Senior Lecturer (wissenschaftliche Lehre)

at  Universitt Wien

At the University of Vienna, over 10,000 people work together on the big questions of the future. Approximately 7,500 of them are academic staff members. These are individuals who, with their curiosity and their continuous pursuit of excellence, engage in international cutting-edge research and teaching. With us, you will also find space to unfold your potential. We are looking for a/an

JOB DESCRIPTION

Your contract includes research-based teaching in our BA and MA programmes (BA Transcultural Communication, MA Translation and MA Multilingual Technologies) with a focus on machine translation.
Extent of employment: 20.00 hours/week, which include a teaching assignment of 14 hours scientific classes on average per year.
In the case of a positive evaluation at the end of the fixed-term period of 4 years, the position will be given a permanent contract.

WHAT WE EXPECT

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

Requirements for application:

• PhD in the field of Translation Studies/Transcultural Communication or Computational Linguistics
• Expertise in machine translation and translation technologies
• Several years of self-reliant teaching at a post-secondary educational institution
• Excellent written and spoken German and English skills
• Knowledge of a further language offered at the Centre for Translation Studies
• Enthusiasm for passing on knowledge and for university teaching

• 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 research into your teaching, to participate in didactic trainings and to conduct research during periods without courses.
• You will take on administrative tasks, especially in the administration of teaching.