Junior Professor Dietetics f/m/d
20 – 30 working hours | Teaching
With more than 4,000 students, USTP – University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten (formerly St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences) is a key player in Austria’s higher education landscape and one of the most important employers in the region.
As a university of applied sciences in St. Pölten, we offer our employees a wide range of opportunities to shape and contribute, strong team-oriented collaboration, and room for individual development and personal growth.
You also benefit from our European network within the European University Alliance E³UDRES². Our university is continuously growing.
Your Tasks
- You are actively involved in the further development of courses in the study programme Dietetics in terms of strategy and content
- You take over tasks in teaching and research and are responsible for the design, preparation, implementation, and post-processing of courses
- You supervise bachelor theses and carry out bachelor exams
- You play a significant role in the degree programme’s operational design (application, guidance, admission, ongoing marketing measures and events, exam organisation, point of contact for students and stakeholders)
- You contribute to research in collaboration with the institutes, write subject-relevant scientific publications, and are strategically and proactively involved in shaping knowledge transfer between science and practice
- You acquire and supervise practice projects for the study programme
Your offer to us
- Completed study programme in Dietetics or a comparable discipline (either “master” or “magister”)
- Authorisation to practise the profession of Dietitian; additional certificates are an advantage
- For a Junior Professorship, you need to have at least two of the three qualifications listed below:
- At least 5 years of practical professional experience (national/international), including min. 3 years outside a higher education institution and preferably in the fields of endocrinology, gastroenterology, allergology, or consulting methodology
- Teaching and research experience at the academic level
- Completed doctorate/PhD or comparable qualification
- Experience in the writing and assessment of scientific papers and theses as well as in the implementation of research projects (writing of proposals and execution)
- Very good written and oral English language skills
- Team spirit, organisation skills, communicative/didactic/media competence, openness for interdisciplinary collaboration
Our offer to you
- Long-term employment in a personal atmosphere with flexible working possibilities (e.g., remote work, creative spaces, etc.), a modern working environment at the Campus St. Pölten, and numerous benefits and development opportunities
- Tenure track model on your way to becoming a Professor (as a career option for a Junior Professor)
- More free time for our staff: additional special leave days from 24/12 to 31/12 as well as on Good Friday
- Permanent contract in an innovative, open-minded, and internationally oriented environment
- A gross annual salary that takes your qualifications into account: min. € 59,500.00 based on full-time employment (40 hours/week, all-in contract)
For the University of Applied Sciences St. Pölten, the variety and diversity of its staff members is the key to innovation, success, and further development. We particularly welcome and give precedence to applications by qualified women, trans*, inter* and non-binary persons and persons with disability in case of equal suitability. We explicitly invite persons with a migration background to apply. We look forward to receiving your application!
Your application will be handled by
Gutschi Sonja
