Teaching and Research Associate (m/f/d)

University for Continuing Education Krems

The University for Continuing Education Krems specializes in part-time academic continuing education. As a public university for continuing education, it works with its expertise in teaching and research to overcome societal challenges and tailors its study programs to address them. With 8,000 students coming from 85 countries, the University for Continuing Education Krems combines its many years of experience in university-based continuing education with innovation to provide outstanding quality in research and teaching at an international level. Situated 60 km from Vienna in the alluring world heritage region Wachau, Campus Krems is a highly attractive location.

The following position is available to strengthen our team of the Faculty of Business and Globalisation/ Department for Legal Studies and International Relations/ Center for Intellectual Property, Media- and Innovation Law:

Teaching and Research Associate (m/f/d)

30 hrs./week                                                                                     

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Your tasks

• Collaboration in teaching and research at the Center for Intellectual Property, Media and Innovation Law with a focus on copyright law and related areas
• Development, implementation and supervision/organization of (international) courses at the Centre
• Communication and public relations work
• Independent teaching activities
• Scientific and organizational collaboration in ongoing third-party funded projects and in the acquisition of third-party funding

Your profile

We require evidence of the following qualifications for the application:

• Completed university degree (Master's/Diploma) in the field of law
• Academic interest in the field of intellectual property law, data protection law, competition law and related areas of law (demonstrated by a brief description of personal research interests and envisaged publication projects in the letter of motivation)
• Ability and willingness to carry out independent scientific work (demonstrated by submission of own academic texts, e.g. seminar papers or Bachelor's or Master's theses including existing academic evaluation)
• Presentation experience
• Willingness to carry out project management tasks (e.g. preparing project reports, creating and monitoring schedules and work plans, coordinating and organizing project meetings, etc.)
• Willingness to supervise courses at weekends
• Excellent knowledge of English (at least B2) 
• Very good MS Office skills and first experience with digital collaboration tools (e.g. MS Teams, Moodle, Canvas etc.) 
• Gender and diversity competence, ability to work in a team, independence and flexibility

In addition, the following criteria are desirable:

• German language skills (at least B1)
• Excellent academic success in civil and corporate law subjects and/or proven academic achievements at a foreign tertiary educational institution
• Technical, economic and/or artistic training
• Professional experience at a university, other research institutions or in the legal profession

Your perspective

• Part-time (30 hours/week), initially limited to 4 years (possible extension up to a maximum of 6 years), with a minimum salary of EUR 3,578.80 gross per month on a full-time basis (classification according to collective agreement of universities § 49 VwGr. B1)
• Innovative and modern working environment at the Campus Krems
• Possibility of homeoffice and mobile working (max. 42% of working hours)
• Very good opportunities for further education within the framework of our own study programs, extensive offer of workplace health promotion as well as the University Sports Institute (USI)

Persons with disabilities who meet the required profile criteria are expressly invited to apply for this position.

The University of Continuing Education Krems sees high innovation potential in the diversity of its employees and is committed to diversity as a guiding principle. At the same time, it aims to increase the proportion of women and expressly invites qualified women to apply. Women with equal qualifications are given priority.

We look forward to receiving your online application by 14 February 2024 via our online tool:https://www.donau-uni.ac.at/vacancies