Associate Professor in Law

About the position Do you want to become part of Northern Norway's largest legal workplace and one of the leading research and teaching environments in law? At the Faculty of Law, there is a vacancy for the position of Associate Professor in law. The faculty currently has approximately 1000 master's students, approximately 25 ph.d. students, and 40 employees in academic positions and 18 employees in administrative positions. The faculty has the right to award the degrees of master and ph.d. in law, as well as the degree Master of Laws (L.L.M.) in the Law of the Sea and Joint Nordic Master Programme in Environmental Law. The faculty currently has a desire for additional teaching competence within civil procedure, third-party law, criminal law and criminal procedure, and family law. The place of work is UiT in Tromsø. You must be able to start in the position within a reasonable time after receiving an offer of employment. Tasks The position includes teaching and research duties. Applicants must also be willing to undertake administrative tasks. For further information, please refer to Guidelines for the distribution of working time for employees in teaching and research positions. The person appointed must be willing to contribute to applications for external funding and to engage in development work within research and teaching, for example, in the faculty's research groups, and for the faculty and the university as a whole. Qualifications You must qualify for the position of Associate Professor within the field of law in accordance with the requirements set out in the Regulations to the University and College Act (the University and College Regulations)

For the position of Associate Professor, the following is required: a Norwegian doctoral degree in law or an equivalent foreign doctoral degree approved as equivalent to a Norwegian doctoral degree, or competence at an equivalent level documented by scientific work of the same scope and quality. A submitted but not assessed doctoral thesis will not satisfy the documentation requirements for competence at an equivalent level at least one of the works must provide a thorough treatment of a subject based on Norwegian legal sources, international law sources, or other international legal sources relevant to Norwegian conditions applicants must also document basic legal education equivalent to a Norwegian master's degree in law, i.e., a 5-year master's degree or equivalent where law is an extensive part of the degree (3-5 years depending on the study program), where two of the years are at the master's level documented pedagogical competence (see separate section below) applicants must have the necessary academic prerequisites to teach, supervise, as well as participate in examination work in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Danish, or Swedish) in the mandatory subjects of the 5-year master's program and in the ph.d. program at the faculty. Teaching and supervision in the ph.d. program takes place partly in Norwegian and partly in English. Applicants must explain which subjects they can teach. The teaching subjects described may be included in the assessment of which applicants are most relevant for the position skills in Norwegian, or another Scandinavian language at level B2 in the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, and English fluency, both written and oral

In addition, weight will be given if you: have teaching competence in civil procedure, third-party law, criminal law, criminal procedure, and family law, along with the other teaching subjects you describe are qualified and motivated to contribute to the further development of research, dissemination, innovation, and education at the faculty have experience from popularization/dissemination, socio-political and administrative work

It will be considered an advantage if you have: experience from and interest in interdisciplinary projects At UiT, emphasis is placed on the quality, relevance, and significance of research work and not on where the work is published, in accordance with the principles in The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment ( DORA ). Requirements for pedagogical competence All applicants to teaching and research positions must document their pedagogical competence in the application. You must have acquired basic competence for teaching and supervision at the university and college level. This entails basic skills in planning, implementation, evaluation, and development of teaching and supervision. See how you document pedagogical competence: Om pedagogisk mappe - Result Those who do not meet the requirements for pedagogical competence at the time of appointment will be required to fulfill them within two years. UiT offers courses in pedagogical competence to employees. Personal qualities We will emphasize the applicant's motivation for the position and personal suitability. We are looking for candidates who, among other things, have: Good collaborative skills Good ability to work independently Abilities for good communication and interaction with colleagues and students Abilities and desire to contribute to a good working environment Working and salary conditions You must be willing to engage in development work within your own field, and for the university as a whole. At UiT, the distribution of working time is flexible and assigned on an individual basis. As a norm, Associate Professors use up to 50% of their time for R&D work and 50% for teaching, after time for other tasks has been deducted. As a norm, 5% is allocated to administrative tasks. Associate Professors are paid according to the state regulations code 1011 with a gross annual salary in a 100% position between NOK 1,150,000 - 1,200,000. In special cases, higher salary may be considered. From the gross salary, a 2% mandatory contribution to the Norwegian State Pension Fund (Statens pensjonskasse) is deducted. The application The application shall include: Cover letter with a short description of interest and motivation for the position We ask applicants to explain/reflect on their competence in relation to the requirements and wishes set out in the announcement. Diplomas and transcripts for all degrees Certificates Contact information for 2-3 references Documentation of Norwegian language, which can be documented by the following: Diploma from upper secondary school Certificate of Norwegian language test

CV with a complete overview of education, practice, and academic work A short description of teaching philosophy / documentation of pedagogical competence either in the form of a pedagogical portfolio or a certificate of completed university pedagogical basic competence such as UNIPED 100 at UiT or equivalent from other universities A complete list of scientific works and a description of these. The list of works shall include the following information: author(s), the title of the work for articles: the name and volume of the journal, the article's first and last page numbers; for books or other independent publications, the publisher, place of publication, year, and page numbers shall be stated In addition, a description of the applicant's scientific production where the applicant points out which works are most significant in relation to the advertised position, and therefore should be central to the assessment. Furthermore, the other works are described briefly to show the breadth of the production. The descriptions shall be attached to the application Key scientific works, up to 10 (published or unpublished) that the applicant wishes to be taken into account in the assessment. It is specified that the scientific works must also be available in a Scandinavian language or English to be included in the assessment, and uploaded as an attachment to the application. The doctoral thesis counts as one work Description of qualifications in dissemination, innovation, administration, and leadership Overview of other qualifications with documentation Documentation of English skills, which can be documented by the following: Diploma in Norwegian upper secondary school (140 hours), written and oral TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) IELTS (International English Testing Service) Completed university degree in English language and literature (60 ECTS) has completed one year of upper secondary school or one year of university studies in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, United Kingdom, or USA and the language of instruction has been English has completed an English-language master's degree

Documents attached to the application must be in a Scandinavian language or English. The application with attachments is delivered electronically via www.jobbnorge.no . Assessment of applicants Applicants will be assessed by an expert committee. The committee's mandate is to perform an assessment of the applicants' qualifications based on the application documents and the announcement text. Applicants who are assessed to be best qualified will be called for an interview. The interview shall, among other things, clarify personal suitability and motivation for the position. A trial lecture may also be held. General Employment takes place in accordance with the rules and conditions that apply to state employees at any given time, and guidelines at UiT. On our websites, you can find more information for applicants to positions at UiT. Inquiries regarding how the working environment is arranged, health services, opportunities for flexible working hours, part-time, etc., can be directed to the contact person. Personal data provided is processed in accordance with the Act on the Processing of Personal Data. Applicants can request not to be listed on the public applicant list, but the university may nonetheless decide that the applicant's name shall be made public. The applicant will then be notified prior to publication. After employment, you must expect that changes in the work area may occur.