Job Opportunities

Assistant professor – foreign academic/researcher (Post Doc) in General Didactics, Subject Didactics, Educational Science or Educational Psychology

The Dean of the Faculty of Education at the University of Ostrava, Czech Republic, announces a call for applications for an academic position related to the project "IMPREF – Implementation of the Teacher Education Reform at the UO: Competency Education based on Practice, Research, Internationalization and Cooperation with the Clinical School"

  • Assistant professor – foreign academic/researcher (Post Doc) in general didactics, subject didactics, educational science or educational psychology.

Position designation

  • Assistant professor – foreign academic/researcher (postdoc) in general didactics, subject didactics, educational science or educational psychology.
  • Type of systemized position: Assistant professor

Job Description

  • Carrying out independent research activities in the field of didactics, educational science or educational psychology (obligation to apply for a research grant)
  • Publication activity
  • Involvement in teaching (language of instruction: English, Czech or Slovak)
  • Supervision of bachelor's and diploma theses
  • Participation in international conferences

Designation of the applicant's international research profile specification

  • R2 – Recognised

Estimated amount of employmentk

  • Full-time (or by agreement)

Qualification and other prerequisites

Following the terms of the project, a foreign academic worker is defined as "an employee who, during the last 5 years, has worked outside the territory of the Czech Republic for at least 2 years in an academic position at a university for at least 0.5 full-time, or has been a PhD student at a university abroad. Citizens of the Czech Republic are not excluded."

  • Completed PhD studies in general didactics, subject didactics, education science, or educational psychology
  • Publication activity
  • Experience in submitting and implementing research projects
  • Experience of working at least 2 years at a foreign university or PhD studies at a foreign university in the last 5 years
  • Experience with inclusive education is an advantage
  • High-quality written and oral communication in English (min. B2 level)
  • EU research level: R2 Recognized

Expected Start Date

  • From January 1st, 2025 (or by agreement) until December 31st, 2026

Salary

  • Following the Internal Wage Regulations of the University and the conditions of the IMPREF project for the position of Assistant Professor, full-time 100 per cent (1.0) = CZK 70,000 per month

Benefits

  • 8 weeks of annual leave
  • 5 days off for personal leave
  • Meal vouchers worth CZK 115 per day
  • Rent discounts at Heimstaden accommodation
  • Private kindergarten Elánek
  • Free use of the university library
  • Language and other university education courses

List of Documents Required from the Applicant

Date, method, form and place for delivery of the application

Please send a structured professional CV with a list of publishing activities, a motivation letter, documents on educational attainment and a signed Consent to the processing of personal data for the selection procedure by November 30th, 2024 via email to 

More information

Language in which the selection process will be conducted

  • English

The first round of the selection procedure will take place without the personal presence of the applicants, with the evaluation of the submitted materials by the selection committee.

The dean of the faculty reserves the right to invite only selected applicants to a personal meeting and, at the same time, the right not to choose any applicant. The dean can also cancel or repeat the selection process.


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Contact:

Pedagogická fakulta OU
personální oddělení
Bc. Anna Oslizloková
Fráni Šrámka 3
709 00 Ostrava
Czech Republic

Phone: 553 46 2511
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