We are now looking for a highly motivated and talented
to join Giellagas Institute, Faculty of Humanities at the University of Oulu.
In this position, you will participate in the national 1000 doctorates pilot programme. As a partner in the programme, the University of Oulu is dedicated to ensuring you have a carefully planned and guided doctoral research experience which will be tailored to support your career plans, enabling you to continue into demanding expert positions in the changing job markets in industry, the public sector and academia.
Giellagas has a nation-wide responsibility to organize, introduce and provide Saami language and cultural studies and research at the academic level. The main responsibility of Giellagas Institute, in addition to teaching, is research of Saami languages and Saami culture, in other words, increasing all kinds of knowledge regarding the languages, history, society and other cultural aspects of the Saami. Giellagas Institute | University of Oulu
The common research themes include:
As a doctoral researcher you will:
The University of Oulu offers
Qualification requirements
The chosen doctoral researcher will also be expected to apply for doctoral study rights at the University of Oulu Graduate School. Eligibility for study rights will be evaluated during the job application process. We are looking for excellent candidates who must fulfill the following criteria:
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The doctoral researcher selected in the pilot programme will by default be offered a three-year (36 month) fixed-term full-time employment contract by University of Oulu. This position is available for a highly motivated and talented researcher wishing to undertake and complete training for a research-focused doctoral degree, starting 1 January 2025. A six-month trial period is applied in the position.
The salary of the selected doctoral researcher will be paid monthly. The salary will be based on the levels 2-4 of the demand level chart for teaching and research staff of Finnish universities. In addition, a salary component based on personal work performance will be paid (maximum of 50 % of the job-specific component). Starting gross salary will be approx. 2500-2800 € per month (before taxes).
The employment contract is based on a total working time of 1 612 hours per year, which gives the doctoral researcher freedom to plan his/her working hours.
Please apply by the 25th of September 2024 (23:59 Finnish local time) through our recruitment system.
The application should be written in English and include the following:
Only applications containing all relevant appendices and submitted through the online recruitment system will be considered. Applications received after the call deadline will not be considered.
We welcome applicants from all backgrounds, including people of different ages, genders, and linguistic, cultural, or minority groups.
Recruitment process:
Interviews for those selected for the next stage in the recruitment process will be held in the autumn of 2024.
Further information
For further information, please contact dean Paula Rossi email: paula.rossi(at)oulu.fi (Finnish, English, Swedish and German) , Giellagas Institute unit leader Sigga-Marja.Magga email: sigga-marja.magga(at)oulu.fi (Finnish, English, Saami).
In your application, please refer to Professorpositions.com