The Department of World Cultures (www.helsinki.fi/worldcultures) is engaged in interdisciplinary Area, Linguistic and Cultural Studies. The department is part of the Faculty of Arts, University of Helsinki.

The Department of World Cultures invites applications a position of

UNIVERSITY LECTURER

commencing 1 August 2013. The field of the position is Japanese.

Japanese Studies is part of East Asian Studies in the Department of World Cultures. The University Lecturer’s post in Japanese is teaching-led, focusing first and foremost on the teaching of Japanese language.

The University Lecturer’s duty is to teach Japanese at basic, intermediate and advanced levels and to conduct independent academic research. The teaching-led nature of the post means that added weight is given in the selection process to teaching experience, pedagogical training, ability to produce study materials and other teaching merits.

According to the University of Helsinki Regulations, university lecturers are required to hold an applicable doctoral degree, to have the ability to provide high-quality research-based teaching and to supervise theses and dissertations. Research merits will also be considered. Good interactive skills are appreciated. The appointee is also expected to, if needs be, to take care of other duties to be jointly agreed, such as the setting and marking of entrance examinations.

The salary will be based on levels 5–7 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal work performance. There is a four-month trial period for the position.

Applications are addressed to the Head of Department, Dr Lars-Folke Landgrén and are delivered to the following postal address with the required enclosures: Registry of the University of Helsinki
PO Box 33 (Yliopistonkatu 4), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. Email applications should be sent to hy-kirjaamo@helsinki.fi.

The deadline for applications is Tuesday, 5 March 2013. The registry closes at 15.45 local Helsinki time. Applicants are requested to enclose with their applications a CV, list of publications and a report of the merits which they deem relevant for the evaluation of teaching skills. A number of applicants will be invited to an interview and to give a demonstration of their teaching skills.

For more information, please contact Professor Rein Raud, rein.raud(at)helsinki.fi.