Teaching Assistant in Spatial and Interior Design at KADK - 1435

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts, Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) invites applications for a 3-year part-time position as a teaching assistant with a focus on spatial and interior design and related subject areas for teaching within the Master's degree programme Spatial Design.

The vacant position, which is affiliated with the Institute of Architecture and Design, should ideally be filled as of 1 August 2020 or as soon as possible thereafter.

Institute of Architecture and Design

The Institute of Architecture and Design is a cross-disciplinary educational and research environment. Taking its starting point in a Danish tradition for working with design in a spatial and architectural context, the institute has an ambition to set a new agenda in the development of business and competence areas for architects and designers. Sustainability and social awareness have a key place as socially relevant guiding concepts for teaching and research at the institute, whose subject fields are related to production, consumption, market and society, where it is necessary to accept responsibility and take a stand on resources and social issues.

The institute consists of two Bachelor's programmes, four Master's programmes, and a professional Bachelor's programme. These form the framework for the professional research and development environments across design and architecture. At the institute, teaching and research focus on architecture, entrepreneurship, spatial and interior design, and furniture, textile and clothing design. Finally, the Craft programme at Bornholm and the School of Architecture's IT and drawing teaching also form part of the institute.

Spatial Design is a Master's degree programme, which educates both design and architecture students based on issues related to the field of interior design. The programme has approx. 90 Danish and international students spread across two year groups. Teaching is conducted in English. Further information about the programme is available here: https://kadk.dk/en/programme/spatial-design-0.

About the position

The position as a teaching assistant will consist of teaching and lectures as well as supervision of students at drawing tables and workstations. The primary teaching and supervision will be placed within the areas of spatial design, interior/exterior, exhibition design and similar. You will also be responsible for organising assignments and participate in critiques.

To a limited extent, you may be required to handle other tasks, and by further agreement, you may be asked to participate in teachers' meetings, study trips and assessments.

You can expect close collaboration with the other teachers within the degree programme. As a teaching assistant, you will teach both individually and in teams that cut across different fields of expertise and subject areas.

Qualification requirements

You have a relevant education at Master's level, as a minimum. Alternatively, you can document at Master's level via long-term education, knowledge, skills, competences and professional experience within the position's specialist field.

We expect you to:

• Have teaching experience within spatial and interior design, preferably at Master's level
• Have relevant, updated professional experience within spatial and interior design
• Be professionally widely orientated – both nationally and internationally – within the field of spatial and interior design
• Have a high level of reflection and the ability to develop the specialist field of spatial and interior design in relation to both an architectural and a design context
• Have good interpersonal skills
• Be fluent in spoken and written English

Apart from a visionary approach to the field, importance will also be attached to prior experience with cross-disciplinary collaboration and development in teams as well as a faculty for participating in such work.

What we offer

We offer a creative, dedicated, developing and visionary educational and research environment. We value good collegial collaboration.

Salary and employment conditions

Employment and remuneration will be in accordance with the Danish Ministry of Finance's circular of 17 January 2001 on teaching paid by the hour. Employment will also be in accordance with the applicable job structure for artistic and scientific staff at the Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation, Aarhus School of Architecture and Design School Kolding – Executive Order no. 92 of 24 August 2015.

This is a part-time position where you are guaranteed a minimum of 100 hours per study year. The maximum number of hours per year will be 780, to be agreed before the start of each study year. The study year runs from 1 September to 30 June the following year. Preparation during August must be expected.

The position is for a fixed term, which will expire without further notice on 31 July 2023.

Application

Please forward your motivated application, updated CV, portfolio with your own projects and any projects from teaching, educational diplomas, and documentation for compliance with the qualification requirements listed above.

The application with appertaining appendices should be forwarded electronically via this link: HR_manager_Application, to reach KADK no later than June 1, 2020.

Applications and application material received after the application deadline will not be included in the assessment.

Please note that the position is being advertised and will be filled in accordance with the Danish Ministry of Higher Education and Science's 'Executive Order of 12 April 2019 on the employment of artistic and scientific staff at the higher artistic educational institutions within the Ministry of Higher Education and Science's area'.

After the application deadline, the Head of Institute selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the selection committee. The selection is based on an overall assessment of which applicants best meet the criteria in the job advertisement based on the submitted application material. All applicants will then be notified whether their application has been selected for assessment, and the selected applicants will be informed of the members of the assessment committee. The assessment committee will assess the selected applicants in relation to the specific position. When the committee has completed its assessment, each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the assessment.

If you apply for the position based on combined competences, you should be aware that it will be up to the expert assessment committee to decide whether your competences are sufficient to match Master's level in accordance with existing guidelines at KADK.

Further information

Information about qualification requirements, the application process and the e-recruitment system can be obtained by contacting HR Officer Ellen Kruse Jacobsen by email to [email protected], or by tel. +45 4170 1539.

Information about the scholarly content of the position can be obtained by contacting Professor Peter Thule Kristensen by email to: [email protected], or by tel. +45 4170 1504.

General information about KADK and the Institute of Architecture and Design can be found at www.kadk.dk

Applications are invited from anyone interested, regardless of age, gender, nationality, race, religion or ethnicity.

About KADK

The Royal Danish Academy of Fine Arts Schools of Architecture, Design and Conservation (KADK) is an internationally recognised academy of arts, which educates professionally creative graduates to the highest level, and develops new knowledge that creates value for society and the labour market. KADK is a government institution under the Ministry of Higher Education and Science, and it has approx. 1,700 students and 350 full-time staff equivalents. Read more about KADK at our website www.kadk.dk.

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