Senior Lecturer in English

Mittuniversitetet,

Gaskeuniversiteete/Mid-Sweden University is located in the middle of the Southern Sami area in Sápmi. The Department of Humanities and Social Sciences operates at Campus Sundsvall and Campus Östersund. Activities include research and education within the subjects of Civics, Comparative Literature, Criminology, English, Gender Studies, History, Political Science, Sociology, Southern Sami, Swedish as a Second Language, and Swedish Language. The research is conducted within each respective subject and within the Risk and Crisis Research Center (RCR), Forum for Gender Studies (FGV), and DEMICOM (an interdisciplinary centre for research on journalism, crisis communication, media development, and organizational and political communication).

We offer English courses at undergraduate level, a one-year master’s programme, and a doctoral programme, as well as courses within teacher education programmes.

Duties: The teaching consists of campus and internet-based courses within English linguistics, in particular grammar and academic writing. Currently campus teaching has been replaced by seminars in Zoom.

Qualification requirements: Applicants are required to have a PhD in English Linguistics and must be able to demonstrate scientific as well as pedagogical expertise in the subject. A good knowledge of Swedish is also required. Many of our courses at undergraduate and advanced level are internet-based distance courses; therefore experience in internet-based teaching is also an advantage.

Processing: The recruitment process follows the regulations of the Higher Education Ordinance, Chapter 4, and in accordance with the appointment rules of Mid Sweden University.

Application: The application should include a curriculum vitae supported by appropriate documentation, a description of scholarly and pedagogical merits, including certificates of teaching qualifications, and a complete list of publications.

Employment: Temporary part-time position (15%) starting as soon as possible, and until 2020-12-31.

Location: Sundsvall

Information: For further information, contact the Head of English, Vicky Angelaki, tel. +46 (0)10-142 78 22, vicky.angelaki@miun.se, Director of Studies, Martin Shaw, tel. +46 (0)72-506 58 33, martin.shaw@miun.se, and the Head of Department, Pär Olausson, tel. +46 (0)10-142 85 47, par.olausson@miun.se.

Welcome to submit your application to Mid Sweden University via our recruitment system no later than 2020-10-11.

Mid Sweden University has two campuses; in Sundsvall and in Östersund, both located close to students, colleagues and the surrounding society. At the same time, it is located conveniently close to the sea, forests and mountains, which provides a great quality of life. Here, new knowledge is created by means of internationally successful research and education that contribute to the development of our society. This way, we actively contribute to a sustainable future and a better world.

Mid Sweden University works actively for equal opportunities and strives to embrace the qualities that diversity and equality bring to the organization. Prior to any recruitment work, Mid Sweden University has taken a position on consulting support, recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask media vendors, recruitment sites and the like not to contact us.

Type of employment	Special fixed-term employment
Contract type	Part-time
First day of employment	As soon as possible
Salary	Individually negotiated salary
Number of positions	1
Full-time equivalent	15 %
City	Sundsvall
County	Västernorrlands län
Country	Sweden
Reference number	MIUN 2020/1941
Union representative	Per Bergman, Fackförbundet ST, 010-142 83 71 Gertrud Olauzon, Saco, 010-142 83 58
Published	17.Sep.2020
Last application date	11.Oct.2020

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Mittuniversitetet,