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Expression of interest for the assignment of Director of Studies, undergraduate level

The Department of War Studies

The Swedish Defence University is an internationally renowned university in the area of defence, crisis management and security. We offer a unique academic environment where military and civilian researchers, teachers and students interact. We educate and train top-level executives, experts, and researchers for the task of analyzing and managing current and future crises, security issues and conflicts. The university educates all military officers in the Swedish armed forces and leads the academic progression of the military profession. We conduct research in the areas of Law with a focus on International and Operational Law, Leadership and Command & Control, Military History, Political Science, Systems Science for Defence and Security and War Studies.

War Studies is a social science whose central object of study is war and the use of force. The discipline contains research on how military capability is created, led, organized, maintained over time and comes into effect in operations, in wars, conflicts and crises. War Studies also includes social and ethical aspects as well as critical perspectives in relation to war and warfare. The discipline has both a general theoretical and knowledge-based dimension, as well as a practical and applied dimension linked primarily to the education of officers. The Swedish Defence University is the only university in Sweden where the discipline is taught.

Overview

The Director of Studies and Deputy Director of Studies work in coordination with the department management, course coordinators and the respective programme management for the Politics, Security and War (PSK), the Senior Officer Programme (HOP) and the Officer Programme (OP) with individual areas of responsibility.

The role of Director of Studies in War Studies at undergraduate and graduate level involves responsibility for:

The overall quality of the subject's courses at each level.
Ensuring that the department follows the institution's quality assurance processes for education.
Following up the implementation of the programme and being responsible for the pedagogical development of the subject's courses at each level.
To prepare a basis for staffing the subject's courses and coordinate staffing needs between the respective programme management and the subject's courses in other programmes at each level.
Providing pedagogical support for the department's teachers (mainly course coordinators and examiners).
To prepare the basis for quality reviews of education.
Representing the subject of War Studies in educational matters in the subject and university-wide functions of the Swedish Defence University.
To functionally manage the education coordinator.
To prepare documentation and administration of student matters (e.g. plagiarism, study breaks, credit transfers, exemptions, all kinds of questions about exchanges).

Qualifications

Employment as a lecturer in War Studies at the Swedish Defence University.
Completed HPed1 and HPed2 courses.
Several years of teaching experience in higher education at least at the undergraduate level.
Experience of course responsibility, and experience as a seminar teacher and grading teacher at undergraduate level.
Experience of teaching at the Swedish Defence University's military programme at undergraduate level (OP).

Desirable experience

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Experience of similar tasks at the university or at other universities.
Experience of educational administration at a college or university.
Experience in teaching at other higher education institutions.

About the assignement

A three-year assignment as Director of Studies in War Studies at undergraduate level.

Start date

According to agreement but preferably as soon as possible (to shadow current director of studies).

Salary supplement

According to established levels in Rules for assignments and salary supplements Ö 465/2023.

Application

Applications in the form of a CV should be submitted via the Swedish Defence University's recruitment system by clicking on the link ‘Log in and apply for the job’ on the advertisement page. Mark your application with the reference number HF/HR 190/2024.

Selection and interviews will take place continuously during the application period, so apply as soon as possible, but no later than 16 September 2024.

Contact person

For further information on the assignment, please contact professor Annick Wibben, Deputy (Academic) Head of Department, Annick.Wibben@fhs.se.

Type of employment	Temporary position
Contract type	Full time
First day of employment	Efter överenskommelse
Salary	Lönetillägg
Number of positions	1
Full-time equivalent	100
City	Stockholm
County	Stockholms län
Country	Sweden
Reference number	HF/HR 190/2024
Published	13.Jun.2024
Last application date	21.Oct.2024 11:59 PM CEST