[Edling] job: University Teacher in English and German language (Finnish proficiency also required), deadline 27 May

[Dave Sayers via Edling]

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.

Job ad in English:
https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/yliopistonopettaja-englanti-ja-saksa/DPVO3J?lang=en

And in Finnish:
https://ats.talentadore.com/apply/yliopistonopettaja-englanti-ja-saksa/DPVO3J

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. 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!

To help with your 'teaching portfolio', here are the (well hidden) pages for the 
relevant study guides (courses that you'd likely teach):
https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/ekiper/
https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/ekiaineri/
https://studyguide.jyu.fi/2025/en/module/xsakok2024muu/

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.

- '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.

- 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 (gasp!) 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: 
https://www.jyu.fi/en/research/developing-researcher-career-with-hrs4r-hr-excellence-in-research

- 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.

- 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.

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.

Good luck to all those who apply!

All the best,
Dave

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Dr. Dave Sayers, ORCID no. 0000-0003-1124-7132
Senior Lecturer & Docent, Dept Language & Communication Studies, U. Jyväskylä, Finland |www.jyu.fi
Co-Convenor, BAAL SIG 'Language Policy' |https://langpol.ac.uk/
Founder & Moderator, TeachLing |https://www.jiscmail.ac.uk/teachling
dave.sayers at cantab.net |https://r.jyu.fi/sayers
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