Associate Professor in Vocational Didactics within the Field of Restaurant and Food Processing

NTNU is a broad-based university with a technical-scientific profile and a focus on professional education. The university is located in three cities with headquarters in Trondheim.

At NTNU, 9,000 employees and 42,000 students work to create knowledge for a better world.

A full-time permanent position as Associate Professor in Vocational Didactics within the field of Restaurant and Food Processing is available within the Section for Vocational Education, School Development and Educational Leadership of the Department of Teacher Education (ILU).

The Department of Teacher Education has about 470 members of staff and nearly 4,000 students. The department offers a complete degree program that qualifies students for teaching positions in all subjects and stages of Norwegian primary and secondary education. The department also offers a wide range of continuing education and post-graduate courses for teachers and school leaders.

The position is in the Section for Vocational Education, School Development and Educational Leadership. The Vocational Teacher Education Program includes a three-year bachelor’s program for vocational teachers in building and construction, electricity and electronics, healthcare, childhood and youth development, restaurant and food processing and technical and industrial production. We also offer professional didactics in flexible practical-pedagogical education, post-graduate courses for teachers and master’s degree in professional didactics, all for vocational teachers and instructors.

Additional information about the department is available here:

https://www.ntnu.no/ilu/skoleledelse-yrkesfag

You will report to the Head of Section for Vocational Education, School Development and Educational Leadership

• Teaching and supervision within vocational teacher education, including bachelor programmes, master programmes, Ph.D-programmes, continuing and further education
• Contribute to new research perspectives on vocational didactics, learning and assessment, organization and development in the field of vocational education
• Take care of the professional responsibility for teaching and research together with the unit's other scientific staff
• Contribute to the research community's research and school-based competence development activities based on the need in the vocational section

You must have the qualifications required for the position of associate professor in the field of vocational didactics, as outlined in the regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts 

• Your PhD, or comparable academic work, must be within the field of vocational didactics. If you can document that you are in the final stages of your PhD studies, your application may also be considered. Applicants without a Ph.D. may be considered for the position if they can document work/experience equals a Ph.D. in range and quality.
• Applicants must have vocational competence within the field of restaurant and food

  processing.

• Teaching and leadership/organisational experience from vocational education is required.
• Experience with supervision of vocational teacher students is required.

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You must document relevant basic competence in teaching and supervision at a university/higher education-level, as referenced in the Norwegian national Regulations . If this cannot be documented, you will be required to complete an approved course in university pedagogy within two years of commencement. NTNU offers qualifying courses. 

New employees who do not speak a Scandinavian language by appointment is required, within three years, to demonstrate skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language equivalent to level three of the course for Norwegian for speakers of other languages at the Department of Language and Literature at NTNU .  

• teaching experience from higher education (NB – delete this if it not applicable)
• Applicants with research experience within the field of didactics and/or pedagogic in

  vocational education will be prioritized.

• Applicants with experience with vocational pedagogies and didactics, both in vocational

  education in upper secondary school and vocational teacher education will be preferred.

• Experience with the use of information technology in teaching contexts is preferred.
• Applicants that are experienced in teaching academic writing will be preferred.

• Independence
• Solution oriented
• Willingness to cooperate with colleagues
• Engagement for students work and development
• Contribution to a professional and social environment

When assessing applications, we will emphasize education, experience, motivation for the positionand personal suitability will be considered in particular.

A position as Associate Professor (code 1011) will typically receive a gross salary of between NOK 553 500 – 715 900 per year, depending on qualifications and seniority. As required by law, 2% of this salary will be deducted and paid into the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.

Employment will be granted in accordance with the principles outlined in the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU. Applicants should be aware that there may be changes in the working environment after employment has commenced.

It is a prerequisite that you are able to be present and accessible at the institution daily.

You can find more information about working at NTNU and the application process here .

Your application and supporting documentation must be in English, or one of the Scandinavian languages.

Please note that your application will be considered based solely on information submitted by the application deadline. You must therefore ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how your skills and experience fulfil the criteria specified above.

If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result.

Your application must include:

• CV, diplomas, and certificates
• A teaching portfolio, in which your teaching competence is compiled and presented systematically,   (See guidelines for applicants: Documentation of teaching qualifications in applications and appointments to academic positions at NTNU ) 
• Academic works - published or unpublished - that you would like to be considered in the assessment (up to 5 academic works)
• A brief description of the academic/artistic works that you regard as most relevant and that you particularly want to be considered in the assessment
• A list of your previous works, with details on where they have been published 
• Details of projects in which you have served as project leader, including information on financing, duration, scope and results.
• Names and contact information for three referees

Joint work will also be considered. If it is difficult to identify your specific input to a joint project, you must include evidence of your contributions.

While considering the best-qualified applicants, we will pay particular attention to personal qualities, your motivation for applying for the position, and your pedagogical skills and qualifications. Our assessment will be based on documented pedagogical material, forms of presentation in your academic works, teaching experience, PhD, and Masters supervision, and any other relevant pedagogical background. Both quality and scope will be taken into consideration. 

NTNU is obliged by the evaluation criteria for research quality in accordance with The San Fransisco Declaration on Research Assessment – DORA.  This means that we will pay particular attention to the quality and academic range demonstrated by your scientific work to date. We will also pay attention to research leadership and participation in research projects. Your scientific work from the last five years will be given the most weight. 

Your application will be considered by a committee of experts. Candidates of interest will be invited to a trial lesson and an interview. 

NTNUs personell policy emphasizes the importance of equality and diversity. We encourage applications from all qualified candidates, regardless of gender, disability, or cultural background. NTNU is working actively to increase the number of women employed in scientific positions, and has a number of resources to promote equality. 

The city of Trondheim is a modern European city with a rich cultural scene. Trondheim is the innovation capital of Norway with a population of 200,000. The Norwegian welfare state, including healthcare, schools, kindergartens and overall equality, is probably the best of its kind in the world. Professional subsidized day-care for children is easily available. Furthermore, Trondheim offers great opportunities for education (including international schools) and possibilities to enjoy nature, culture and family life and has low crime rates and clean air quality.

As an employee at NTNU, you must continually maintain and improve your professional development and be flexible regarding any organizational changes.

In accordance with public law your name, age, job title, and county of residence may be made available to the public even if you have requested not to appear on the public list of applicants. For the sake of transparency, candidates will be given the expert evaluation of their own and other candidates. As an applicant you are considered part of the process and is stipulated to rules of confidentiality.

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact The Head of Department Ingfrid Thowsen, [email protected] ,  Head of Section Pia Skog Hagerup, [email protected] , assistant Head of Section Britt Karin Støen Utvær,  [email protected] .

If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact HR Adviser Aaste Line Strand, [email protected]

The application and all attachments should be submitted electronically via jobbnorge.no. If you are invited for an interview, you must bring with you certified copies of all certificates and diplomas.

Application deadline: January 15th, 2022

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