Senior Lecturer in Russian Language and Culture

The University of Jyväskylä is a nationally and internationally significant research university and an expert on education that focuses on human and natural sciences. The University is Finland’s leading expert in teacher education and adult education, as well as the major exporter of education. The Faculty of Sport and Health Sciences is the only one in the country. The University of Jyväskylä is known for its dynamic operating culture and strong commitment to social responsibility.
The Department of Languages is currently seeking to recruit staff to the position of Senior Lecturer in Russian Language and Culture, as of August 1, 2016 in effect until further notice.

The Faculty of Humanities in the University of Jyväskylä studies culture, arts and traditions as well as languages and communication in organizations and societies. One of the Faculty’s special characteristics is comparative, researcher oriented and multi-method research and education. The originality, multidisciplinarity and innovativeness in the field of Humanities are apparent in e.g. the many research projects connected with technology.
The definition of the Faculty’s core areas has taken account of the high quality of both research and education, the scope of the activities as well as the National educational responsibilities. Regarding the five core areas in the University of Jyväskylä, the Faculty of Humanities is strongly associated with two (languages, culture and communities in global change processes; learning, teaching and the learning and growth environments that support development).
The duty of the senior lecturer in Russian language and culture is to contribute to research in applied language studies as specified in the focus areas of the Department of Languages as well as to teaching based on the focus areas of research. The duties of the senior lecturer focus on research, teaching, supervision and examination of theses, participation in postgraduate studies as well as applying for research funding. The applicants are expected to have research output either in the focus area language learning and teaching or discourse studies.

The duties, qualification requirements and language skills for the position of senior lecturer are stipulated by the University of Jyväskylä Regulations and language skills guidelines. The selected person is required to have a full command of the Finnish language. When considered appropriate, the university may grant exemption from the language proficiency requirements. The senior lecturer in Russian language and culture must be proficient in the Russian language at a level that is equivalent to that of a native speaker. The ability to teach in English shall be regarded as advantageous for the applicant.
The senior lecturer’s job-specific salary component is based on the job demands levels 5 - 7 (2 865,30 €/month - 3 851,33 €/month) according to the salary system concerning teaching and research staff at universities. In addition, a personal performance-based salary component amounting to the maximum of 46,3% of the job-specific salary component is also paid.
A trial period of four months will be used when the position is first filled.

Please submit your application at the latest on March 20, 2016 using the online application form.

The application should include:

Head of Department
Senior Lecturer
Anne Pitkänen-Huhta
tel. +358 504285276
email: anne.pitkanen-huhta@jyu.fi

Professor Mika Lähteenmäki
tel. +358 408053206
email: mika.k.lahteenmaki@jyu.fi