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The Sibelius Academy of the University of the Arts Helsinki (Uniarts Helsinki) is now recruiting a Lecturer of Vocal Music for a full-time and permanent position starting 1 August 2024.
You will work in the Department of Vocal Music in Helsinki. There are currently approximately 40 majoring vocal arts students in the department. About half of the instruction is provided for other departments, e.g. for students of church music and music education. You find further information about the study program of the vocal arts on our website. Please also see the values and ethical principles of our university.
Your main task is providing instruction in classical vocal arts and related group subjects to all students of vocal arts at the Sibelius Academy. Depending on your areas of strengths, your duties will also include other special area / areas of vocal music education (e.g. opera, lied, vocal art pedagogy, contemporary music, old music, church vocal arts and church music, different genres) and tasks of the doctoral education.
The main emphasis of teaching is on bachelor's and master's level education. In addition, the tasks also include teaching Junior Academy students. In addition to teaching the department’s vocal arts students, you will teach students from other departments as well.
In addition to teaching, the artistic activities of the department, active monitoring of the field, participation in working groups and projects of the department, study assessments and student admissions are part of your work. You will also participate in the development and quality-assurance processes as well as in the work of the university's administrative bodies as necessary.
A doctoral degree, pedagogical studies, teacher qualifications and experience in expert tasks in the field are considered an advantage.
The applicant's suitability will be assessed both on the basis of the available documentation and in teaching demonstrations and interviews, which will be held on 29 April 2024 in Helsinki. The tentative content of the demonstrations (duration ~1 hour 15 minutes / candidate) is the following: artistic performance, 15 minutes (applicant may choose the repertoire), teaching demonstration and an interview, 15 minutes.
The languages of instruction at the University of the Arts Helsinki are Finnish, Swedish and English. Vocal music is taught mainly in Finnish or English.Applicants are required to have a good command of the language of instruction; for international applicants, we only require proficiency in English. Language skills are assessed in relation to work tasks.
The salary is determined in accordance with the salary system of Finnish universities. The demand level of the post is on levels 5–6. In addition, a personal salary component will be paid. In a full-time (100%) position, the gross monthly salary at the beginning of employment will be approximately 3,400–4,400 euros depending on the person's experience and competence.
The total annual working time in a full-time lecturer position is 1,612 hours. The position requires working and living in Finland for the duration of the employment relationship.
Apply for the post on 21 March 2024 (UTC +2) at the latest through electronic recruitment system. Your application must include the following documents as PDF files written in English:
Without jeopardising the uniform treatment of applicants, Uniarts Helsinki reserves the right to leave a position unfilled or continue the application period.
The position may include teaching underage students. A criminal record extract must be presented to Uniarts before a contract of employment can be signed for the job in question. The Act on Checking the Criminal Background of Persons Working with Children (504/2002) obliges Uniarts to ask persons working with people under 18 years of age to present an extract from their criminal record (when the employment lasts longer than three months).
Details concerning the advertised post, please contact Head of Department Tero Valtonen, tel. +358 50 336 4919 or Vice Dean Jenni Lättilä +358 50 462 8964 and for further details concerning the application process and recruitment system, please contact HR Planning Officer Anne Kilpeläinen tel. +358 50 348 4539. Our emails are in form: firstname.lastname@uniarts.fi.
Type of employment | Permanent position |
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Contract type | Full time |
First day of employment | 1.8.2024 |
Salary | Based on the salary system of the universities |
Number of positions | 1 |
Full-time equivalent | 100% |
City | Helsinki |
Country | Finland |
Reference number | 2024/10 |
Published | 16.Feb.2024 |
Last application date | 21.Mar.2024 |