Associate Professor or Assistant Professor

The University of Luxembourg aspires to be a world-class research university. It strives for excellence in both fundamental and applied research, and in education. It drives innovation for society, has a high proportion of graduate students, and intertwines research, teaching and societal impact.

The **Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences** (FHSE) brings together expertise from the humanities, linguistics, cognitive sciences, social and educational sciences. People from across 20 disciplines are working within the Faculty. Along with the **disciplinary** approach a very ambitious interdisciplinary research culture has been developed.

The faculty’s research and teaching focuses on **social**, **economic**, **political** and **educational** issues with the common goal of contributing to an inclusive, open and resourceful society. The FHSE offers 7 Bachelor and 20 Master degrees and a doctoral school providing students with the necessary knowledge and high-qualified skills to succeed in their future career.

**Your Role...**:
The holder of the position will be a member of the Department of Education and Social Work within the Faculty of Humanities, Education and Social Sciences.

The holder of the position is expected to:

- Develop and maintain research activities — with national embedding and of (inter)national relevance — explicitly focusing on teaching and learning in a multilingual preschool classroom (e.g., curriculum design, teaching and learning early literacy, teaching and learning early mathematics, typical and atypical child development, integrating formal, non-formal and informal early childhood education), possibly including the leveraging of digital opportunities (e.g., personalized learning and training apps/platforms, multimedia content), thus identifying and (further) developing best practices that can feed back into both teacher training and the school system;
- Develop and sustain the scale and quality of teaching and learning in the full range of the Faculty’s study programmes in Education;
- Undertake tutoring and internship supervision of Bachelor en Sciences de l’Education (BScE) and Bachelor en Formation Pédagogique (BFP) students, and engage with national education actors and stakeholders;
- Undertake doctoral and post-doctoral supervision and mentoring, further contributing to the development of doctoral education and training; and
- Significantly contribute to the Faculty as it further strengthens its position as a leading European multicultural and multilingual site of research and teaching in the field of educational and social sciences.

**Teaching areas**

The holder will mainly be teaching in the Bachelor en Sciences de l’Education (BScE) and in the new Bachelor en Formation Pédagogique (BFP).

**What we expect from you**:

- PhD in Educational Sciences or a closely related field (a multi/interdisciplinary research profile is particularly welcome);
- A minimum of five years of postdoctoral experience acquired in a university or comparable research centre;
- Teaching experience in a preschool setting is an advantage;
- A promising research record in educational and social sciences;
- International research and teaching experience (teaching experience in basic training and/or specialization programmes for preschool teachers is an advantage);
- Demonstrable ability to acquire research funds and conduct research projects;
- Knowledge of and familiarity with Luxembourg’s multilingual educational system and its actors is considered an advantage;
- Willingness to engage in teamwork in teaching and research groups; and
- Ability to work autonomously.

**Language requirements**

The University of Luxembourg is set in a multilingual context. The person hired on this position must be proficient in English and either French or German. The University encourages its staff to learn the other language and provides access to language courses to this end.

**In Short...**:

- Contract Type: CDI - this position is offered at the Associate Professor or Assistant Professor level, depending on qualification. Both levels are tenured. At the Assistant Professor level, a possibility of promotion will be given after 5 years upon positive evaluation
- Work Hours: Full Time 40.0 Hours per Week
- Location: Belval
- Job Reference: UOL06138 / F3-50019915

**How to apply...**:

- Cover letter
- Curriculum vitae including information on external research funding acquired
- Copies of diplomas
- List of publications
- Copies of recent publications (max. 5) relevant for the field in question
- List of courses taught
- A list of three referees with their name, address and present position. Please indicate their relationship to you

**Gender equality**

The University of Luxembourg is an equal opportunities employer.

**Here’s what awaits you at the University...**:

- **Multilingual and international character**. Modern institution with a personal atmosphere. Staff coming from 90