MU, use of MU libraries, use of placements and mobilities abroad, participation in conferences, etc.

 

HOW TO APPLY

Please send your application via the electronic application link by 10.12.2024 (please use the link in the Electronic Application section below) and please attach all required documents.  

The following documents are required as a part of your application:

• cover letter
• cover letter specifying the area of research interest
• structured CV with an overview of previous experience
• copies of proof of education
• overview of scientific and publishing activities

 

Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation of acceptance to your e-mail address. After the e-application deadline, you will receive information about the next steps.

If you are unsure, please contact the FF MU Personnel Office:

Ing. Jana Marečková, e-mail: mareckova@phil.muni.cz

 

SELECTION PROCESS

Selection criteria:

• submitting of all required documents in the e-application,
• compliance of the candidate's profile with the requirements for the job as stated above.

Suitable candidates will be invited to a personal interview, which may also take the form of a videoconference. Selection procedures rules at the Faculty of Arts of MU can be found on our careers page here.

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you!

 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY, THE FACULTY, AND THE DEPARTMENT

Masaryk University is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, with 10 faculties and a number of other specialized units, more than 6,000 employees and 32,000 students. We are a university with a wide range of research areas in the humanities and natural sciences and a strong international position. Our mission is to provide education and research of the highest quality.

The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University is one of the four founding faculties of Masaryk University and since its foundation in 1919 it has been not only an important center of humanities and social science education, science, research and development, but also an institution that actively participates in shaping the cultural life of the city and the region.

Traditionally, it has been profiled as a research-oriented faculty generating approximately one-fifth of MU's research volume. The faculty has more than 600 employees and by the student population of over 6,000 is the largest faculty at the university.

Since 2021, the faculty has been the proud holder of the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission.

You can find out more information about the faculty on the website https://www.phil.muni.cz/en/ or on Facebook https://www.facebook.com/FacultyofArtsMasarykUniversity.

For information on HR work set according to European standards, visit the HR Award faculty website:

https://www.phil.muni.cz/en/about-us/hrs4r-hr-award/.

 

Department

Information about the Department of Educational Sciences at the Faculty of Arts of MU
can be found at: https:// pedagogika.phil.muni.cz/en/studium Studium | Department of Educational Sciences (muni.cz)

Contact person at the department for questions about the position:

First name and surname: Mgr. Roman Švaříček, Ph.D., e-mail: svaricek@phil.muni.cz, telephone: +420  549 49 6521