Professor of Assistant/Associate Professor in Ecological Data Sciences

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The Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences is Finland’s most high-profile and extensive hub of research and teaching in the field. The Faculty educates experts to meet the needs of universities, research institutes, government, schools and the business sector. The Faculty is comprised of three units or research programmes: Ecosystems and Environment, Organismal and Evolutionary Biology, and Molecular and Integrative Biosciences. https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-biological-and-environmental-sciences

Faculty of Biological and Environmental invites applications for the position of

ASSISTANT / ASSOCIATE / FULLPROFESSOR IN ECOLOGICALDATASCIENCES

The selected applicant will be appointed to a fixed-term assistant / associate professorship (tenure track) / full professorship depending on their qualifications and career stage. The tenure track position is expected to lead to full professorship after evaluation.

We seek an internationally competitive researcher with a strong academic track-record in ecological data sciences to strengthen and expand research in the highly international research environment of the Organismal and Evolutionary Biology research programme (OEB), within the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences. The selected candidate should have expertise in developing new methods for acquiring ecological data and/or interpreting that data and/or working with large ecological datasets and their analysis. We are particularly interested in candidates aiming to develop new approaches to understand ecological and/or evolutionary processes and interaction networks between genomes, populations, communities and environments.

The appointee is expected to engage extensively in collaboration with other staff members to resolve, across biological levels, the mechanisms causing and regulating why some species show resilience to environmental change. The selected candidate will join existing research groups in OEB with expertise in ecological statistics and bioinformatics, ecological and evolutionary genomics, evolutionary theory, evolutionary ecology, behavioural ecology and plant sciences, and

who work with a wide range of animal, plant or fungal study systems in natural, semi-natural and laboratory settings. Faculty researchers have extensive long term ecological datasets collected also at the Faculty’s three biological stations, and their analysis offers excellent possibilities for collaboration for the new recruit. (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-biological-and-environmental-sciences/research/biological-research-stations ). The selected candidate is also expected to participate in (and be responsible for some courses) and develop undergraduate and graduate teaching and supervision in ecology/evolutionary biology and, for instance, quantitative methods and modelling in ecology and evolution and statistics.

The Viikki Campus offers offers many excellent facilities for research. A BioData Analytics Unit based at Helsinki Institute of Life Sciences, HiLIFE (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-institute-of-life-science ) has been established recently with four staff scientists and IT infrastructure to assist the PIs in dealing with current big data challenges and to provide off-the-shelf solutions for data analysis. The BioData Analytics Unit also assists with the development of analysis methods as required by synergistic research projects, which can be integrated with our other data analysis efforts, such as HiDATA (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/helsinki-centre-for-data-science ). In addition to laboratories for molecular and experimental work the Campus has a Laboratory Animal Centre and other animal rearing facilities, extensive research greenhouses, common garden and plant phenotyping facilities, as well as an umbrella organisation Viikki Plant Science Centre ViPS (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/researchgroups/viikki-plant-science-centre ). The campus faculties also have superb research stations located around the country and one in Kenya (https://www.helsinki.fi/en/research-stations ).

REQUIREMENTS

An appointee to the position of assistant professor or associate professor in the tenure track system must hold

· a doctoral degree

· the ability to conduct independent scholarly work

· the teaching skills required for the position

· the ability and motivation to pursue an academic career, as demonstrated by publications and other means

An appointee to the position of professor must hold

· a doctoral degree

· high-level academic qualifications

· experience in leading scientific research

· the ability to provide research-based teaching and supervise dissertations and theses

· evidence of international cooperation in the research field they represent

· academic leadership skills

When considering the applicant’s qualifications, attention will be given to scientific publications, other research results of scientific value, teaching experience and pedagogical training as well as the applicant’s participation in doctoral education. Furthermore, account shall also be taken of the applicant’s activity in the scientific community, success in obtaining external research funding, international research experience and positions in Finnish and international organizations.

Teaching merits include teaching experience, pedagogical training, the ability to produce learning material, other teaching merits, a teaching demonstration (if necessary) and participation in doctoral education

WHAT WE OFFER

We offer an interesting opportunity to work in a diverse research environment. At the Faculty of Biological and Environmental Sciences you will carry out research-based teaching at the highest level in the field in Finland and have the opportunity to take part in internationally valued, first-class research activities. The position is also an opportunity to develop your own professional skills in a multidisciplinary work community. Your work will be supported by the research and teaching staff of the department and the faculty as well as the administrative and technical staff at Viikki campus.

The professor’s salary will be based on levels 8−10 and the assistant/associate professor’s on level 7 of the job requirement scheme for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance. The professor’s gross annual salary varies between 70 000 and 100 000 euros and the assistant/associate professor’s between 60 000 and 75 000 euros, depending on the appointee’s qualifications and experience. Furthermore, University of Helsinki offers comprehensive services to its employees, including occupational health care and opportunities for professional development.

HOW TO APPLY

Applicants are requested to enclose with their applications a single PDF file that includes the following documents in English:

1) CV

2) A report (max. 5 pages) on pedagogical expertise 3) A numbered list of publications

4) A report (max. 5 pages) on the applicant’s research activities (including activities in scientific communities, the acquisition of research funding and international scholarly work)

4) A report (max. 2 pages) on how the applicant intends to develop his or her research and focus his or her activities, if appointed

For more detailed instructions, please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-biological-and-environmental-sciences/faculty/join-us

Please follow the guidelines for the description of teaching qualifications https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-of-biological-and-environmental-sciences/faculty/join-us#section-35860

Applications with the above attachments must be submitted in a single PDF file, which is named: Ecological Data Sciences lastname_firstname. Other attachments are not required.

The Faculty may request shortlisted applicants to submit 10 publications of their choice to be sent to the assessors via the electronic recruitment system after the application deadline.

Applications must be submitted through the University’s electronic recruitment system by clicking on the link below. Internal applicants (i.e. current employees of the University of Helsinki) must submit their applications through the SAP HR portal. The deadline for applications is xx xx 2023.

· Further information can be obtained from the Director of the Organismal and evolutionary Biology Research Programme, Prof. Kurt Fagerstedt, kurt.fagerstedt(at)helsinki.fi, +358 294159438

· Further information on the recruitment process may be obtained from HR Specialist Harri Hamara, harri.hamara(at)helsinki.fi

· In case you need support with the recruitment system, please contact recruitment(at)helsinki.fi

For more information on the tenure track model, career path and general assessment criteria for different stages at the University of Helsinki, please see https://www.helsinki.fi/en/university/working-at-the-university/tenure-track-at-the-university-of-helsinki

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