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The Centre for Educational Development (CED) at Aarhus University invites applications for a three-year postdoc position in the field of educational management and collegial forms of collaboration. We are looking for a colleague to contribute to the realisation of CED’s ambition to strengthen both our research and competence development activities within educational management and collegial collaboration in close collaboration with colleagues at CED and the departments at Aarhus University.

The job
We aim to ensure a research-based foundation for the pedagogical competence development of university teachers at Aarhus University. In addition, we aim to offer a range of competence development activities covering the wide variety of teaching tasks at the university, such as they are described in the Danish Universities' Danish framework for advancing university pedagogy. Therefore, CED's ambition is to strengthen Aarhus University’s research and competence development activities within educational management and collegial forms of collaboration to support the university's implementation of the framework and strategic prioritisation of education and teaching of the highest international standard.

We are therefore looking for a postdoc who can help us reach this goal and offer university teachers the best possible conditions for educational management as well as for collegial forms of collaboration in a teaching context.

You will be part of the research group at the centre, where your research will contribute to building and developing the overall research theme of continuing professional development, which is one of the three research tracks in the centre’s research strategy. You will also have dedicated and highly skilled colleagues working to support pedagogical competence development at the university, ranging from actual courses to consulting and counselling to strategic educational development initiatives in collaboration with management and the academic environments at the faculties.

The job responsibilities
Your primary responsibilities are:
  • To initiate and lead research projects with an application-oriented focus within educational management and collegial forms of collaboration in relation to university education, and apply for funding for this
  • To contribute to developing and teaching competence development courses within educational management and collegial forms of collaboration in line with the university's priorities and the implementation of these by the faculties
  • To enter into dialogue with deputy department heads, department heads or the equivalent on the organization of bespoke courses for groups of educators in order to support competence development within educational management and collegial forms of collaboration
  • To be included in the centre's other offers within pedagogical competence development, where you can expect to have to specialize within the offers targeted teachers at a single or a few faculties.

In addition, you can to a lesser extent be included in other tasks in the centre by specific agreement.

You and your qualifications
You have a solid theoretical and research-based background in either university pedagogy, organisational learning, workplace based learning or other fields relevant to educational management and collegial forms of collaboration. You also have a good eye for the various forms of and arenas for pedagogical competence development and their influence on the role of educational developer.

You have:
  • Relevant academic qualifications at the PhD level (completed)
  • Experience with applied research, preferably within educational management or collegial forms of collaboration
  • Knowledge of and experience with qualitative and quantitative research methods
  • Experience with teaching, preferably of university teachers
  • The ambition and ability to develop and teach courses and conduct other types of learning activities, as well as support and guide staff and education managers in such processes


You can:
  • Contribute to the planning and execution of a research strategy
  • Select and use educational IT for use in competence development courses
  • Collaborate with people with different educational backgrounds


You are:
  • Solution-oriented and can develop and run complex projects with attention to both results and processes, including being good at including the participants'experiences and perspectives
  • Independent and can act professionally with respect for the organisational context
  • Flexible and can stay calm and positive, even when things do not go as planned.


About the Centre for Educational Development (CED) at Aarhus University
The Centre for Educational Development is a newly established centre for university pedagogy at Aarhus University. We contribute to the university's research, talent development, knowledge sharing and teaching in university pedagogy. The centre comprises about 60 employees and is organized into three departments specialized in digital support, teaching development and educational development, respectively. We are ambitious and set high standards for our own activities at Aarhus University, in our Danish network and internationally.

We offer an exciting job in a newly established centre with core tasks at Aarhus University and a broad societal awareness. We have a good collegial atmosphere characterized by a high degree of professionalism, supportive collaborations and the opportunity for continuous professional development.

Terms of employment
The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (In Danish).

Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff.

The position is full-time (37 hours) and time-limited to a three-year period starting from the time of employment.

You will be placed in the centre's Department for Teaching Development, where you will refer to Division Manager Liza Strandgaard. With respect to the research activities, there will be regular, close collaboration with the research group at CED, which is led by Centre Director Anne Mette Mørcke.

The hiring process
In connection with your application, please attach documentation for the PhD degree, a publication overview, teaching portfolio and CV. Please also attach/link to examples of previous research or projects, preferably of relevance to educational management and/or collegial forms of collaboration.

Shortlisting is used in the hiring process.

Interviews are expected to take place in week 41.

Starting date 1 November 2021 or soon thereafter.

CED is based in building 1911, Trøjborgvej 88, DK-8000 Aarhus C., which will also be the place of employment.

Aarhus University’s ambition is to be an attractive and inspiring workplace for all and to foster a culture in which each individual has opportunities to thrive, achieve and develop. We view equality and diversity as assets, and we welcome all applicants.

The application must be submitted via Aarhus University’s recruitment system, which can be accessed under the job advertisement on Aarhus University's website.

Aarhus University
Aarhus University is an academically diverse and research-intensive university with a strong commitment to high-quality research and education and the development of society nationally and globally. The university offers an inspiring research and teaching environment to its 38,000 students (FTEs) and 8,000 employees, and has an annual revenues of EUR 885 million. Learn more at www.international.au.dk/

Deadline: 27 August 2021
Kilde: Jobnet.dk


Information og data

Denne ledige stilling har jobtypen "Forsker", og befinder sig i kategorien "Sundhed og forskning".

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Jobbet er oprettet på vores service den 30.6.2021, men kan have været deaktiveret og genaktiveret igen.

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