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<font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">I wasn't at all sure where
to send this so I thought I would simply go scatter-gun. A rather
nice skill set required for this job here at JYU, half in my
subject (English), half in German, and with B2-level Finnish also
required for German. Please feel free to pass this on, although
note that I'm not on the hiring committee. Contact details behind
the links.<br>
<br>
Job ad in English:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/yliopistonopettaja-englanti-ja-saksa/DPVO3J?lang=en">https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/yliopistonopettaja-englanti-ja-saksa/DPVO3J?lang=en</a><br>
<br>
And in Finnish:<br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/yliopistonopettaja-englanti-ja-saksa/DPVO3J">https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/yliopistonopettaja-englanti-ja-saksa/DPVO3J</a><br>
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</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">For anyone applying
from outside Finland (maybe!), 'University Teacher' corresponds to
Lecturer or Assistant Professor. I can *genuinely* recommend
working here! I mean we have our grumbles, but compared to other
places I've worked, phew! Finland is great too, and Jyväskylä is a
lovely place to live and work.</font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"> As I say, the required skill
mix is rather specific, entirely possible that nobody outside
Finland fits the bill, but for that same reason worth considering
if you have that mix!<br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">To help with your
'teaching portfolio', here are the (well hidden) pages for the
relevant study guides (courses that you'd likely teach):<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif"><a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/ekiper/">https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/ekiper/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/ekiaineri/">https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/ekiaineri/</a><br>
<a class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/xsakok2024muu/">https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/xsakok2024muu/</a><br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">We do a lot of
team-teaching, and often take on each other's courses in different
years. It's a healthy way to blend expertise, and safeguard
courses in case of research leave etc. With all that in mind it's
certainly worth clearly listing _all_ the courses on those pages
which you could teach, and/or adapt to teaching.<br>
<br>
- 'Referees' doesn't specifically ask for your chair, head of dept
or line manager, because in theory this could be anyone really,
whoever could vouch for your experience and expertise. Back when I
applied for my job here, I was working in the UK, and I gave the
details of the head of department at a previous university I'd
worked at (in Finland as it happened), plus a current senior
colleague, but not my line manager. That was useful because
frankly my line manager at the time didn't really know much about
my teaching or research beyond the standard internal paperwork
about it.<br>
<br>
- It might seem weird to be asked to upload a picture. It's just a
customary Finnish thing, and yes there is a live debate across
Finland about how this custom has consequences </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">(gasp!) </font><font
face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">for issues like racialised
hiring practices. It doesn't look like it's mandatory though, and
the university itself is accredited for equality in hiring: <a
class="moz-txt-link-freetext"
href="https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/developing-researcher-career-with-hrs4r-hr-excellence-in-research">https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/developing-researcher-career-with-hrs4r-hr-excellence-in-research</a><br>
<br>
</font><font face="Helvetica, Arial, sans-serif">- Under
'Pedagogical studies', if your pedagogical training is from
outside Finland, I would suggest just briefly mentioning the
training you've received and which level(s) of study that was
designed for. You could then say a bit more about that training in
your 'Teaching portfolio' document.<br>
<br>
- Within the CV template, a 'docent' is a Finnish post-PhD
qualification demonstrating a certain level of experience.
Similarly you could just say it doesn't exist where you are but
you have whatever other post-PhD recognition of experience (when I
did this I think I mentioned my Higher Education Academy
accreditation in the UK). But this is a relatively junior post and
so a docentship would not be expected.<br>
<br>
Last but not least, the online application is frankly a bit
wobbly. I would suggest preparing all text entries offline and
then copy-pasting all in one go.<br>
<br>
Good luck to all those who apply!<br>
<br>
All the best,<br>
Dave</font><br>
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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer & Docent, Dept Language & Communication Studies, U. Jyväskylä, Finland | <a class="moz-txt-link-abbreviated" href="http://www.jyu.fi">www.jyu.fi</a>
Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Language Policy' | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://langpol.ac.uk/">https://langpol.ac.uk/</a>
Founder & Moderator, TeachLing | <a class="moz-txt-link-freetext" href="https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/teachling">https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/teachling</a>
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