Lecturer of Big Data

Duties and responsibilities

• Lecturing and conducting seminars in the field of Big Data and relational databases on all levels of higher education.
• Supervising research work of students.
• Participating in the research activities of the Chair of Data Science, Institute of Computer Science.
• Participation in the work of the university’s decision-making bodies is recommended.
• Engaging in science outreach activities.

More information: job description .

Required qualifications

PhD or an equivalent qualification

More information: requirements for teaching and research staff .

Required experience

• Candidates are expected to have teaching experience in higher education establishments on the bachelor’s and/or master’s levels. 
• Teaching experience for relational databases, NoSQL databases and Big Data Systems are required.
• Research experience and publications in the field of Big Data technologies and/or big data analytics or a related field is essential.
• A track record of publications in highly reputable venues in the field of Big Data or a related field is desirable.
• Experience in supervising students and conducting e-learning is also highly desirable.

Required language skills

Excellent command of English is required. Estonian is recommended but not required. According to the Language Act, academic staff with foreign citizenship working in Estonia must have acquired at least B1-level Estonian language skills after five years of work. The Centre for Professional Development offers foreigners and their family members the opportunity to participate in Estonian language courses.

Starting at: 01.10.2022

Workload: 1,00

Salary: From 3000 euros (gross) per month depending on work experience and qualifications. This amount is subject to taxation at a 20% flat tax rate. The total annual payroll is starting from 50 000 euros, which includes taxes by the employer.

More information: UT salary rules .

Additional info

The starting date of the position can be negotiated.

Further information can be provided by professor Ahmed Awad, [email protected]

At the University of Tartu there is a possibility to get promoted to a higher position, for more information: https://ut.ee/en/content/career-model-academic-staff .

Application documents

In order to be considered for the position, the candidate must submit the required documents to the email address [email protected] ; employees of the UT should submit their documents via intranet) following documents:

• a letter of application to the Rector;
• a curriculum vitae in the established format;
• a list of research publications (if necessary, enclosing copies or offprints of more important publications);
• a copy of a document (including its annexes) which shows the candidate to hold the required qualification (with authorized translation into Estonian, English or Russian if the credential is not in Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, French, Italian, Ukrainian and Belarussian languages). A candidate can be required to submit the original or a certified copy of the document (including its annexes) showing the candidate to hold the required qualification. If the candidate has acquired the higher education in question abroad, he or she may be required to submit an assessment issued by the Academic Recognition Information Centre (the Estonian ENIC/NARIC) of his or her qualification in respect of the qualification requirements for the position;
• an overview of teaching experience;
• a research vision;
• other materials considered relevant by the candidate (a list of such materials must be included in the application or annexed to it).

Number of copies: 1

More information about application documents.

Web site for additional job details

https://ut.ee/en/job-offer/lecturer-big-data