The University of Stavanger is seeking candidates for a position as Associate professor in strategy at the UiS Business School, Department of Innovation, Management and Marketing.

As an Associate Professor, you will conduct and disseminate strategy research, teach and guide students, be given administrative duties appropriate to rank, as well as contribute to the development of partnerships with businesses.

The general job description for Associate Professors at UiS gives a more detailed account of relevant duties.

Qualification requirements

We seek an associate professor with a PhD in strategy or related fields.

Applicants should have:

• A strong research background and the ability and desire to conduct high quality research.
• A proven track record of strategy research published in top-tier journals (level 4 or higher, rated in the Academic Journal Guide published by the Association of Business Schools).
• Relevant teaching experience and proof of excellent performance (e.g., student evaluations).

You need to document pedagogical and didactic skills appropriate for university level teaching. Otherwise, you need to complete a university pedagogy course within a period of two years from the start of the appointment. The course will be provided by the university.

You need to demonstrate good command of both oral and written English at the start of the appointment. If you cannot document good command of Norwegian or another Scandinavian language, you are expected to gain Norwegian language skills equivalent to level B2 within a period of three years from the start of the appointment. A Norwegian course will be offered and paid for by the university.

The following attributes are also desirable

• Ability to involve and engage students in teaching, where the course objectives, content and assessments are closely interlinked.
• Interest in the development of varied learning methods and incorporate digital tools in teaching.
• Ability to initiate, obtain external funding for, and carry out research and development projects.
• Ability to build and nurture networks – regionally, nationally and internationally.
• Experience with innovation and commercialization of research.
• Ability to manage a heavy workload, inquisitiveness, and motivation to develop new knowledge in collaboration with others.
• Good teamwork, communication skills, and ability to contribute to a constructive working environment.

We offer

• Excellent working conditions and opportunities for competence development.
• Varied duties in a large, exciting and socially important organisation.
• An ambitious work community which is developing rapidly. We strive to include employees at all levels in strategic decisions and promote an informal atmosphere with a flat organisational structure.
• Good development opportunities, associate professor is encouraged for further qualification with a view to promotion to professor.
• Colleague-based guidance programme during your first year of teaching at UiS, NyTi.
• Salary in accordance with the State Salary Scale, l.pl 17.510, code 1011, NOK 690.000 – 800.000 gross per year. A higher salary may be considered in special cases. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
• Automatic membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, which provides favourable insurance- and retirement benefits
• Favourable membership terms at a gym and at the company sports club, SiS sportssenter.
• Employment with an Inclusive Workplace organisation which is committed to reducing sick leave, increasing the proportion of employees with reduced working capacity, and increasing the number of professionally active seniors.
• Hjem-jobb-hjem, discounted public transport to and from work.
• As an employee in Norway, you will have access to an optimal health service, as well as good pensions, generous maternity/paternity leave, and a competitive salary. Nursery places are guaranteed and reasonably priced.
• Relocation programme.
• Language courses: Look up “language courses” under employment conditions.

Diversity

Being independent, involving and innovative are the university’s values. We consider diversity to be a resource in our working and learning environment, and we are keen to show respect for one another’s differences and backgrounds. Universal design must characterise of physical and digital learning environment, and the workplace will, if necessary, be facilitated for employees with disabilities.

If you find the position to be interesting, we encourage you to apply, regardless of gender, disability, cultural background or any periods of unemployment.

The university aims to recruit more women into positions as Associate Professor in the subject area; thus, if several applicants are considered to have equal qualifications, a female applicant will be given priority over a male.

Contact information

More information on the position can be obtained from Assistant Professor Silje Haus-Reve, telephone +4751832782, email: [email protected], Professor Kenneth H Wathne, telephone +4797483315, email: [email protected] or Head of Department Espen Olsen, tel: +47 51831678, e-mail: [email protected]

Information about the appointment procedure can be obtained from HR-adviser Kirsten Sikveland, tel: +47 51833701, e-mail: [email protected].

Application

Apply for the position online via the “Apply for the position” link on this page. Your application letter, relevant education and work experience as well as language skills must be registered here. In the application letter, you must state your competence and motivation for the position.

The following documents must be uploaded as attachments to your application:

• Cover letter.
• CV with a full summary of your education and experience.
• A pedagogical portfolio with a professionally based description and discussion of your teaching and educational competence as well as relevant documentation that supports this, see guidelines for assessment of educational competence.
• Complete list of academic publications with information on where they are published.
• Up to 10 academic publications which are pivotal to your research output, including your PhD thesis or published monograph based upon the thesis.
• Transcripts and certificates, and other documentation that you consider relevant.

Applications are evaluated based on the information available in Jobbnorge on the application deadline. You should ensure that your application shows clearly how your skills and experience meet the criteria which are set out above. 

The documentation must be available in either a Scandinavian language or in English. If the total size of the attachments exceeds 30 MB, they must be compressed before upload.

Please note that information on applicants may be published even if the applicant has requested not to be included in the official list of applicants, in accordance with Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act. If your request is not granted, you will be notified.

UiS only considers applications and attachments registered in Jobbnorge.

General information

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to UiS. 

The university’s guidelines for appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts, sections 2 and 3.3, and the “Criteria and Evidence for Recommendation Regarding Tenure” provide further discussion of criteria for employment as Associate Professor.

Your qualifications for the position, based on documentation registered in Jobbnorge, will be assessed by an expert committee. You will receive the committee’s statement as soon as it is available.

If you do not satisfy key parts of the qualification requirements, you may have your application rejected before applications are submitted to the expert committee for assessment.

Based on the expert committee’s statement, relevant applicants will be invited to an interview and teaching demonstration before any recommendations are made. References will also be obtained for relevant candidates. More about the hiring process on our website.

It is a prerequisite that you have a residence which enables you to be present at/available to the academic community during ordinary working hours.

The position has been announced in both Norwegian and English. In the case of differences of opinion between the texts, the Norwegian text shall be decisive.