Assistant professor at the Department of Material Culture History in Historical Institute, the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences

University of Wroclaw invites applications for the position of an assistant professor at the Department of Material Culture History in Historical Institute, the Faculty of Historical and Pedagogical Sciences

No 36.2023.IH.WNHP.AH of April 13, 2023

Position: assistant professor

Number of positions/vacancies: 1

Institute/Department: Department of Material Culture History, Historical Institute

Type of position: research and teaching

• in research discipline: history
• in research field: Humanities sciences 

Type of contract: full time

Period of employment: 2 years 

Deadline for submission of documents: May 13, 2023

Anticipated deadline for the competition decision: June, 2023

Anticipated start date of employment: October 1, 2023

The competition is open to persons who meet the conditions set out in the Act of 20 July 2018. Law on Higher Education and Science (Journal of Laws 2018, item 1668 as amended) and the Statute of the University of Wrocław.

Requirements

The conditions that the candidate should meet:

1. Knowledge of the Polish language to a degree enabling conducting classes in this  

language (if the person selected in the competition will conduct such classes).

2. Knowledge of the English language to the extent that allows conducting classes in this

language.

3. The candidate must hold a PhD degree in the field of history or architecture or

archaeology or history or arts.

4. Completed studies (bachelor and/or master) in one of the following fields: heritage of

material culture, public history, geography, history of art.

5. In the case of people with a doctoral degree in a discipline other than history, it is

required to complete bachelor's and master's studies in history

6. Experience in teaching at a university.

7. Scientific achievements documented e.g. scientific publications in recognized national

or foreign scientific journals or publishing houses included in the lists of scientific

journals and publishing houses of the Ministry of Education and Science.

8. Participation in the national or foreign research Project.

Responsibilities

In the research area:

1. Conducting research in the field of the history of material culture and disseminating

their results, e.g. in the form of conference participation, lectures, publications in

highly rated journals and publishing houses, including the international contexts.

1. Submission of grant applications to obtain external funds for scientific and research activities.

In the teaching area:

1. Teaching classes in the usual teaching load.

In the organizational area:

1. Fulfilling other, including organizational, duties indicated by the Director of Historical Institute.

The application for the competition should include

1. Curriculum vitae.
2. Personal  questionnaire  (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/05/PERSONAL-DATA-FORM-FOR-EMPLOYMENT-APPLICANT_eng.pdf).
3. A photocopy of the diploma certifying the PH.D. or post-Ph.D. academic degree.
4. Statement whether the University of Wroclaw will be the primary place of work in the case of winning the competition (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/05/Workplace-st…).
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 (https://hr.uwr.edu.pl/wp-content/uploads/sites/158/2022/05/Scientific-discipline-declaration-UWr_eng.pdf).
6. Self-presentation (information about scientific, teaching, organizational, and other achievements).
7. List 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 JM Rector including a description of applicant’s scientific interests.

The President of the Selection Board reserves the right to ask applicants to submit copies of any scientific publications or other documents required to assess their candidature.

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 Wroclaw, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wroclaw, for the purpose of recruitment for employment at the University of Wroclaw. I am aware that the consent given may be withdrawn at any time in a manner appropriate to its giving.

Participants in the competition consent to the publication of the data to be evaluated in the competition and provided in the competition application, in particular concerning scientific and teaching achievements.

All the documents should be sent in the electronic form to the following address: praca@uwr.edu.pl with the 
message title: „assistant professor.36.IH.WNHP”.

Additional information

1. The University of Wroclaw 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 Wroclaw reserves the right to close the competition without selecting a candidate.
4. The University of Wroclaw reserves the right to cancel the competition.
5. The University of Wroclaw does not provide housing.

Information clause for persons participating in the recruitment process

Pursuant to Article 13 of Regulation 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of the European Union 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, RODO), we inform you that:

1. The administrator of your personal data is the University of Wroclaw based in Wroclaw, pl. Uniwersytecki 1, 50-137 Wroclaw, hereinafter referred to as the Administrator.
2. The Data Protection Officer at the University of Wroclaw is dr Krzysztof Ziemba, email address: iod@uwr.edu.pl
3. Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of recruitment to work at the University of Wroclaw. The legal basis for processing your personal data is Article 22 section1 of the Polish Labour Code, Article 119 of the Higher Education and Science Act and your consent.
4. Your personal data will not be made available to other recipients, with the exception of entities with which the controller has entered into appropriate agreements for the entrustment of processing and cases provided for by law.
5. Your data will be stored for the duration of the recruitment process, not longer than 12 months from the date of your application.
6. You have the right to:

• withdraw consent to the processing of personal data, without affecting the lawfulness of processing carried out on the basis of consent before its withdrawal,
• demand from the Administrator access to their personal data, rectification, erasure or restriction of processing of personal data, data portability, however these rights may be restricted by a   specific legal provision,
• make a complaint to the supervisory authority – the President of the Office for Personal Data Protection.

    7. Providing personal data is voluntary, however, failure to provide data such as: first name(s) and surname, date of birth, place of         residence (correspondence address), will result in inability to participate in the recruitment process.