Senior Lecturer in toxicology

- with focus on education and research

Join us in developing education of the highest quality

The Institute for Environmental Medicine (IMM) conducts research in toxicology, epidemiology, environmental and occupational medicine and physiology with the aim to clarify how environmental and lifestyle factors affect human health. IMM educates students, doctoral students and professionals in toxicology, work and health, epidemiology, registry-based research, global and equal care and health, biostatistics, and health promotion. IMM is responsible for the master's programme in toxicology and the master's programme in work and health at Karolinska Institutet. IMM is a national expert body in environmental medicine. Researchers at IMM are scientific advisors to authorities and other decision makers and participate in national and international expert groups.

Description of the subject area

Toxicology is a subject area that investigates the mechanisms and toxic effects of chemical substances with the aim of identifying risks to humans and contributing to sustainable development. Toxicology uses for example in vitro methods, i.e. cell and molecular biological methods, to investigate mechanisms and toxic effects of chemical substances. In vitro methods contribute to 3R (replace, reduce, refine) and sustainable development in toxicology.

Your mission

You will be the course responsible teacher and examiner for the course "Global toxicology in a sustainable society" within the master's programme in toxicology and teach in toxicology, especially in sustainable development and in vitro methods on other courses within the programme. The duties also include to supervise degree projects within the master's programme in toxicology and to carry out pedagogical development work within the master's programme in toxicology, especially in sustainable development. You will independently conduct and lead research in in vitro toxicology as well as supervise doctoral students and postdocs. You will participate in IMM's mission as a national expert body in environmental medicine according to Ordinance (1994:1244) on the Institute for Environmental Medicine and participate specifically in sustainable development and in vitro methods.

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for an employment as Senior Lecturer with focus on education and research, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having equivalent scientific expertise, the applicant must have demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills and very good scientific skills (See the instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure for Teachers at Karolinska Institutet).

It is a requirement that you have completed 10 weeks of courses on teaching in higher education, as indicated in the recommendations of the Association of Swedish Higher Education Institution.

Assessment criteria

The Senior Lectureship has a focus on education and research. The assessment will weight qualifications as follows: scientific skills (2), pedagogical skills (3), leadership and collaboration skills (2).

For employment as Senior Lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements and assessment criteria stated in the Instructions regarding the Appointment Procedure are applied in relation to established profile of employment.

It is particularly meritorious that you have demonstrated

• Experience of research in in vitro toxicology
• Experience as a course responsible teacher and examiner on a course at advanced level
• Experience in teaching in subject areas relevant to the courses
• Experience of pedagogical development work in toxicology
• Experience in supervision of degree projects at advanced level in toxicology
• Experience of participating in expert groups relevant to IMM's mission as a national expert body in environmental medicine

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

What do we offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Here, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement. 

Location: Solna

https://ki.se/imm

Application

Your application must contain the following documents in English: a cover letter as well as a resumé and a qualifications portfolio including a description of your research plan, both presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet’s template (http://ki.se/qualificationsportfolio). You may change or add to your application at any time up to and including the application deadline date. After the deadline, the process closes, and no amendment or addition can be made to your application.

The applications will be reviewed by external reviewers, most often both national and international. For that reason, all the submitted documents should be written in English.

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

We look forward to receiving your application!

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