Teaching assistant professor in Companion Animal Surgery

Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences
University of Copenhagen

The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences at the University of Copenhagen invites applications for a full position as a teaching assistant professor in Companion Animal Surgery, starting from April 1, 2024, or as soon as possible thereafter. The position will be part of the companion animal surgery group of the Section for Surgery, Neurology and Cardiology.

The position is focused on planning and executing clinical teaching within companion animal cardiology. The teaching does not require new research.

Information on the Department can be found at: http://www.sund.ku.dk/ and www.ikv.ku.dk/english.

About the Department
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences covers strong and internationally recognized research areas in clinical veterinary sciences. Based on these, we want to set a new standard for cross-disciplinary research, education, and innovation within animal health and disease and be among the best public workplaces in Denmark. Our research supports teaching in a manner and quality, securing continued national and international benchmarking.

The department's culture is typical Scandinavian: a flat structure with a tradition for close collaboration where all employees expect openness, mutual respect, and sharing of ideas, resources, and competencies.

About the Surgery Group
Companion animal surgery is a core discipline in the clinical veterinary curriculum as part of veterinary education in Denmark. The companion animal surgery service is led by Professor James Miles, a national specialist in companion animal surgery, and consists of researchers and clinical teachers specialized in this field alongside PhD and master students. The Companion Animal Surgery group runs a high throughput clinical referral service as well as a general surgery clinic, receiving companion animal patients (dogs and cats) and forming the basis for clinical teaching of veterinary and postgraduate master students (www.cacs.ku.dk). It provides surgical teaching labs and theoretical teaching for veterinary students. In addition, the specialist clinics for anesthesia, oro-maxilliofacial surgery and dentistry, and physiotherapy and rehabilitation fall under the surgical umbrella.

The surgery group has collaborative research with national and international research groups within osteoarthritis and assessment of lameness, stifle joint diseases, and muscle function, animal models of human disease, dentistry, and teaching, among other research subjects.

About the Position
The teaching assistant professor will be mainly responsible for teaching veterinary students and post-graduate master’s students in companion animal surgery, as well as interacting with and assisting faculty in developing new teaching strategies. In addition, the teaching assistant professor will assist faculty in supervising younger clinicians in clinical surgery training and running the surgical teaching labs. The teaching assistant professor’s primary role is envisaged to be within general surgery, with an increasing role in the specialist clinic, and with the possibility of a surgical residency position in the future.

Experience with online learning platforms, course management, and development of teaching materials will be an advantage.

Required Qualifications

• The applicant must hold a DVM with a license to practice in Denmark.
• Documented post-graduate clinical continuing education within companion animal surgery.
• The applicant must speak and write a Scandinavian language (Danish, Norwegian or Swedish) and have good spoken and written English skills.
• Documented undergraduate and post-graduate clinical teaching experience within companion animal surgery.
• Ability to complete the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen assistant professor pedagogical degree (“Adjunktpædagogikum”)
• Enterprising and possessing good interpersonal skills.

Place of employment
The place of employment is at the Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic and international research environment.

Terms of employment
Starting date is April 1 2024 and the position is for 4 years.

Salary and other terms and conditions of appointment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant professional organisations.

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

The Department ensures that the teaching assistant professor will undergo evaluation to become a teaching associate professor at least 6 months before the end of 6 years of employment at the latest.

After a positive assessment as a teaching associate professor, the assistant professor will advance to employment as a teaching associate professor. Read more about the qualifications for teaching assistant professors in the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020 (https://www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/1443).

Questions
For further information about the post, please contact professor (MSO) in veterinary surgery James Miles on TEL: +45 27195491 or e-mail [email protected].
Foreign applicants may find this link useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).

Application
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following:

• Letter of application (1 page)
• Curriculum vitae and, if available, publication list
• Diplomas - all relevant certificates
• Teaching portfolio (https://employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio)

Only material in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish, or English will be assessed.
Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.
The applicant will be evaluated according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of March 13; 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Please apply with the required attachments. The closing date for applications is Thursday 29 February 2024, 23.59 p.m. CET.

The further process
After the expiry of the application deadline, 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 review 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. You can read about the recruitment process at https://jobportal.ku.dk/.
The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their backgrounds.

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