Professorship for Hydrology (W1 TT W2, f/m/d)
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The University of Kaiserslautern-Landau (RPTU) is the technical university of the state of Rhineland-Palatinate with over 20,000 students, more than 300 professorships and around 160 degree programs. As a place of top international research, it offers excellent working conditions and career opportunities. Those who study, research or work at RPTU experience a cosmopolitan environment and shape the future.
The Institute for Environmental Sciences (iES) of the Department of Natural and Environmental Sciences at RPTU Kaiserslautern-Landau is seeking to fill the tenure-track W1 Junior Professorship for Hydrology with W2 tenure in Landau at the earliest possible date. As an institution with a strong interest in promoting young researchers, we strongly encourage applications from recent PhD graduates.
The position includes a competitive start-up package. It will initially be filled as a W 1 position as a temporary civil servant for six years. In addition to an interim evaluation for orientation purposes, a tenure evaluation will be carried out at the end of the term on the basis of clearly defined and transparent criteria. These criteria are defined together with the future position holder at the time of appointment. After successful completion of the tenure evaluation, the appointment is made as a civil servant for life in grade W 2, provided that the general requirements under civil service law are met. The procedure is regulated in the statutes on quality assurance for appointments at RPTU.
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The Institute for Environmental Sciences (iES) focuses on ecosystems under the influence of anthropogenic stressors in the context of global change. The focus is on interactions between surface waters and terrestrial ecosystems. We are looking for a person who can bring a hydrological perspective to this interdisciplinary field of research and use her or his expertise to actively shape interdisciplinary cooperation within the institute. Thus, the research should contribute to the hydrology of surface waters in the context of global change. In particular, the integration as Principal Investigator in the DFG-funded Research Training Group (RTG) SystemLink "Propagation of in-stream environmental alterations to adjacent terrestrial ecosystems" is planned. Methods of empirical field research, remote sensing and modelling will be used. In teaching, the topic of hydrology is to be represented in the environmental sciences Bachelor's and Master's degree programmes as well as in the Master's degree programme in Environmental Engineering. The teaching obligation follows the regulations of §2 section. 1 no. 2 of the State Ordinance on Teaching Obligations at Universities in Rhineland-Palatinate (HlehrVO).
Our requirements profile:
The state of Rhineland-Palatinate and the Rhineland-Palatinate University of Technology Kaiserslautern-Landau have a supervision concept in which a high level of teacher presence at the university location is expected. In addition to the general requirements under employment law, the recruitment requirements set out in §54 of the Rhineland-Palatinate Higher Education Act apply.
A successfully completed university degree, pedagogical aptitude, a qualified doctorate with clear links to hydrology and special aptitude for scientific work, as demonstrated by relevant international publications, among other things, are required. International visibility, experience abroad and experience in acquiring third-party funding and implementing third-party funded projects as well as international cooperation are desirable. Depending on the degree programme, teaching must be provided in either German or English. In principle, knowledge of both languages is required. If the applicant does not have sufficient knowledge of German, he or she is expected to be willing to acquire missing language skills within a reasonable period of time.
RPTU stands for the diversity of all employees. We welcome applications from all interested parties, regardless of their ethnic and social origin, age, religion, gender, disability and sexual orientation or identity. Severely disabled persons and persons with equivalent status will be given preference if they are suitably qualified and suitable (please enclose proof of severe disability/equal status with your application).
RPTU strives to increase the proportion of women in areas in which women are underrepresented. Applications from female and male scientists from abroad are expressly encouraged.
Your application:
We look forward to receiving meaningful applications by 18 October 2024 at the latest. The dates for personal interviews in Landau are set for 20. and 21.11.2024.
Please submit your application via our application portal (https://jobs.uni-kl.de) and attach a letter of motivation, a CV, certificates and a brief teaching and research concept.
If you have any questions, please contact the Dean of the Faculty of Natural and Environmental Sciences Prof. Dr Oliver Frör (oliver.froer@rptu.de). If you have any questions about current research projects at the Institute of Environmental Sciences, please contact the head of the institute, Prof Dr Mirco Bundschuh (mirco.bundschuh@rptu.de).
