Teaching and Research Assistant - Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies 25/E01

Organisation/Company

University of Greifswald

Department

Human Resources

Research Field

Language sciences

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Positions

Master Positions

Country

Germany

Application Deadline

30 Apr 2025 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin)

Type of Contract

Permanent

Job Status

Full-time

Hours Per Week

40

Offer Starting Date

1 Oct 2025

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by a EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

At the University of Greifswald’s Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, there is a job vacancy in the Swedish language teaching unit that is expected to be available from 1 October 2025, subject to budgetary regulations, for a full-time

Teaching and Research Assistant.

The position on offer is permanent and suitable for part-time employment. Payment will be made in accordance with pay group 13 TV-LWissenschaft.

Job description: 

• Providing services primarily in teaching language classes at the Swedish language teaching unit in accordance with LVVO M-V (currently planned: 16 classes à 45 min. per week)
• Teaching in the B.A. and M.A. degree courses that the Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies is involved in, as well as the teacher training degrees for Swedish (at Gymnasium and Regionale Schule level)
• Active participation in the planning and development of the classes on offer, as well as of the corresponding teaching materials
• Administrative and organisational tasks in the running of the Department
• Participation in the organisation of cultural and academic events, as well as maintaining corresponding professional relations with Sweden and the Swedish Embassy

Job requirements:

• On commencement of employment, a completed university degree (master’s or equivalent degrees) with Swedish as a first or second language
• Relevant teaching experience
• Native-speaker or native-speaker equivalent proficiency in Swedish
• German language skills at A2 level

Desirable: 

• English language skills

The position is open to all persons, irrespective of gender. 

Due to the underrepresentation of women in equivalent positions at the university, applications from women are particularly welcome and will be treated with priority if they have the same qualifications and as long as there are no clear reasons which make a fellow applicant more suitable.

Severely disabled applicants with the same qualifications will be considered with preference.

According to § 68(3) PersVG M-V, the Staff Council will only be involved in staff matters of the academic or artistic staff on request.

Unfortunately, application costs (e.g. travel expenses for interviews) will not be reimbursed by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

Please note that by submitting your application, you provide your consent pursuant to data protection law for our processing of your application data. Further information about the legal bases and the use of your data can be found here .

Applications comprising all usual documents should be sent with reference to the job advertisement number 25/E01 by 30 April 2025, via email (one PDF file), to:

Universität Greifswald
Institut für Fennistik und Skandinavistik
Prof. Dr. Christer Lindqvist
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3
17489 Greifswald

lindqvis@uni-greifswald.de

E-mail

lindqvis@uni-greifswald.de

Research Field

Language sciences

Education Level

Master Degree or equivalent

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies

Country

Germany

City

Greifswald

Postal Code

17489

Street

Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3

Geofield

City

Greifswald

Website

http://www.uni-greifswald.de/?L=1

Street

Domstraße 14

Postal Code

17489

E-Mail

lindqvis@uni-greifswald.de

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