Job advertisement
Closing date: 07.03.2025

The Faculty of Arts and Humanities at the Friedrich Schiller University Jena invites applications for theposition of

Professor of Didactics of English (W3),

to be filled by October 1, 2026.

The successful candidate (m/f/d) will represent the whole field of English didactics at the Department of English and American Studies. Candidates with outstanding expertise in the field of English didactics and an excellent research and publication record are eligible if they can demonstrate a focus on empirical research in foreign language teaching and/or in the area ofintercultural/transcultural learning.

The successful candidate is expected to have experience in raising third-party funds and to showleadership as well as high-quality teaching skills, evidenced by class-evaluations and by using innovative methods. Aside from an excellent command of English and a thorough familiarity with the Germaneducational system, they should have completed the second state exam (zweites Staatsexamen). The doctoral degree or the habilitation (or equivalent qualifications) should have been obtained in the field of foreign language didactics.

A willingness to contribute to the faculty’s research agenda, participation in teaching in various teachertraining programs as well as involvement in the development of the curriculum of foreign language didactics would be welcome, for example, in the context of internationalizing teacher training or digitization in education. In addition, participation in self-administration and knowledge transfer isappreciated (e.g. through the organization of training sessions and collaboration with schools).Collaboration with the Center for Teacher Education (Zentrum für Lehrerbildung) is expected.

Applicants are required to hold a university degree, demonstrate pedagogical aptitude as well as a high capability for academic study, evidenced through a doctoral degree and a habilitation (or equivalent qualifications). Section 84 (3) ThürHG applies. Appointment as a professor shall be for life as a civil servant, provided that the legal requirements are met.

The Friedrich Schiller University Jena aims to increase the representation of women in research and teaching and therefore strongly encourages qualified female scholars to apply. Handicapped individuals will be given preferential consideration in case of equal qualifications.

Please submit your application with the usual documents (CV, copies of certificates and diplomas, list of publications and presentations, documentation of teaching activities and evaluations, overview of third-party funding, as well as a statement of research interests) by 07.03.2025 via the appointment portal of the Friedrich Schiller University at www.berufungsportal.uni-jena.de .

Friedrich-Schiller-Universität Jena
Philosophische Fakultät
Dekan
Prof. Dr. Joachim von Puttkamer
Fürstengraben 27
07743 Jena, Deutschland
philosophischefakultaet@uni-jena.de

Please do not hesitate to contact Prof. Dr. Joachim von Puttkamer at (Email:philosophischefakultaet@uni-jena.de if you have any questions.