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Senior Lecturer (academic teaching) 

 51 Faculty of Physics 

Job vacancy starting: 09/01/2025 (MM-DD-YYYY) | Working hours: 20.00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 lit. b (postdoc) 

Limited contract until: 08/31/2029

Job ID: 3268

The 20-hour workload includes an average teaching commitment of 7 semester hours of academic teaching.

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. 

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 Working Group Basic Experimental Physics Training and University Didactics is part of the Faculty of Physics and focuses on basic experimental physics training as well as research into the teaching and learning of physics. The group is seeking a Senior Lecturer (Academic Teaching) to take on the independent design, organisation and leadership of laboratory courses, as well as a key experimental physics course that prepares students for laboratory work in degree programmes offered by the Faculty of Physics.

Your future tasks:

As a Senior Lecturer, your primary responsibilities will include the academic and didactic leadership of laboratory courses in the Bachelor's programme in Teaching Education (Physics) and independent teaching in the core experimental physics course "Introduction to Experimental Work (EEA)" in the Bachelor's programme in Physics. Your tasks will include:

• Designing, organising and delivering courses, primarily at the Bachelor's level.
• Leading and organising the teaching teams for laboratory courses.
• Developing experiments and learning materials for the preparation and follow-up of courses to meet modern scientific and didactic standards.
• Advancing teaching and assessment formats, particularly in the use of AI-supported methods for creating laboratory reports as a key component of learning scientific writing.
• Implementing computer-based experimental techniques.
• Training student assistants and tutors.
• Keeping up to date with the latest scientific developments, engaging in ongoing didactic training and taking on research tasks.
• Participating in the Faculty's outreach activities for school students is encouraged.
• Contributing to administrative and coordination tasks related to teaching in experimental basic education.

What we expect:

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

• Completed PhD studies, in the field Physics
• Several years of independent teaching at a post-secondary educational institution (ideally in an introductory physics laboratory course).
• Didactic competencies.
• Experience with digital teaching and e-learning platforms such as Moodle and u:stream.
• Excellent command of written and spoken German (C1 Level) and English (C1 Level).
• You should be a team player with high social and communication skills.

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 expand and deepen your skills.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 4,932.9 (on a fulltime basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to our team!

It is that easy to apply:

• Curriculum vitae.
• Letter of motivation (max. 2 pages).
• Didactic teaching concept (max. 2 pages)
• List of courses held (including evaluation results, if available).
• List of publications and list of research projects carried out.
• Proof of completed doctoral degree.
• Applications should be submitted via our  job portal/ Apply now -  button

If you have any content questions, please contact:

Martin Hopf

martin.hopf@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: 06/04/2025