Department of Biochemistry and Developmental biology in Faculty of Medicine at the University of Helsinki is seeking a part-time (50 %)

FIXED-TERM UNIVERSITY LECTURER

for the period 1 March 2026 to 28 February 2028. The field of the position is translational medicine, and the language of instruction is English. The position is teaching-oriented.

Duties
The university lecturer will plan, coordinate and implement teaching in the English-language Master’s Programme in Translational Medicine (TRANSMED).
The university lecturer also supervises theses and doctoral dissertations in the field and pursues field-related independent research activities.

According to the University of Helsinki’s regulations, the successful candidate must have a suitable doctoral degree and an ability to provide high-quality research-based teaching and to supervise theses. The degree requirement must be met by the end of the application period. The position requires experience in the planning and responsibility duties of teaching, university-level small group teaching and lecturing, and practical familiarity with the field (translational medicine).

Selection criteria
In the assessment of applicants’ merits, consideration will be given to teaching experience, experience in positions of responsibility in teaching as well as pedagogical training, teaching development projects, the ability to produce learning materials, other merits achieved in teaching as well as a teaching demonstration if necessary. Scientific publications, other scientific activities and research funding obtained will also be considered when filling the position.

In the selection process, particular emphasis will be placed on teaching experience, pedagogical training, the ability to produce learning materials, other merits achieved in teaching, and, if necessary, a teaching demonstration.

Language skills
According to the Decree on Universities, a university lecturer is required to be proficient in the language of instruction. In addition, they must have at least satisfactory oral and written skills in Finnish and Swedish.

Salary
The salary of a university lecturer is based on levels 5 – 7 of the job-related salary component chart of the universities salary system for teaching and research staff. In addition, the salary includes a component based on personal performance.

Application instructions
The application must be accompanied by:
•    a curriculum vitae
•    a list of publications
•    a teaching skills assessment form structured in accordance with the guidelines of the Faculty of Medicine (a description of experience and merits relevant to the assessment of teaching skills) and
•    other documents that may affect the selection.
More detailed instructions, including the faculty’s teaching merit assessment form: https://www.helsinki.fi/en/faculty-medicine/about-us/work-us

In accordance with the Rector’s decision ((HY/8046/00.00.06.00/2022), the overall teaching skills of a university lecturer must be at least on the level “good”. Applicant’s teaching skills will be assessed in the selection process, for which the candidates must complete the faculty’s teaching skills assessment form. Teaching skills will be assessed using the assessment matrix of the Faculty of Medicine and a teaching demonstration.

Applications and attachments must be submitted to the university’s electronic recruitment system by 31 January 2026 the latest.

For further information, please contact Tiina Immonen, Director of the Master’s Programme in Translational Medicine, at tiina.immonen(at)helsinki.fi, tel. 0294125144, or Eero Mervaala, Director of the Medicum unit, at eero.mervaala(at)helsinki.fi. If you need technical support with the recruitment system or additional information about the application process, please contact HelsinkiUni Help, uni-help (at) helsinki.fi. 

The Faculty of Medicine promotes high-quality scientific research and is responsible for basic education in medicine, dentistry, psychology and logopedics based on research, as well as their postgraduate and continuing education. The Faculty is also responsible for the Master’s Programmes in Translational Medicine (Transmed) and Health Care Development, and organises psychotherapist training, which is a continuing education comparable to the continuing education of healthcare professionals. In addition to teaching and research, the Faculty acts as a significant expert organisation and societal influencer of healthcare and participates in ethical discussion in the field. The Faculty’s goal is to remain among the best medical faculties in the world in research and to consolidate and consolidate its position as a centre of excellence in multidisciplinary teaching in healthcare.
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