[Job Vacancy] Assistant Professor of Translation Studies and/or Intercultural Communication (1.0 FTE)
HOURS PER WEEK: 38 to 40
FACULTY: Faculty of Humanities
DEPARTMENT: Departement Talen, Literatuur en Communicatie
APPLICATION DEADLINE:
Job description
This vacancy is part of a broad recruitment campaign. Utrecht University’s Faculty of Humanities is looking for more than 40 talented and passionate assistant professors. Based on their subject matter expertise, they will contribute to strengthening our interdisciplinary education and its connection with urgent social themes.
We are looking for colleagues who find it interesting and challenging to teach and conduct research within more than one disciplinary and institutional context. Such a cross-boundary perspective is most successful and satisfying when working from a specialisation. We are therefore looking for colleagues who unite a subject specialisation with a discipline-transcending perspective and who can give shape to multi-, inter- or transdisciplinary team teaching and team science from a specific subject expertise within and between the broad domains of Philosophy and Religious Studies, History and Art History, Media and Cultural Studies, and Languages, Literature and Communication (or who want to develop further in this).
The Department of Languages, Literature and Communication is seeking an assistant professor to contribute to teaching (at Bachelor’s and Master’s level) and research in translation studies and/or intercultural communication.
The Faculty of Humanities of Utrecht University deploys the extra resources from the Administrative Agreement (Bestuursakkoord) in such a way that they are beneficial for team collaboration and the sustainability of humanities research.
Qualifications
We are looking for a colleague who:
- has teaching and research expertise in the domain of translation studies and/or intercultural communication;
- holds a PhD in translation studies, intercultural communication, or in a comparable knowledge domain;
- has a vision on, and perhaps experience with, ways to link that domain in teaching and/or research with other knowledge domains, based on an articulated teaching and research philosophy (multi-, inter- or transdisciplinarity);
- has an open attitude and are able to switch easily within multidisciplinary and interprofessional teams;
- is interested in team teaching and team science to address social issues;
- Experience or interest in computational and/or data-driven perspectives on Language, Literature and Communication is considered an advantage.
Candidates are expected to be able to teach in Dutch and English. International candidates will be helped to acquire Dutch language skills in the first two years of their appointment.
All our assistant professors have obtained the Dutch University Teaching Qualification (UTQ, in Dutch: Basiskwalificatie Onderwijs, BKO). The BKO is recognized by all 14 Dutch universities. Candidates who do not yet have a BKO or an international equivalent will receive support to obtain this qualification in the first two years of their appointment.
(Personal) leadership and responsibility are part of your job. That is why you recognise yourself in the following core values that are central to the Faculty of Humanities: professionalism, transparency, responsibility, connection and safety. These core values apply to everyone and we uphold these values in our work and in our communication with each other and to others. Read more about our core values and how they translate into concrete behaviour.
The successful candidate has demonstrable expertise in a particular area of specialisation in translation studies and/or intercultural communication, accompanied by experience in interdisciplinary work. They have a language profile involving at least two, but preferably three, of the following languages: Dutch, English, French, German, Spanish and Italian. Areas of specialisation may include, but are not restricted to:
- communication, technology and AI in multilingual contexts;
- translation and (digital) media;
- translation and heritage (e.g. museum translation, translation and cultural memory);
- intercultural communication, inclusion and multilingualism;
- multilingualism and language rights (translation, interpreting and intercultural communication in contexts like healthcare, migration, conflict settings, etc.).
Candidates with affinity, experience and/or appealing research and educational plans in the field of the following social issues are particularly invited to respond:
- Human artificial intelligence – Responsible design and use of AI applications, digitisation and technology;
- Cultural heritage and identity – Material and intangible heritage;
- Languages and cultures – Language variation, literacy and inclusion in the digital society – Multilingualism, transculturality and second language acquisition in education and organisations; and
- (in collaboration with the Faculty of Law, Economics and Governance) Prosperity, participation and citizenship in a digital world – Communication, information and social inequality.
Offer
We offer a temporary position (1.0 FTE) for one year in an international working environment. After positive evaluation, this can be turned into a permanent position. The allocation is permanently set to 40% research and 60% teaching. Within the 60% for teaching, there is 10% free space that will not be scheduled. The gross salary – depending on previous qualifications and experience – ranges between €3,974 and €6,181 (scale 11-12 according to the Collective Labour Agreement Dutch Universities) per month for a full-time employment. Salaries are supplemented with a holiday bonus of 8% and a year-end bonus of 8.3% per year.
In addition, Utrecht University offers excellent secondary conditions, including an attractive retirement scheme, (partly paid) parental leave and flexible employment conditions (multiple choice model). For more information, please visit working at Utrecht University.
Utrecht University works with the TRIPLE
Model; this makes it possible to recognise and value multi-, inter- and transdisciplinary teaching and research. The model also embraces job diversification and dynamic career paths: there is room to develop your own strengths and look at how you complement and strengthen the team as a whole.
Within Utrecht University, we find it important that employees continue to develop within their own position or towards the next. We offer coaching and a variety of training opportunities.