Lecturer in Occupational and Environmental Medicine

- with a focus on education and research Join us in developing education of the highest quality The Institute for Environmental Medicine (IMM) conducts research in occupational and environmental medicine, toxicology, epidemiology, and physiology with a focus on clarifying how environmental and lifestyle factors affect human health. IMM educates students, doctoral candidates, and professionals in areas including work and health, toxicology, epidemiology, and biostatistics, and is responsible for the Master's Program in Work and Health and the Master's Program in Toxicology at Karolinska Institutet. IMM is a national expert body in environmental medicine. Researchers at IMM serve as scientific advisors to authorities and other decision-makers and participate in national and international expert groups. For the complete job posting - visit https://ki.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:952545/ Subject Description Occupational and Environmental Medicine is a subject area focused on identifying, assessing, and preventing health risks caused by factors in the work environment and the surrounding environment. The subject ranges from an individual to a societal perspective and encompasses research aimed at identifying and quantifying the significance of risk factors for ill health, prevention through developing evidence for legislation, knowledge dissemination, and teaching. This lectureship has a focus on physical and chemical risk factors. Your Role You will serve as the course director and examiner for the Work and Health course within the Master's Program in Work and Health, teach in this course and other courses in the program, and conduct pedagogical development work within the program's courses. You will independently conduct and lead research in occupational and environmental medicine, specifically in physical and chemical occupational and environmental medicine, and supervise doctoral candidates and postdoctoral researchers. You will participate in IMM's mission as a national expert body in environmental medicine according to Ordinance (1994:1244) on the Institute for Environmental Medicine, specifically in physical and chemical environmental medicine by, among other things, assisting authorities with scientifically substantiated evidence. Eligibility Requirements Eligible for employment as a lecturer with a focus on education and research is someone who, in addition to holding a doctoral degree or possessing equivalent scientific competence, has demonstrated excellent pedagogical skills and very good scientific skills. Upon employment as a lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the eligibility requirements specified in the instructions to the employment regulations apply and are assessed in relation to the established employment profile's subject area: See instructions to the employment regulations for teachers at Karolinska Institutet. Additional Eligibility Requirements You must have documented experience in research within physical or chemical occupational and environmental medicine. Since you will serve as course director and examiner and teach in the Master's Program in Work and Health, which is offered in Swedish, you must, in addition to English, possess knowledge and proficiency in Swedish, Norwegian, or Danish (C1 level according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages, CEFR). Furthermore, you must have completed university pedagogy education covering 10 weeks according to SUHF's recommendations for eligibility-granting university pedagogy education. Assessment Criteria The position has a focus on education and research. For this employment, merit weighting will be conducted as follows: scientific skills (2), pedagogical skills (3), and leadership and collaboration skills (3). Upon employment as a lecturer at Karolinska Institutet, the assessment criteria specified in the instructions to the employment regulations apply and are assessed in relation to the established employment profile: See instructions to the employment regulations for teachers at Karolinska Institutet. It is additionally meritorious if you have demonstrated Experience as a course director and examiner for an advanced-level course Experience teaching in the field of work and health Experience in pedagogical development work Experience assisting authorities with scientifically substantiated evidence within physical or chemical occupational and environmental medicine Based on a comprehensive overall assessment of the applicants' merits and skills, Karolinska Institutet will determine which applicant has the best potential to contribute to positive development of the operations. Location: Solna Application The application must consist of the following documents: a personal letter and CV and merits including a description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's merit portfolio. The application can be updated until the final application deadline. After this date, it is not possible to update the application. Merit review is conducted by external experts, in most cases both national and international. For this reason, we prefer that the documents be submitted in English. KI applies individual and differentiated salary setting according to our collective agreements RALS and RALS-T. Applications must be made via the recruitment system Varbi here: https://ki.varbi.com/what:job/jobID:952545/ We warmly welcome your application!

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