Assistant Professor at the Department of Media Studies at the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication

University of Wroclaw invites applications for the position of Assistant Professor at the Department of Media Studies at the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication at the Faculty of Letters

No 48.2024.ZM.IDKS.WF.AW of 15.04.2024

Institute/Department: Department of Media Studies, Institute of Journalism and Social Communication, Faculty of Letters

Position: assistant professor

Type of position: research and teaching

• Discipline: social communication and media
• Research field: social sciences

Vacancies/positions: 1

Type of contract: full time

Application deadline: 15.05.2024

Estimated date of the contest settlement: 30.06.2024

Envisaged job starting date: 01.10.2024

Period of employment: temporary (till September 30, 2026)

The competition is open to each candidate who meets the requirements set out in the Higher Education and Science Act of July 20th 2018 (Journal of Laws of 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of University of Wroclaw.

The candidate is required to

1. Hold a doctoral degree in the humanities or social studies.
2. Scientific achievements in the field of social communication and media studies, confirmed by highly scored publications (according to the current regulations), including in foreign scientific publications and journals.
3. Experience in obtaining grants and participating in international research projects.
4. Demonstrate documented professional experience in higher education, teaching experience in the field of teaching in Polish at a university-type higher education institution, in particular in the field of social communication and media (at Bachelor's and Master's level) and readiness to teach them in the future, as well as organisation of teaching work at a university-type higher education institution.
5. Excellent knowledge of English.
6. Have a sufficient command of the Polish language to be able to communicate in the academic environment and to participate in comparative studies.

Responsibilities

1. Conducting classes and administrative work related to the implementation and organization of the didactic process in the scope and size provided for the position of assistant professor in accordance with the current internal normative acts of the University of Wrocław.
2. Performing other tasks and activities related to the implementation and organization of the didactic process indicated by the Head of the Institute of Journalism and Social Communication.
3. Conducting research in the discipline social communication and media studies, including applying for internal, national and international grants, in accordance with criteria established by the relevant Discipline Council.
4. Publication of research results with the affiliation of the "University of Wrocław" and their reliable documentation via the IDKS Library.
5. Active participation in the research and publishing activities of the Institute and its organization (meetings of the Institute, domestic and foreign scientific conferences, editorial work for publications created at IDKS).
6. Compliance with the provisions of copyright and related rights in teaching, research and creativity.

The application for the competition should include

1. Personal questionnaire (download Personal questionnaire).
2. Curriculum vitae.
3. A photocopy of the diploma certifying the academic degree of doctor, professor.
4. Statement whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (download Workplace Statement).
5. Declaration of the discipline in which the candidate will conduct research and in the case of people conducting research in more than one discipline the percentage of their involvement in each of these disciplines (download Declaration of scientific discipline).
6. Self-presentation (information about scientific, organizational, and other achievements).
7. List of scientific publications in the last ten years.
8. Electronic versions of the two most important publications that the candidate considers representative of his or her scientific achievements or an explanation of the lack of them.
9. Application for employment addressed to HM Rector.
10. A statement in connection with Article 113 of the Act of 20 July 2018. The Law on Higher Education and Science (download Declaration – Article 113).

The CV should include the following note: I consent, within the meaning of Articles 4 and 7 of RODO, i.e. Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation) (Official Journal of the EU L of 4.05.2016, pp. 1-88), to the processing of my personal data by the University of Wrocław, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wrocław, for the purpose of recruitment for employment at the University of Wrocław. I am aware that the consent given may be withdrawn at any time in a manner appropriate to its giving.

The Head of the Board reserves the right to request the candidates to deliver copies of additional documents necessary for the assessment of their candidacy.

All the documents should be sent only in an electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the subject of the message: "assistant professor.48.ZM.IDKS.WF.AW".

Additional information

1. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to contact only selected candidates.
2. Selected candidates may be required to undergo an interview by means of electronic communication allowing audio and video transmission.
3. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wrocław reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wrocław does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process