Open positions:
Professorship
The University of Helsinki is among the leading research universities in the world and the most versatile institution of scholarship, education and intellectual stimulation in Finland.In addition to its 11 faculties, the University has independent institutes, some of which are jointly operated with other universities. The University has 35,000 degree students and 60,000 participants in adult education every year. Its 8,000 employees include teachers, researchers and other experts in various fields. The academic community works on four campuses in Helsinki as well as in 18 other locations around Finland. The University’s current annual budget is EUR 600 million, but under the new Universities Act, the University of Helsinki and its affiliates will form a corporation that will employ a total of 10,000 persons and have an annual budget of nearly EUR 1 billion.
The Department of Production Animal Medicine at the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a
Professorship in Domestic Animal Reproduction
The field of the professorship is pig reproduction. The field covers the physiology and endocrinology of pig reproduction as well as their disorders and reproductive illnesses.
The appointee will be responsible for research, scientific development, undergraduate instruction, clinical instruction and research education in the field as well as for specialist training. Successful completion of the duties of the post requires profound competence in individual and farm-level clinical problems related to pig reproduction. Such competence can be demonstrated through research activities in the field and an applicable Finnish or international specialist degree.
The Decree on the Qualification Requirements and Duties of Staff in Institutions of Higher Education (309/1993) provides for the qualification requirements and the Finnish and Swedish language requirement for professorships.
Detailed information on the professorship and on the application and appointment processes can be found in the document entitled Instructions for Appointments, which can be obtained free of charge from the Faculty Office or website or from the University Registry.
The salary for the present post will be based on levels 8-10 of the demands level chart for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal performance.
The new Universities Act will enter into force on 1 January 2010. Consequently, permanent and fixed-term public service employment relationships at universities will be abolished on 31 December 2009 and all personnel will be employed on a contractual basis as of 1 January 2010.
The Instructions for Appointments contain a list of the required enclosures to accompany the application as well as instructions for submitting the application itself.
Applications addressed to the Faculty of Veterinary Medicine must be delivered to the following address: Registry of the University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 33 (Yliopistonkatu 4), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. The closing date for applications is Wednesday, 14 October 2009 at 15.45 local Helsinki time.
Further information on the qualifications and language requirements can be obtained from the Faculty’s Head of Administration, Ms Maija Halme, tel. +358 (0)9 191 571 51, email: maija.halme@helsinki.fi . Further information on the duties and salary details can be obtained from Professor Terttu Katila, tel. +358 (0)9 191 405 32, email: terttu.katila@helsinki.fi.
Helsinki, 14 September 2009
University of Helsinki Administration Office