Senior Lecturer in work organization, leadership, and risk management

The Department of Design Sciences is Hiring Senior Lecturer in Work Organization, Leadership, and Risk Management

The Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology (EAT) (https://www.eat.lth.se) is part of the Department of Design Sciences at Lund University’s Faculty of Engineering (LTH) and is located at the Ingvar Kamprad Design Centre (IKDC). We are part of Lund University.

The position is placed within the Ergonomics Group at the Division of Ergonomics and Aerosol Technology , part of the Department of Design Sciences at the Faculty of Engineering (LTH), Lund University. The Ergonomics Group comprises just over 20 members. The group conducts research in ergonomics and human factors in a broad sense. The research focuses on acquiring new knowledge about the interaction between people, technology, and organizations; the relationships between the work environment and human health, safety, well-being, job satisfaction, motivation, and performance; as well as the connection between the design of the human-technology-organization system and quality of life, efficiency, and risk. Particular emphasis is placed on developing knowledge that supports the simultaneous achievement of work-life quality and efficiency in the workplace, when developing new technologies and work organization and leadership.

We are a team of around 50 colleagues focused on the interaction between people and technology, and on how knowledge of this interaction can inform the design of technology, technical systems, and organizations. This knowledge is applied in the design of products and environments that people interact with—whether in the workplace, at home, or in other settings.

We provide a wide range of appreciated undergraduate education (given in Swedish) across several engineering programs, such as Master of Science in Engineering, Computer Science and Engineering, Data and Communication Technology, and Risk, Safety and Crisis Management. We contribute specifically with expertise in the interaction between people, technology, organizations, and risk management. You will have the opportunity to develop these courses together with our large team of senior lecturers and doctoral students.

We also have several exciting research projects that need additional staff. Examples include: “Inclusive Crisis Preparedness in a Changing World: Increased Safety and Quality of Life”, funded by the Kamprad Foundation, which involves interviewing and conducting workshops with elderly people living at home with support to explore how their crisis preparedness can be strengthened,; and “Occupational Safety with Robots at Construction Sites”, funded by FORTE, which involves surveys, interviews, and practical observations

Subject

Work Organization, Leadership, and Risk Management.

Subject description

The subject area focuses on how work is planned and organized considering a range of factors such as work processes, task design, distribution of responsibilities, division of labor, decision-making processes, work environment, and safety across different organizational settings. A key focus is risk management from a Human-Technology-Organization (HTO) perspective, including risk and crisis management processes, and how climate change and/or nature-related crises (for example wildfires and floods) can be managed within the Swedish crisis management system.

Work duties

Work duties include:

• Teaching in the first, second and third cycles of studies. A significant portion of the teaching is conducted in Swedish.
• Research within the subject area.
• 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 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, unless there are valid reasons.

Assessment criteria

When assessing the applicants, special importance will be given to research and teaching expertise within the subject, (teaching expertise will have greater importance).

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 general ability to lead and develop activities.

Additional requirements

• Very good oral and written proficiency in English.
• Very good oral and written proficiency in Swedish.
• Significant documented research experience (e.g. from postdoc or doctoral studies) from another university/institute or relevant experience from industry/public sector.
• Documented previous experience in working with qualitative data collection methods, such as interviews.
• Collaborative skills, initiative and the ability to solve work tasks independently.

Other qualifications

• Very good pedagogical skills.
• Demonstrated ability to seek and secure external research funding.
• Documented ability to supervise master's theses.
• Demonstrated ability to supervise doctoral students through to their PhD.
• Experience in collaborating with various societal actors on risk and crisis management and climate adaptation.
• Research on how climate change and nature-related crises (such as wildfires and floods) can be managed within Sweden's crisis management system.

The extent to which the applicant, through their experience and skills, may complement and strengthen ongoing research, undergraduate education, departmental innovation, and how they can contribute to the future development of the department will also be taken into consideration.

We offer 

Lund University is a public authority which means that employees get particular benefits, generous annual leave and an advantageous occupational pension scheme.  

Read more on the University website about being a Lund University employee: https://www.lunduniversity.lu.se/about-university/work-lund-university.

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/