The University College of Southeast Norway (USN) is a public university college with over 16,000 students and 1,500 staff. USN aims to become one of Norway's leading educational institutions and is currently undergoing a comprehensive restructuring process to reach this goal.

On January 1, 2016, USN was established through the merger of two of Norway's university colleges, the Buskerud and Vestfold University College and Telemark University College. USN presently consists of eight faculties spread over eight campuses located in Drammen, Vestfold, Kongsberg, Ringerike, Bø, Notodden, Porsgrunn and Rauland. USN provides socially relevant education tailored for specific professions according to workplace requirements as well as to produce applied research and development.

The School of Business and Faculty for Social Science is one of the USN's eight faculties with approximately 3000 students and 150 staff in total. The educational and research and development activities are centered in Campus Ringerike and there are additional offerings in Drammen, Vestfold and Kongsberg.

The School of Business and Faculty of Social Science at the University of Southeast Norway has a vacancy for 2-3 positions as Research Fellow in the Marketing Management PhD program. Accession will be from August 2016 or in agreement with the Dean. The place of employment is Campus Ringerike. The positions offer a four years fixed term with 75% of the time be dedicated to PhD studies and 25% of the time to other duties e.g. teaching at Bachelor or MSc level, or other projects related work at the School of Business.Candidates must be enrolled at the PhD program at the School of Business to be eligible for the scholarship (within 3 months from employment). For more information about the PhD- program in Marketing Management, please see:  https://www.usn.no/research/phd-programmes/marketing-management/ .Candidates are encouraged to plan a stay abroad during the period.

QualificationsApplicants to the PhD position must have a Master's degree or equivalent higher education qualifications related to marketing and business administration. The candidate must have the grade B or better to be accepted into the program.Candidates must be able to cooperate with fellow students and faculty, and to work independently with academic topics. Formal requirements for the positions are described in Regulations relating to the PhD at USN.Applicants must attach a proposal for their PhD project (8-10 pages) to their application. The proposal must include the topic for the planned PhD research, a research problem (area), relevant theory, scientific methods, and a time schedule for the project.The evaluation of the applicants will be based on academic performance (grades from bachelor and master degrees), relevant research work and the project plan. Applicants are encouraged to include documentation of earlier relevant work that shows academic potential. The applicants must have perfect command of written and spoken English (Norwegian or another Scandinavian language will be an advantage).PhD students will get close supervision during the period.We offer . A professionally stimulating working environment . Good opportunities to develop your career and your academic skills . A good social environment. Attractive welfare benefits in the State Pension Plan. Opportunity for physical activities within working hoursSalaryThe position is placed in the state salary scale 50 (code 1017, LR 20.8), currently NOK 430,500 per annum. Further promotion will be based on service in the position. In special cases, employment in code 1378 may be considered. A statutory contribution will be made from the employee's salary to the state pension plan. (Foreign applicants can find more informat

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Arbeidsgiver Navn: Høgskolen i Sørøst-Norge

Arbeidsgiver adresse: Postboks 235 3603 KONGSBERG

Job kort beskrivelse: University and higher education teachers

Land: Norge

Region: Buskerud

Kilde til jobbtilbud: NAV, Offentlige arbeidsformidlinger, Norge

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