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Senior Lecturer 

58 Centre for Translation Studies  

Job vacancy starting: 02/01/2026 | Working hours:  30,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) 

Limited contract until: 01/29/2030

Job ID: 4446

In case of positive evaluation at the end of the fixed-term period of 4 years, the position will be changed to a permanet position. 

Extent of Employment: 30.0 hours/week, which include a teaching assignment of 10.5 hours scientific classes on average per semester (21 hours per academic year).

Do you enjoy working with young people, are you curious, and do you want to pass on your knowledge?  As a Senior Lecturer, you play a crucial role in educating students. In addition to providing a solid academic education, we also place a special emphasis on the personal development of students. We support students in developing curiosity and critical thinking, thereby creating a solid foundation for the professional challenges of the next generation.

Your workplace:

the Centre for Translation Studies has a staff of about 150 researchers and teachers and 10 employees in administration. Research at the Centre focuses on two key research areas: 1) technologies and socio-cognitive processes in translation and interpreting, and 2) translation and interpreting in social, institutional and media contexts. The Centre offers the following study programmes: Bachelor’s programme “Transcultural Communication”, Master’s programme “Translation” and Master’s programme “Multilingual Technologies”, with 14 languages and currently 2000 students.

Your future tasks:

• You hold courses on BA and MA level 
• You contribute to the (further) development of course and examination formats.
• We expect you to continuously integrate the current state of the art into your teaching, to participate in didactic trainings and to conduct research in periods without courses.
• You will take on administrative tasks, especially in the administration of teaching.

Your contract includes research-based teaching (among other things, translation and interpreting courses) in our BA and MA programmes (BA Transcultural Communication and MA Translation). Your active working languages include, in addition to German, two or more of the following languages:

• Bosnian/Croatian/Serbian,
• English
• French,
• Polish,
• Portuguese,
• Romanian,
• Russian,
• Hungarian

What we expect:

We are looking for people who see university teaching as an interesting and challenging career field. Requirements for application are: 

• PhD in the field of Translation Studies or Transcultural Communication 
• Degree in Translation or Interpreting Studies in your working languages
• Several years of teaching experience at a post-secondary educational institution
• Expertise in translation technologies and CAT tools
• 2 active working languages in addition to German (see list); the decision will be based on current needs;
• Excellent written and spoken German and English skills in addition to your further working language(s)
• Enthusiasm for passing on knowledge and for university teaching
• Expertise in language technologies, localisation, and project management are desirable but not a requirement

What we offer:

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team with excellent research infrastructure, dedicated colleagues and students who want to learn from you.

Good public transport connections: Your workplace in the center of beautiful Vienna is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4.932,90 (on a fulltime basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!

It is that easy to apply:

• CV and certificates
• PhD Degree
• Letter of motivation (max. 2 pages)
• Didactic teaching concept for a translation or interpreting course (Bachelor “Transcultural Communication” or Master “Translation”) (max. 2 pages)
• List of courses held
• If applicable, evaluation results of courses taught in the past
• List of publications and list of research projects or participation in research projects

If you have any questions, please contact:

Sonja Pöllabauer  

sonja.poellabauer@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team! 
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 09/19/2025