Job Announcement: Professor in Russian at the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, Norway

[Martin Paulsen]

A position as Professor in Russian is open at the Department of Foreign
Languages, University of Bergen, Norway.

Applicants should have substantial research leadership experience as well as
experience in coordinating research activities and in strategic research
planning. Candidates should be able to demonstrate strong interpersonal
skills and the ability to work and communicate well with others in a team
environment.

Salary will be paid in accordance with level 66(code 1013) on the government
salary scale, at present NOK 514.700 gross p.a. A pension contribution of 2%
will be deducted and paid in to the state pension scheme. In the case of
particularly well-qualified applicants, a higher salary may be considered.

For a full description of the post with details of relevant fields of
specialisation and responsibilities, duties associated with the post, and
other factors that will be considered in making the appointment, see: 
http://www.hf.uib.no/fakultet/aktuelt/stillinger/omtale_russisk_e.html
or contact the Department of Foreign Languages, tel. +47 55582340, e-mail:
post at if.uib.no. For further information about this position, contact
Professor Leiv Egil Breivik, Head of Department, or Professor Lillian Helle,
Russian studies coordinator.

The successful candidate will be required to take part in teaching and
examination programmes in force at any time and to comply without additional
remuneration with any amendments that may be introduced by legislation with
regard to curriculum, pension schemes and retirement age.

The languages of instruction are Norwegian and Russian.

Basic teacher training is a requirement. The successful candidate will be
offered appropriate training if this requirement has not been met before
appointment.

Women in particular are invited to apply. If, in the opinion of the
assessment committee, several applicants have approximately equivalent
qualifications, the rules on equal opportunities laid down in the Personnel
Regulations for Academic Positions will be applied.

State employment shall reflect the diversity of the population at large to
the highest possible degree. The University of Bergen has therefore adopted
a personnel policy objective to ensure that we achieve a balanced age and
sex composition and the recruitment of persons of various ethnic
backgrounds. Persons of different ethnic backgrounds are therefore
encouraged to apply for the position.
The University of Bergen applies the principles of public openness when
recruiting staff to academic positions.

The successful applicant must comply with the guidelines that apply to the
position at any time.

The application is to be submitted in four copies and must contain a
complete overview of the applicant's education, earlier positions and other
activities, along with a complete list of scholarly works and information
about where these have been published. The applicant must name the scholarly
works or parts of such works on which the committee should place special
emphasis in its evaluation. These should not exceed 15 in number. The
application must contain a list of attachments documenting the applicant's
teaching qualifications.

Applicants must submit four copies of all the scholarly works – published or
unpublished – they wish to be evaluated with their application, along with
six copies of a list of these works with information about where these have
been published. These works should be numbered, sorted into four separate
sets and sent to the Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen,
PO Box 7805, N-5020 Bergen, Norway. Publications may be sent after the
application itself, but within one month of the expiry of the application
deadline.

Reference is made to "Rules of procedure for appointments to chairs at the
University of Bergen."

Applications should be addressed to the Senate of the University of Bergen
and sent with confirmed copies of certificates and testimonials to the
Department of Foreign Languages, University of Bergen, PO Box 7805, 5020
Bergen, Norway, by October 18, 2008.

Mark application: 2008/10371

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