Four year Assistant Professor in family medicine at Section of General Practice, Department of Public Health

We are looking for a highly motivated and dynamic assistant professor and holds a PhD for a 4-year position to commence November 1st 2024.

Priority is given to candidates with a master in sociology or similar with a demonstrated research background in co-creation and visual impairment as well as documented knowledge of research in general practice.

The candidates should hold a Ph.D.

Duration for this position: 4 years

Your job

The assistant professor's responsibilities will primarily consist of:

research, including publication/academic dissemination duties

research-based teaching

sharing knowledge with society

participation in formal pedagogical training programme for assistant professors

Profile Six overall criteria apply for assistant professor appointments at the University of Copenhagen. The six criteria (research, teaching, societal impact, organisational contribution, external funding, and leadership) are considered a framework for the overall assessment of candidates. Find information about each criterion here:https: // employment.ku.dk/faculty/criteria-for-recognising-merit.

Furthermore, we are looking for a highly motivated and enthusiastic scientist with the following skills and experience:

Essential experience and skills:

You have a PhD in Health Sciences

You are highly experienced in research with co-creation of interventions in general practice.

You have documented knowledge of research with visual impairment.

You have an active interest in health

You have pregraduate teaching experience within family medicine

Proficient communication skills and ability to work in teams

Excellent English skills written and spoken

Place of employment

The place of employment is at the Department of Public Health, CSS, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment.

Terms of employment

This is a part time position. The candidate is expected to work as assistant professor full time.

Salary, pension and other conditions of employment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Taxation and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant organisation. Currently, the monthly full time salary starts at 38,575.98 DKK/approx. 5,100 EUR (April 2024 level). Depending on qualifications, a supplement may be negotiated. The employer will pay an additional 17.1 % to your pension fund.

Foreign and Danish applicants may be eligible for tax reductions if they hold a PhD degree and have not lived in Denmark the last 10 years.

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Questions For further information please contact head of section, Professor Frans Boch Waldorff; e-mail [email protected]

Foreign applicants may find this link useful: www. ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).

Deadline

The deadline for applications is Monday, June 24, 2024.

Application procedure Your application must be submitted in English by clicking ‘Apply now' below. Furthermore, your application must include the following documents/attachments – all in PDF format:

Motivated letter of application (Max. one page)

CV incl. education, work/research experience, language skills and other skills relevant for the position

A certified/signed copy of a) PhD certificate and b) Master of Science certificate. If the PhD is not completed, a written statement from the supervisor will do

List of publications

Teaching portfolio (If applicable)

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The further process After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself.

You can read about the recruitment process at https: // employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Interviews are expected to be held in September 2024

The University of Copenhagen wish to reflect the diversity of society and encourage all qualified candidates to apply regardless of personal background.