Senior Lecturer (academic teaching) Theoretical Foundations

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Senior Lecturer (academic teaching) Theoretical Foundations

39 Faculty of Computer Science

Job vacancy starting: 02/01/2025 | Working hours: 40,00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc)

Limited contract until:

Job ID: 3199

In case of positive evaluation at the end of the fixed-term period of 4 years, the position will be changed to a permanet position.

Do you enjoy working with young people, are you curious, and do you want to pass on your knowledge? As a Senior Lecturer, you play a crucial role in educating students. In addition to providing a solid academic education, we also place a special emphasis on the personal development of students. We support students in developing curiosity and critical thinking, thereby creating a solid foundation for the professional challenges of the next generation.

The Faculty of Computer Science at the University of Vienna is an innovative and future-orientated faculty. Based on a strong disciplinary core, the broad range of subjects at the University of Vienna opens up many opportunities for modern computer science, which is increasingly entering application areas at the interfaces to the natural sciences, economics, medicine, social sciences and humanities.

As a Senior Lecturer, you will be working in the field of theoretical foundations of computer science. You will primarily design and lead introductory and in-depth courses on topics such as algorithms and data structures, fundamentals of intelligent systems, mathematical foundations of computer science, fundamentals of numerical computing and introduction to mathematical modelling. In addition, you will work on the design and implementation of an extension curriculum in Artificial Intelligence. You will further develop the courses you supervise in line with the current state of research and coordinate their content with the other courses in the curriculum. You will organise the courses according to modern didactic principles, taking into account the discipline-specific requirements of computer science. You are involved in defining the requirements for the necessary infrastructure and coordinate these with the relevant departments.

The employment level of 40 hours/week includes an average teaching obligation of 14 semester hours per week of academic teaching.

You actively participate in scientific teaching, research & administration, which means:

• You will teach courses at Bachelor's and Master's level independently or together with other lecturers
• You will make an active contribution to the (further) development of course and examination formats
• We expect from you the ongoing reception of the current state of science as well as continuing didactic training. Research activities are welcome, but not mandatory.
• In addition, the assumption of administrative tasks, especially in the administration of teaching, is part of the job profile.

We are looking for people who see university teaching as an interesting and challenging career field. Requirements for application are:

• Completed doctorate in the field of computer science/business informatics

• Broad basic education in computer science (e.g. Master's degree in computer science or equivalent)

• Several years of independent teaching experience at a post-secondary educational institution

• Enthusiasm for the transfer of knowledge and for university teaching

• Excellent language skills in German and English (written and spoken) or willingness to quickly acquire excellent German skills if excellent English skills are available

• Practical (professional) experience in software development or software engineering

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team with excellent research infrastructure, dedicated colleagues and students who want to learn from you.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,752,8 (on a fulltime basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

• CV and certificates
• Certificates, course evaluation results if applicable
• Letter of motivation (max. 2 pages)
• Submission of a general didactic teaching concept (max. 2 pages)
• List of courses taught
• List of publications and list of any research projects carried out or involvement in research/software development projects
• Via our job portal / Apply now - button

Martin Polaschek

martin.polaschek@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 11/14/2024