Adjunct Professor/Adjunct Associate Professor in Geochronology and Regional Geology - IV-68/24

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About the job

The Adjunct Professor/Adjunct Associate Professor position has a full-time equivalence of 20% and has a fixed term of up to 3 years with the possibility of employment for further periods. The Department of Geoscience and Petroleum (IGP) seeks a bedrock Geologist with experience in U-Pb geochronology for a 20% position as Adjunct Professor or Adjunct Associate Professor.

Your immediate leader is Head of the Department 

Responsibilities

 

• The successful applicant will be responsible for the course TGB 4112 Norges Geologi og Georessurser (Norway´s Geology and Georesources) from January 2024
• The applicant will be responsible for administrating the course, for a number of lectures in the course curriculum and for developing the course content towards its future format. The teaching language is Norwegian.
• The applicant will be responsible for the supervision of Master- and PhD-students in bedrock geology and geochronology

Required selection criteria

• The successful applicant will have extensive experience with a range of geochronological techniques and their application in regional geology studies and mineral resources exploration. These will include well-proven methodologies such as U-Pb (Zr) dating, but also other techniques based on the U-Pb system, using minerals such as Monazite, titanite and garnet.
• Experience with the development of relatively low-temperature and experimental geochronological techniques such as U-Pb calcite dating will be considered important.
• The applicant will be experienced in the use of geochronological results in tectono-metamorphic, tectono-magmatic and tectono-sedimentary (provenance) contexts.
• Due to the teaching obligations that follow the position, extensive knowledge of the Precambrian and Caledonian regional geology of Norway will be required.
• Knowledge of, and experience with the basement geology of the Norwegian continental shelf will be required.
• The successful applicant will have excellent communication skills and significant teaching experience, including the supervision and/or co-supervision of Master- and PhD students.
• Due to the teaching obligations that follow the position, the successful applicant will be able to teach in Norwegian.

Adjunct Professor:

The position of Professor within Geochronology and Regional Geology requires that you meet the criteria in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts section 1-2.  

• your academic work must be essentially within Geochronology and Regional Geology    

In addition to formal qualifications in teaching at university level, you must document 

• development in teaching and counselling of students over time 
• extensive experience with supervision preferably at the master / PhD level 
• participation in the development of educational quality in a work environment 

Adjunct Associate Professor:

The position of Assistant Professor within Geochronology and Regional Geology requires that you meet the criteria in the Regulations concerning appointment and promotion to teaching and research posts section 1-4.  

• Your PhD, or academic work of the same scope and quality, must be within Geochronology and Regional Geology    

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For both positions:

You must document relevant basic competence for teaching and supervision at university/higher education-level, ref. Regulations. If this cannot be documented, you are required to complete an approved course in university teaching (1 module = 20t) within two years of commencement. NTNU offers qualifying courses.   

Preferred selection criteria

• Applicants with teaching experience from higher education will be preferred 
• The successful applicant should have experience with digital mapping and analysis tools relevant for the position and an interest in using these in teaching and supervision 

Personal characteristics

 

• Dynamic professional personality with large working capacity
• Excellent abilities to teach and instruct students in the use of complex instruments and laboratory equipment
• Innovative perspective on geochronology with an open attitude towards new methods and approaches
• Excellent communication and cooperation skills
• Ability to cooperate in the design and execution of interdisciplinary projects

We offer

• exciting and challenging tasks in a dynamic and international academic environment
• an open and inclusive working environment, with enthusiastic colleagues
• favorable terms in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund 
• employee benefits

Salary and conditions

In a position as Adjunct Professor (code 1013) you will normally be remunerated from gross NOK 160 000 to NOK 200 000 per year, corresponding with a 20% position, depending on qualifications and seniority.

In a position as Adjunct Associate Professor (code 1011) you will normally be remunerated from gross NOK 140 000 to NOK 180 000 per year, corresponding with a 20% position, depending on qualifications and seniority.

If you are eligible for membership at the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, 2% of your salary will be deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund. 

The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to NTNU. After the appointment you must assume that there may be changes in the area of work. 

About the application

The application and supporting documentation must be in English.

Please note that your application will be considered based solely on information submitted by the application deadline. You must therefore ensure that your application clearly demonstrates how your skills and experience fulfil the criteria specified above. 

If, for any reason, you have taken a career break or have had an atypical career and wish to disclose this in your application, the selection committee will take this into account, recognizing that the quantity of your research may be reduced as a result.

Your application must include:

• CV, diplomas, and certificates
• A teaching portfolio, in which your teaching competence is compiled and presented systematically,   (See guidelines for applicants: Documentation of teaching qualifications in applications and appointments to academic positions at NTNU)
• Academic works – published or unpublished – that you wish to be considered during assessment of your application (up to 10 items)
• A description of the scientific/artistic works you consider most relevant, which you particularly wish to be factored into the assessment
• A list of your previous works, with details on where they have been published
• A research plan
• Details of projects for which you have served as project manager, including information on financing, duration, and scope
• Names and contact information for three relevant referees

You are encouraged to use the Universities Norway’s NOR-CAM toolbox as a guide for  documentation of your competence.

Joint work will also be considered. If it is difficult to identify your specific input to a joint project, you must include evidence of your contributions.

In the evaluation of which candidate is best qualified, emphasis will be placed on education, experience and personal and interpersonal qualities. Motivation, ambitions, and potential will also count in the assessment of the candidates.

NTNU is obliged by the evaluation criteria for research quality in accordance with The San Fransisco Declaration on Research Assessment – DORA and The obligations in the Coalition for Advancing Research Assessment ( CoARA) on responsible assessment of research and recognition of a wider range of academic contributions to science and society. . This means that we will pay particular attention to the quality and academic range demonstrated by your scientific work to date. We will also pay attention to research leadership and participation in research projects. Your scientific work from the last five years will be given the most weight.

Your application will be considered by an expert committee. Candidates of interest will be invited to an interview, and to deliver a trial teaching session.

General information

NTNU believes that inclusion and diversity is a strength. We want our faculty and staff to reflect Norway’s culturally diverse population and we continuously seek to hire the best minds. This enables NTNU to increase productivity and innovation, improve decision making processes, raise employee satisfaction, compete academically with global top-ranking institutions and carry out our social responsibilities within education and research. NTNU emphasizes accessibility and encourages qualified candidates to apply regardless of gender identity, ability status, periods of unemployment or ethnic and cultural background. 

As an employee at NTNU, you must at all times adhere to the changes that the development in the subject entails and the organizational changes that are adopted. 

A public list of applicants with name, age, job title and municipality of residence is prepared after the application deadline. If you want to reserve yourself from entry on the public applicant list, this must be justified. Assessment will be made in accordance with current legislation. You will be notified if the reservation is not accepted. 

For the sake of transparency, candidates will be given the expert evaluation of their own and other candidates. As an applicant you are considered part of the process and is stipulated to rules of confidentiality.  

If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact Professor Per Terje Osmundsen, telephone +47 92 66 93 89, email: per.t.osmundsen@ntnu.no. If you have questions regarding the recruitment process, please contact Eli Meistad, e-mail: eli.meistad@ntnu.no.

If you think this looks interesting and in line with your qualifications, please submit your application electronically via jobbnorge.no with your CV, diplomas and certificates attached. Applications submitted elsewhere will not be considered. Upon request, you must be able to obtain certified copies of your documentation.  

Application deadline: 08.04.2024