University Assistant

Start date/duration
- as soon as possible
- for 4 years

Job profile:
Post-doc position (40 hours/week), Department for Teacher Education and School Research as soon as possible. Main tasks: Joint and independent experience-oriented research in the field of inequality-reflective school development; participation in the further design and implementation of the new secondary school teacher training programme at the University of Innsbruck (esp. Educational science basics); content-related and organisational management of a school pedagogical module team within the framework of the current teacher training at the University of Innsbruck; coordination of the departmental research colloquium, cooperation in departmental research projects; cooperation in the institute's own research projects; high-quality research-led teaching; supervision of students and cooperation in the supervision of theses; cooperation in organisation, administration and in university committees. Required qualifications: Completed teaching degree or degree with a focus on educational science or related fields (experience in primary education desirable); completed doctoral or PhD studies in the field of inequality-reflective school development research. Knowledge and experience in dealing with methods of experiential school development research; demonstrably expertise in the methodology and methods of empirical school research, preferably reconstructive research; experience in supervising theses desirable; experience in coordinating research groups, especially master's thesis research groups desirable; very good knowledge of the English language; excellent teamwork and communication skills; flexibility, ability to work under pressure, problem-solving ability.

Application:
**Benefits**:
What the University of Innsbruck offers:
From a company pension scheme, to flexible working hours and child care facilities the University of Innsbruck offers its employees a wide range of benefits which is being continuously extended.

Along with interesting oppurtunities for the participation in job-related and personal further education courses, and the succesful compatibility of career and family, employees can benefit from a large range of courses offered by the University Sports Institute (USI), the language courses offered by the ISI, the University Library and take advantage of the various canteens offering reasonably priced food.

Additional comments

The University of Innsbruck as employer

Are you looking for a new challenge? The University of Innsbruck is a place of study, research and employment for more than 31.000 people. As one of the largest employers in Tyrol the University offers a varied and exciting field of activity for its employees from very diverse educational and professional backgrounds. The University explicitly welcomes diversity and is committed to the principle of equal opportunity. It is a certified family-friendly workplace and received the award 'Top workplace 2018' from the Austrian business magazine 'trend'.

Languages

At the University of Innsbruck researchers from all over the world come together. Depending on the individual scientific community the language used may be German, English or another (if unanimously decided).

Internal communication is in German. Therefore a basic knowledge of German or the willingness to acquire such knowledge is essential.