About the position

The Department of Child Welfare, Social Work and Social Care has a vacancy for a temporary 100% position from 1.1.25 - 30.6.25 as associate professor/senior lecturer/senior lecturer in social work.

The position belongs to Institute of Social Science and Guidance with office location Lillehammer.

The social worker program is an academic and practice-oriented education in social work, with profession-specific working methods based on research, experience and user knowledge, and its own profession-specific standards.

The program aims to educate social workers who can assist both individuals, families or groups with a wide range of social problems. We want to educate social workers who, through critical reflection and broad knowledge of the connections between individuals, groups and society, can contribute to creating improvement and necessary changes. We also emphasize focus on process management and competence in the areas of coordination/interprofessional collaboration/management and project work/management.

Responsibilities and duties

• Organize, develop and conduct lectures, seminars and supervision, as well as approve work requirements and participate in grading work
• participate in practice-oriented research projects aimed at topics relevant to social work
• contribute to knowledge development in practice fields where social work is practiced
• collaborate with the practice field on students' learning and in professional development
• contribute to pedagogical development work in various forms of student-active learning and skills training in social work
• critically illuminate overarching social perspectives/themes/discourses and show their relevance to social work practice
• make ongoing suitability assessments
• resolve academic andadministrative tasks

Other tasks may be added to the position as needed.

Qualifications

Formal competence:

• You must qualify for the position of associate professor/senior lecturer/college lecturer in a relevant social science area in accordance with the requirements stated in Regulations to the Universities and University Colleges Act
• Good written and oral presentation skills in Norwegian/Scandinavian and English.
• Satisfactory digital skills related to student-related work and current research and development work.

Experience competence:

• Applicants should have a professional background in social work, preferably a social worker
• Recent work experience and expertise in social work knowledge areas relevant to social work practice, professional fields and arenas.
• Emphasis is placed on knowledge of and experience in using student-active forms of learning and assessment in relevant subject areas.

Personal qualities:

• Good collaboration skills and high work capacity
• Ability to communicate well with students and colleagues
• Flexibility and independence are emphasized
• Interest in educational development is a prerequisite

For more information about the formal qualification requirements, see Forskrift til universitets- og høyskoleloven and HINN's specification of the pedagogical competence requirements and form of documentation for appointment and promotion in teaching and research positions. The assessment of which candidate is best qualified is based on an overall assessment of education, experience and personal suitability and other qualification requirements as formulated in the advertisement, in addition to motivation for the position.

The position and associated tasks must be carried out in accordance with applicable laws and regulations for government employees, including the Act on Control of Exports of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology, etc. Candidates who, after assessment of the application and attachments, conflict with the criteria in the latter act, will not be able to take up the position at Inland Norway University of Applied Sciences. Necessary approvals must be maintained throughout the employment relationship.

We offer

• an exciting and challenging job at a developing university college
• salary in position code 1011 associate professor/ 1198 senior lecturer/ 1008 university college lecturer according to the Norwegian government's salary regulations.
• Membership in Statens pensjonskasse, including good pension and insurance schemes.

For more information about HINN as an employer, see here.

Applying for the position

Application and CV are registered electronically via "apply for the position".

The application must include:

• application letter
• complete CV with an overview of education, work experience, teaching experience, administrative experience, acquisition work, coordination experience and other qualifying activities
• confirmed copies of diplomas and certificates
• documentation of pedagogical qualifications in a systematic, overall presentation, including an overview of formal pedagogical education, pedagogical practice including supervisory experience. In addition to any experience with study quality development, development of teaching programs, curricula, etc.
• in addition, up to one page of reflection on the applicant's educational philosophy and own educational development is desired
• publication list and up to 8 works are attached as attachments to the assessment

For your application to be considered, the documents must be attached as electronic attachments to the application.

Information about you may be published even if you have requested not to be included on the applicant list. If the request is not granted, you will be notified of this.

Diversity and affirmative action

HINN believes that inclusion and diversity are a strength. We want employees with different skills, professional combinations, life experiences and perspectives to contribute to even better problem solving. We will make arrangements for employees who need it. Examples of adaptations include technical aids, adapting furniture or changing routines, work tasks and working hours.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, gaps in their CV or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant in each of these groups to an interview. In order to be considered as an applicant in these groups, i.e. positively treated in this way, applicants must meet certain requirements. You can read more at the employer portal.

We encourage applicants to check in the job applicant portal if they have a disability, gaps in their CV or an immigrant background. The checkboxes in the jobseeker portal form the basis for anonymized statistics that all government agencies report in their annual reports.