Job Positions
ASSISTANT PROFESSORHIPS (1 or more positions depending on candidates)
Department of Social Sciences and Business
ROSKILDE UNIVERSITY, DENMARK
The Department of Social Science and Business (ISE), Roskilde University, invites applications for one or more fixed-term (3 years) position(s) as assistant professor(s) in business administration, with a focus on: Strategy, Leadership, HRM, or Marketing. The position is available from December 1st, 2017 or as soon as possible thereafter. After three years, successful assistant professors may have the option to apply for an associate professorship.
Applicants matching the following profile will be preferred:
- Research profile within one of the following research areas: Business strategy; Leadership and/or HRM; Social marketing and/or marketing
- Ability to teach and supervise in Danish
- Strong methodological skills
- Interest and experience in project-based teaching and research in an interdisciplinary environment
Responsibilities and tasks:
The Assistant professor's duties will primarily include research (including publication/academic dissemination duties) and research-based teaching (with associated examination duties) in the Business Studies and Business Administration teaching programmes (Danish and/or English), and our Social Science bachelor programme (Danish and/or English). Assistant professors have a reduced teaching load.
The successful candidate is expected to accomplish:
- research, meeting international standards,
- contribute to the development of the research profile of the department
- engage in external fundraising to increase funds for the department
- play an active role in developing new teaching methods
- participate in the department's communication with the broader public
- take responsibility for the long-term well-being of the department
- contribute to the administrative responsibilities of the department
Qualifications:
Applicants must hold a PhD degree or equivalent in an appropriate field. You are also required to be enterprising and to possess good interpersonal skills and to be a visible, active participant in the department's daily activities, in addition to being willing to engage in disciplinary and interdisciplinary collaboration across the department.
Successful candidates who do not speak Danish (or possibly Swedish or Norwegian) will be requested to acquire the necessary skills in Danish within the first two years of service, so as to ensure that they can participate satisfactorily in teaching activities as well as in academic and administrative activities at the University. At the time of appointment, successful candidates must master English for academic purposes. Potential applicants from outside Denmark will find information about life in Denmark (tax holidays, healthcare etc.) here
Assessment:
In the assessment of the candidates consideration will be given to;
- relevance of research interests to the call,
- scientific production and research potential at an international level,
- the ability to teach and supervise in Danish (see above),
- some experience in teaching and education development and management,
- ability to contribute to the development of the department's internal and external cooperation.
Questions:
Further information may be obtained by contacting the Head of Department, Peter Kragelund. Tel. +45 4674 3335, e-mail: jpk@ruc.dk , or deputy Head of Department: Bodil Damgaard, tel. + 45 4674 2251, email: bodam@ruc.dk.
Terms of employment:
The position will be filled according to the Agreement between the Danish Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (AC). The position is covered by the Protocol on Job Structure.
Read more about the recruitment process at Roskilde University here.
Application:
To apply for the position click on the button 'Apply for vacancy here' below the job advertisement at RUC's homepage. (The job advertisement is found here: https://ruc.dk/en/job/vip.)
Only applications in English are accepted.
Applications must include:
- Cover letter
- CV with documentation of education.
- Teaching portfolio (read more about teaching portfolio at Roskilde University on the application website).
- A complete list of publications.
- Co-author declaration if relevant (using the template found on the application website).
- A brief description of the research and development work you expect to perform in connection with your appointment, including a short description of how you view your qualifications in relation to this.
- A maximum of 5 relevant scientific works that you want included in the assessment.
Please submit your application no later than September 1, 2017.
Material received after this date will not be taken into consideration.
Roskilde University welcomes applications from suitably qualified candidates regardless of age, gender, race, religion or ethnic background.
Best Regards/med Venlig Hilsen,
Dr. Kristian J. Sund
Associate Professor of Strategy and Organization
Lektor i strategi og organisation
Roskilde University
Department of Social Sciences and Business
Building 25.1.52
P.O. Box 260
4000 Roskilde
Denmark
Email: sund@ruc.dk
Phone: +45 46 74 21 98
Mob: +45 51 46 33 96
Web: http://www.kjsund.com
Web: http://www.ruc.dk/~sund
Web: dk.linkedin.com/in/kristiansund