Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry

The Faculty of Science at the University of Gothenburg invites applications for a position as Senior Lecturer in Physical Chemistry at the Department of Chemistry

Research at the Department of Chemistry at the University of Gothenburg is internationally renowned and includes fundamental and applied aspects.The Department has the largest number of chemistry undergraduates of any Swedish university.The Department is growing, primarily through increasing numbers of doctoral students, postdocs and young researchers as a result of increasing success in applications for external grants.Physical chemistry is an area of strength within the Department and important for our profile and future.

Responsibilities
Research in physical chemistry.Teaching in basic chemistry and in physical chemistry at all levels.Supervision of thesis students and students at the graduate level.Administrative assign-ments may be included.

Qualification requirements
The qualification requirements as stated in the Higher Education Ordinance are applied for the position.An additional requirement is ability to teach in Swedish or English.The successful applicant is expected to teach in Swedish within three years.

Assessment
Scientific proficiency is the most important ground for assessment of the applicant's skills.In the assessment of scientific proficiency, special attention will be given to proven scientific proficien-cy within the subject area of the position.The scientific proficiency is documented primarily through publications in journals with international peer review system.Research experience from different universities, preferably abroad, is meriting.The applicant must have demonstrated significant capacity for cooperation and willingness to develop their area of research with others.

Pedagogical proficiency, ability to obtain external research funding and the ability to develop and manage activities and staff each count to the same extent and jointly - after scientific proficiency - they are given the second largest weight in the assessment.In the assessment of pedagogical proficiency, experiences of planning, implementation and evaluation of teaching and successful supervision of Ph.D students and degree students are taken into account.

Third, the administrative skills, ability to interact with the surrounding community and ability to inform about research and development are to be considered.

For further information about the department, please visit our website at http://www.che.gu.se/english/.

Selection Process
The selection process will include evaluation by experts from outside the department, interviews, guest lectures, and/or research seminars.

Application
Together with your application the following should be attached.
- CV, including publication list, employer references and other documents that the applicant wishes to have considered.Documents relating to teaching merits should also include information about the extent and level of teaching done and evaluations of its quality.The applicant's record of research funding should be clearly stated giving the actual amounts.
- A summary of the applicant's experience of research, teaching and cooperation with the local community (maximum 5 pages).
- A description of current and planned research as well as other planned activities relevant to this position (maximum 3 pages).A maximum of 10 scientific papers and a motivation for choosing these.