Assistant professor of Musical Performance - Hiring in process, not possible to apply

We welcome your application for the position of Assistant Professor of Musical Performance

Job description

We are looking for a candidate who wants to teach and supervise at first-cycle and second-cycle levels. You will work on developing existing and new courses and programmes. As an Assistant Professor, you may be assigned additional tasks such as board assignments or responsibility for study programmes or specialisations. You will receive the opportunity to allocate time to artistic research equivalent to five percent of a full-time position, which presupposes that you have experience of artistic development or research. Your tasks will also include course administration, participation in the department’s development work and both internal and external cooperation. Monitoring developments in your own subject discipline and society as a whole that are significant to your work at the university is an additional part of your duties.

As an Assistant Professor you will take part in the development of education and research and the overall development of Uniarts. You will have a key role in work to build a joint culture of openness and cooperation at Uniarts and you will help create a healthy work environment.

You are a pianist and a vocal coach and some leading responsibility will be a part of your work tasks.

Eligibility

We are looking for a candidate who has demonstrated both artistic and teaching skills.

Artistic skill at Assistant Professor level means having broad and deep knowledge of your artistic field (equivalent to a doctoral degree). You must have demonstrated a good ability to develop and conduct artistic research and development of high quality, or have demonstrated equivalent skills in artistic contexts outside of the university.

Teaching skill at Assistant Professor level means that you have demonstrated teaching skill in artistic contexts within or outside the university. You have the ability to develop and conduct teaching of high quality at various levels, and participation in linking first-cycle and second-cycle education to research. Alternatively, you must have demonstrated equivalent skills in artistic contexts outside the university.

You have worked professionally as vocal coach with musical interpretation and have experience of teaching at university level. We attach importance to that you have the ability to contribute to the development of new courses and programs, and that you have a personal experience of artistic research or development.

Your tasks require you to conduct active professional artistic work in the area of Musical Performance. In addition, you must have the personal abilities needed to perform your duties

Assessment criteria

• Artistic skill: broad and in-depth knowledge of the artistic area of Musical Performance/Opera, demonstrated through active professional artistic work and a good ability to develop and conduct high-quality artistic research and development within or outside the university.

• Teaching skill: demonstrated teaching skill in artistic educations within the university,
• Hands-on experience of vocal coaching on high professional level,
• Documented and broad experience of high quality teaching, the ability to develop courses and programs and examine at BA and MA levels.
• Ability to describe your teaching and your educational approach
• Documented good cooperation skills
• Experience of teaching in English
• Knowledge of and ability to develop international collaborations and exchanges

You must have completed training in teaching at university level or are expected to complete such a course within the next three years. Alternatively, you must have documented equivalent knowledge.

More information about assessment criteria for employment as a teacher is stated in Chapter 4 Sections 3–4 of the Higher Education Ordinance and in the Uniarts Appointments Procedure; see the link above.

About the position of employment

The permanent employment is fifty percent of a full-time position. Starting date: January 1st 2018 or on agreement.

We look forward to receiving your application! The final date for applications is December  7th 2017.

Uniarts regards encounters between various disciplines, cultures and perspectives as essential for the future development of knowledge and society. Uniarts therefore values diverse participation and perspectives and particularly welcomes candidates who complement our organisation in terms of gender equality and ethnic diversity.

How to apply and how the recruitment process takes place

Please write your application in English as it may be assessed by international experts. Register your application and upload attachments in our recruitment system. Any attachments that you wish to use as reference but that cannot be sent via our recruitment system must be sent by post. Please send three identical copies of such attachments by post to: Stockholms konstnärliga högskola, Box 24045, SE-104 50 Stockholm, Sweden, marked with the application number 2017/906/2.2.1.

In brief, your application must include your CV with copies of the documents that you want to use as confirmation of details in your CV, as well as descriptions of artistic credentials, teaching credentials and administrative experience. More detailed information about what you must include in your application is available at www.uniarts.se/english/about-uniarts/careers

External experts will take part in the selection process. Interviews, test lectures and references are other selection criteria that will be used. Uniarts will mainly focus on the candidate who, after a comprehensive assessment of documented credentials, competence and skill, is deemed to be the most suitable person to perform and develop the applicable work tasks.