research assistant in Katowice

Offer Description Candidates should:

1. hold at least a master’s degree in philosophy;

2. hold a doctoral degree, or be preparing a doctoral dissertation, in the discipline of philosophy, in the field of ethics, social philosophy or political philosophy;

3. have a research record comprising at least two scholarly publications;

4. participate actively in national and international academic conferences, including by presenting papers;

5. have documented experience in independently teaching ethics courses at university level;

6. participate in research projects funded from external sources, or apply for such funding;

7. have organisational experience in academic activity, e.g. in organising conferences, editorial work or work in learned societies;

8. be fluent in spoken and written Polish, as the position involves teaching in Polish;

9. have a command of English at a minimum of B2 level;

10. undertake to take up employment at the University of Łódź as their primary place of employment and on a full-time basis.

1. the ability to work both in a team and independently, and good organisation of one’s own work;

2. openness to developing one’s research and teaching competences.

The candidate must have no criminal record for the offences specified in Chapters XIX and XXV of the Polish Criminal Code, in Articles 189a and 207 of the Criminal Code and in the Act of 29 July 2005 on Counteracting Drug Addiction (consolidated text: Journal of Laws of 2023, item 1939), or for corresponding offences defined in foreign law.

Scope of Duties

1. teaching classes within the employment relationship in the annual teaching load determined by the Senate for full-time studies, including teaching with distance learning methods and techniques;

2. timely preparation of the documentation of the course of studies required of academic teachers;

3. conducting assessments of the classes taught;

4. supervising students’ coursework and semester papers;

5. preparing teaching materials for the classes taught;

6. holding consultations with students;

7. ensuring high quality of education and compliance of teaching with the principles of the internal quality assurance system;

8. performing other teaching duties assigned by the immediate superior.

1. conducting and participating in scientific research;

2. obtaining research funding by applying in grant competitions;

3. disseminating research results through publication;

4. active participation in academic conferences and seminars;

5. participation in the commercialisation of research results in the external environment;

6. developing one’s professional qualifications, including with a view to obtaining further academic degrees and the academic title.

1. work in the University’s collegial bodies and in faculty, Senate and Rector’s committees;

2. organising and participating in promotional activities for the University;

3. participation in organising conferences, seminars and other forms of academic activity;

4. other organisational activity aimed at improving the functioning of the University and the quality of teaching and research;

5. other organisational duties assigned by the immediate superior

The University reserves the right to invite only shortlisted candidates for an interview. Any costs incurred in attending an interview before the Faculty Competition Committee shall be borne by the candidate. The selection of a candidate in the competition does not constitute a guarantee of employment.

We reserve the right to leave the candidate's application without consideration in the case of failure to submit the above declarations by the recruitment deadline.

We reserve the right to conduct interviews with selected persons.

Winning the competition does not guarantee employment at the University of Lodz.

Information on personal data processing for a job candidate 1. The Controller of your personal data is the University of Lodz with its registered office at Narutowicza 68, 90-136 Łódź. 2. In any case, the Data Protection Officer may be contacted at the abovementioned mailing address with a note: Data Protection Officer, or by e-mail at: iod@uni.lodz.pl . 3. Your personal data will be processed for the purpose of recruitment. 4. Personal data will be processed: 1) based on the applicable provisions of the law, including the Labour Code; 2) based on your consent for personal data processing – when legal provisions do not give grounds for data processing; 3) if you give a separate voluntary consent for personal data processing during future recruitments by including a declaration in your application. In order to do so please include the following statement: I consent to the processing of my personal data, contained in my application, for future recruitment conducted by the University of Lodz. 5. Recipients of your personal data will be entities processing personal data on behalf of and for the University on the basis of the concluded agreement and other entities authorised under the law. 6. Your personal data will be processed no longer than for three months after the recruitment process is completed. In justified cases the data will be kept in accordance with other provisions of law, including the Civil Code. 7. You have the right to: 1) access the content of your data; 2) rectify your data when they are not accurate; 3) erase or limit the processing and transfer your data – in cases provided for by law; 4) object to the processing of your personal data; 5) withdraw your consent at any time without affecting the lawfulness of the processing that was carried out before the withdrawal of consent; 6) lodge a complaint to the supervisory authority, which is the President of the Personal Data Protection Office, based in Warsaw at Stawki 2. 8. The provision of personal data is voluntary but necessary for the purpose referred to in section 3. The processing of personal data is carried out on the basis of: Article 6(1), c), a) and Article 9(2)(a) of Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation Dz.U.UE.L.2016.119.1).