Assistant professor in Structural Engineering with focus on risk and reliability analysis of the built environment - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Description of the work place
The position is placed at the Department of Building and Environmental Technology, Division of Structural Engineering. At the division, research and education are performed at undergraduate and postgraduate level in various areas of structural engineering. These include safety, risk and reliability analyses of building and infrastructure systems, serviceability limit state analysis, environmental influences on structures and energy efficiency. The aim of the division research is to contribute to the development of buildings and infrastructures that are safe, robust, functional and sustainable in regard to resource utilization. The application driven and multidisciplinary engineering research is often conducted in close collaboration with industry and other actors in the built environment.

Subject
Structural engineering with focus on risk and reliability analysis of the built environment

Subject description
The topic for this position concerns the application of risk, reliability and/or decision analysis based methodologies in the design and operation of the built environment and built infrastructure. Specific applications of interest include climate change impacts to, and adaptation for, the built environment as well as the performance of bio-based structural building materials such as timber.

Work duties
Employment as an Assistant Professor is a career development position, which aims for the holder to develop his or her independence as a researcher and educator. The work duties mainly involve research and teaching. The position shall include the opportunity for five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning.

Work duties include:

• Research within the subject area.
• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies.
• Supervision of degree projects and doctoral students.
• Actively seeking external research funding.
• Collaboration with industry and wider society.
• Administration related to the work duties listed above.

Qualification requirements 
Appointment to Assistant Professor requires that the applicant has a PhD, or acquired corresponding research expertise.

Priority should be given to applicants who have completed their degree or acquired the equivalent expertise no more than five years before the last date for applications. 

Assessment criteria
For appointment to Assistant Professor, the following shall form the assessment criteria:

• A good ability to develop and conduct high quality research.
• Teaching skills.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Documented knowledge and experience within the subject area risk and reliability analysis of the built environment
• Previous experience with teaching at university level

Other qualifications

• Documented knowledge and experience withing climate change adaptation and/or bio-based building materials.
• Experience with working in several national/international research cooperations.
• Experience with course development.
• Knowledge of Swedish language.
• Significant research experience (for example from postdoc or postgraduate education) from another university/institute or relevant experience from business/public activities
   

Consideration will also be given to ability to cooperate, drive and independence, and how the applicant’s experience and skills complement and strengthen ongoing research, education and innovation within the department, and how they stand to contribute to its future development.

Terms of employment
This is a full-time, fixed-term employment of 6 years. The employment is regulated in accordance with Chapter 4 Section 12a§ HEA.

Instructions on how to apply
Applications shall be written in English. Please draw up the application in accordance with LTH’s Academic qualifications portfolio – see link below. Upload the application as PDF-files in the recruitment system. Read more:
http://www.lth.se/english/working-at-lth/to-apply-for-academic-positions-at-lth/

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Promotion to Senior Lecturer in Structural Engineering with focus on risk and reliability analysis of the built environment

During the period of employment, an Assistant Professor can apply for promotion to a permanent position as Senior Lecturer if he or she has the required qualifications listed below, and is deemed suitable. An Assistant Professor can only apply for promotion once.

Qualification requirements
Appointment to Senior Lecturer requires that the applicant has: 

• A PhD or corresponding research competence or professional expertise considered important with regard to the subject matter of the post and the work duties it will involve.
• Demonstrated teaching expertise.
• Completed five weeks of training in higher education teaching and learning, or acquired equivalent knowledge by other means. 

Assessment criteria
The assessment criteria specify the aspects to be taken into account, and the level to be achieved, in order for the assessment criteria to be deemed fulfilled. The following assessment criteria must be fulfilled for appointment to senior lecturer:

• A good national and international standing as a researcher. The requirement for international experience shall be assessed with consideration to the character and traditions of the subject.
• Good teaching ability, including a good ability to conduct, develop and lead teaching and other educational activities on different levels and using a variety of teaching methods.
• An ability to supervise doctoral students to achieve a PhD.
• An ability to collaborate with wider society and communicate his or her activities.
• A good general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Good ability to co-operate, independence and drive.
• Progression in research and teaching expertise.
• Ability to actively, independently seek and successfully acquire external funding.
• Ability to contribute to renewal of the organization’s activities.
• Good oral and written proficiency in Swedish, needed for teaching in Swedish and for networking.