Stillingstittel:
Professor / associate professor in Maritime Human Factors

Stillingsbeskrivelse:

University College of Southeast Norway was established 1 January 2016, and has about 16 000 students and about 1500 employees. The university college is temporarily organized in eight faculties, with instruction and R&D activities on eight campuses. The main profile of the university college is to provide socially relevant education, geared towards specific professions, and adapted to the requirements of the workplace, as well as to produce applied research and development.

Jobbnorge ID: 126519

The Faculty of of Technology and Maritime Sciences has a vacant full-time permanent position as Professor/Associate Professor in Maritime Human Factors.

The position is attached to the Department of Maritime Technology, Management and Innovation and reports to the Head of Department. The place of employment is Campus Vestfold.

Responsibilities and duties

We are seeking candidates who have interest and ability to conduct high quality research and teaching related to nautical operations from a human factors perspective. The position must be able to supervise and teach on Bachelor, Master and PhD-level programs. The candidate must have training and experience from a maritime profession (navigation or marine machine engineering). Additional experience from the maritime industry (offshore sector) or from maritime military operations is an advantage.

The successful applicant is expected to be actively engaged in Maritime Human Factors and contribute to the development of national and international networks. The person will be responsible for research, research leadership and guidance in strategic areas of the University's network of researchers.

The position may be assigned teaching at all levels in the Department's programmes. The position may also be assigned teaching at other departments within University College of Southeast Norway.

The university college also considers distance learning and e-learning to be a priority area, and the successful candidate must be able to supervise and teach students using online tools and digital media.

The college will during 2016 reorganized, which may affect the position's organizational affiliation.

Qualifications

Applicants must hold a PhD related to human factors in the maritime setting. The applicant ought also to have a masters' degree (120 ECTS) or equivalent in navigation, nautical science or marine machine engineering. The application should clarify the applicant's motivation for a pursuing an academic position at USN. Applicants must be fluent in spoken and written English as well as in one Scandinavian language. Applicants outside the Scandinavian educational system (from high school or equivalent) may use the following tests as such documentation of English competence: TOEFL, IELTS or Cambridge Certificate in Advanced English (CAE) or Cambridge Certificate of Proficiency in English (CPE). USN is developing a doctoral programme in nautical operations in collaboration with three other maritime universities. The candidate is expected to be able to strengthen and support USN-s initiative in this program.

The applicant should have capability for research on high international level, have in-depth knowledge and understanding of nautical operations, strong analytic and creative skills and process good communication capabilities. Since the research team is multidisciplinary the candidate must be interested in, and capable of collaborating within a multidisciplinary research department.

For appointment as professor an academic level in accordance with established international or national standards is required. The applicant should possess pedagogical competence involving at least a half-year Post-Graduate Certificate in Education, or a shorter university college pedagogy course. Applicants who do not possess such pedagogical qualifications may be employed

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Raveien 215 3184 BORRE

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Vestfold

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

Lønn valuta: NOK

Lønn periode: Pr. år