Tenure Track Position in Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics

University of Innsbruck, Austria

Updated: almost 2 years ago
Job Type: FullTime
Deadline: 08 Jun 2022

The Research Department for Limnology, Mondsee, at the Faculty of Biology at the Leopold-Franzens University Innsbruck seeks to fill a

Tenure Track Position

in

Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics

at the earliest convenience.

Responsibilities include

Conducting independent research and teaching on the subject of “Eco-Evolutionary Dynamics” in the field of aquatic ecology.

Research focus should be on interactions between ecological and evolutionary processes.

Cooperation with the research groups of the department, participation in the cross-faculty research area "Mountain Regions", teaching in the Faculty of Biology, (co-)supervision of theses, acquisition of third-party funding, and participation in academic self-governance are expected.

Employment Requirements include

  • doctoral degree in Biology (or a related discipline) with an emphasis on ecology, evolution and/or aquatic science;
  • post-doc experience and/or relevant professional experience;
  • output beyond the PhD, documented by publications in international peer reviewed journals;
  • interdisciplinary research;
  • integration in the international research community;
  • involvement in research projects and in acquisition of competitive grants;
  • excellent didactic skills and experience in (co-)supervision of students;
  • good communication skills and ability to work in a team;
  • organizational and management qualities;
  • fluency in English is required; knowledge of German is desirable (level B1 is required for teaching in the BSc program).

    • Format of the Position

    This ‘tenure-track position’ enables pursuit of a career to full professor at the University of Innsbruck.

    The successful applicant will enter a six-years’ work contract as Assistant Professor on the basis of the ‘Angestelltengesetz’ (Employees Act; extent of employment: 100%) with ‘Qualification Agreement’ according to § 27 of the ‘Kollektivvertrag’ (Austrian Collective Labor Agreement for university personnel).

    Once the targets of the ‘Qualification Agreement’ are reached, the position will be tenured, thus promoting the holder of the position to Associate Professor.

    Subsequently, a full professor position according to § 99 (4) of the ‘Universitätsgesetz’ (Austrian University Act) will be opened, for which the Associate Professor is eligible to apply.

    Your application must have arrived by 

    08.06.2022

    At Leopold-Franzens-Universität Innsbruck Fakultäten Servicestelle Standort

    Technikerstraße 17, A-6020 Innsbruck (fss-technik">mailto:[email protected]">fss-technik @uibk.ac.at).

    Leopold-Franzens-University Innsbruck seeks to increase the proportion of female scientists in the faculty – so that applications from top-qualified female scientists are especially encouraged. With equal ranking, female applicants will be given priority.

    In line with the ‘Kollektivvertrag’ (Austrian Collective Labor Agreement for university personnel) scientists who have entered a ‘Qualification Agreement’ are in remuneration group A2 with an initial wage of € 4.782,30 / month (14 month year). After fulfillment of the Agreement, the salary rises to € 5.175,50 / month (14 month year). Moreover, the university offers attractive additional benefits (see http://www.uibk.ac.at/universitaet/zusatzleistungen ">http://www.uibk.ac.at/universitaet/zusatzleistungen">http://www.uibk.ac....) .

    The application must contain a full CV, including scientific and professional career stages; a list of scientific publications, talks and other scientific activities (seminars, conferences, etc.); description of completed, ongoing and planned research projects; the five most important works of the applicant; research and teaching concepts; and a statement of the qualification goals, which the applicant wishes to reach at this position. Qualification goals are to be explained at the hearing and subsequently represent the starting point for the negotiation of the ‘Qualification Agreement’.

    Application documents must be written in English and submitted by e-mail as one PDF file.

    The full authoritative text in German (published in the official bulletin of the University of 04.05.2022) can be found at https://orawww.uibk.ac.at/public/karriereportal.home .

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    Up-to-date information on the state of the opening can be found at

    https://www.uibk.ac.at/fakultaeten-servicestelle/standorte/technikerstrasse/berufung/

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    Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. mult. Tilmann Märk

    R e c t o r


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