Associate professors in bioinformatics – up to five positions

Job Description:

Associate professors in bioinformatics – up to five positions

  With support from the Bergen Research Foundation (http://bfstiftelse.no/?lang=en) CBU will be strengthened with five new group leader positions. The ambition is to boost bioinformatics and computational life science research and education at UiB – through a strong centre with critical mass at the CBU and through tight collaboration with linked UiB departments. The five positions are announced as associate professor ('førsteamanuensis') posts, each within one of 5 linked departments. Each of the appointed candidates will hold office both at CBU and at a relevant university department as specified in this call. We seek ambitious candidates who will contribute to research and educational activities both within CBU and at the relevant departments. When appointed, candidates may apply to be promoted to full professor – depending on qualifications. An applicant wishing to be considered for more than one position should address the relevant positions in the research plan and in the letter of motivation including a list prioritizing between the positions applied for.  

Qualification requirements

 

• Doctoral degree in relevant field
• Proven theory competence in bioinformatics
• Proven experience in development and application of bioinformatics methods
• Interest and ability to contribute to research activity at CBU and at the relevant department (see each position description above)
• Independent research experience
• Interest and experience in teaching (bachelor and/or master levels) and supervising students (master/PhD)
• Ability to work independently and in a structured manner, and to cooperate with others
• Fluency in both written and oral English
• Basic pedagogical training is a requirement for the position. The successful applicant will be offered training if this requirement is not met prior to employment

  Research leadership experience as well as experience in coordinating research activities and in strategic research planning are desirable. Furthermore, emphasis will be given to a proven willingness and ability to work and communicate well with others in a team environment, as well as ability to attract external research funding. The successful candidates are expected to play active roles in interdisciplinary collaborative research, training, and education, and contribute to the stimulating research environment within bioinformatics and computational biology at CBU and relevant departments.     The teaching language will normally be Norwegian. The successful applicant will be required to teach in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language within two years of being appointed. CBU and the linked university departments are all highly international working environments, and the working language is normally English.  

We can offer

 

• A good and professionally challenging working environment
• Starting salary for associate professors is at level 64-72 (code 1011/pay framework 24.8); currently NOK 556 700 – 648 100 gross p.a. Automatic salary increases will occur at fixed intervals within the pay framework. In the case of particularly highly qualified applicants higher salaries will be considered.
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• A position in an inclusive workplace (IA enterprise)
• Good welfare benefits
• Associate professors have the opportunity to apply for personal promotion to a full professorship. The annual closing date for such applications is 15 September.

  Each position as associate professor will be awarded one PhD position (4 years).

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Requeriments :

• Doctorate Degree

Skills :

• Bioinformatics
• Programing Skills
• Teaching

Areas :

• Bioinformatics

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Additional Info:
UiB has established the Computational Biology Unit (CBU – www.cbu.uib.no) as a centre for research and education within the field of bioinformatics. CBU hosts research groups from multiple linked departments at the faculties of mathematics and natural sciences and medicine and odontology. Together with the Department of Informatics, CBU offers bachelor, master, and PhD programs within bioinformatics. CBU performs fundamental bioinformatics research involving development of novel methods - either as a goal on its own or as a means to pursue a biological research topic. CBU leads the Norwegian Node of ELIXIR, the pan-European research infrastructure for bioinformatics – www.elixir.org, a national research school in bioinformatics, biostatistics, and systems biology (www.norbis.no), and plays a central role within the research centre Digital Life Norway (www.ntnu.edu/dln).

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