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Mon Apr 14 1997

Jobs: ESL in Norway

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Message 1: ESL in Norway

Date: Mon, 14 Apr 1997 15:29:27 +0100
From: JON ORTEN <JONOloke.hiof.no>
Subject: ESL in Norway

PERMANENT POSITION AT OSTFOLD COLLEGE, DEPARTMENT OF SOCIAL SCIENCES AND FOREIGN LANGUAGES

Assuming that the Ministry of Education certifies the Plan of Instruction for the one year extension course in Business English and European Studies, there is a permanent position available as

Associate Professor/Assistant Professor/Lecturer in English for Special Purposes.

Within the Department, the Institute of Business Languages and Philological Studies has been selected as the National Resource Center for Business Languages in Norway. The position is connected to the English Section, which is responsible for a one year Foundation Course in English, a one year Foundation Course in Business English, a one year extension course in Business English and European Studies, and a half year study in Didactic English at the Dept. of Education. In addition, the Ministry has certified the Department's plan for a one half year extension course of the one year Foundation Course in English and the English Section is working to offer this course as soon as possible.

The applicant who receives this position will first and foremost be engaged in teaching the one year extension course in Business English and European Studies. Teaching duties will include lectures, seminars and practice sessions. Much time will be used advising students in connection with projects and papers. In addition come administrative duties.

Special Qualifications

Applicants must have a very high level of competence in modern English linguistics. It is desirable that research in the field of English for special purposes can be documented. Applicants must be proficient in both written and oral English at a very high level. Relevant work and teaching experience on the college/university level will also be taken into consideration. Applicants must be acquainted with Norwegian/Scandinavian language and culture.

General Qualifications

To be hired as Associate Professor the applicant must have a Norwegian doctoral degree or a corresponding doctoral degree from abroad certified as equivalent to the Norwegian degree, or comparable competence documented in academic work of comparable size and quality. Pedagogic training or experience in teaching/advising is required, either at college/university or a lower level.

To be hired as Assistant Professor/Lecturer the applicant must have an advanced degree from a university or college or a comparable higher education. Pedagogic training or experience in teaching/advising in higher education is required. Moreover, one or more of the following qualifications are desirable, depending on their breadth and depth: academic production - pedagogic experience - management and participation in research projects or certified trail and developmental work - work on textbooks and similar materials - creation of academic collections. In addition relevant experience in working life will be taken into consideration. As stipulated in Norwegian law (Circular F-14-95), a committee will be responsible for hiring. Applicants may ask to be evaluated as Associate or Assistant professor, or to apply for advancement to a personal professorship in accordance with the Norwegian system of higher education. Applicants must state this in their application.

If no qualified applicants apply, it may be possible to be hired on a temporary basis. The position might then be changed to permanent when the necessary qualifications are attained during the time of employment.

Further information about the position can be obtained by contacting the leader of theEnglish Section, Karen Patrick Knutsen, or Dean Eva Lambertsson Bjork, Tel. +47-69-21-52-00. ----------------------------------

Employment will be based on conditions stipulated in the Norwegian laws of Civil Servants of March 4, 1983, of State Pensions of July 28, 1949 and of Retirement of December 21, 1956. Employment is otherwise subject to current rule and regulations.

Ostfold College practices Gender Quotas in accordance with the adjustment of the employment agreement for state colleges.

Hiring will be decided by the college's Staffing Committee. Applicants must expect to be called in for an interview.

Deadline for applications is: April 28, 1997.

The application must, in addition to a CV, contain complete information about the applicant's education, experience and other academic activities and must be sent in with certified copies of attestations, transcripts and diplomas in 4 copies. Academic production, documentation of work in projects and other documentation of other relevant experience may be enclosed in 3 copies. Send the application to:

Ostfold College Fellesadministrasjonen Remmen 1783 Halden Norway