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The Anton Bruckner Private University is a public corporation and is funded by the State of Upper Austria. It was accredited as a private university in 2004. We offer our approximately 850 students artistic, artistic-pedagogical and artistic-scientific degree programmes in the fields of music, drama and dance. With around 50% international students, we are the most international university in Linz, and our strong regional ties with local cultural and educational institutions make us an attractive and diverse place to work.

University professorship for transverse flute (f/m/d)

• Scope of employment: 20 hours per week, including 11 hours of teaching per week (50% of full employment)
• Duration of employment: initially limited to three years; in case of positive evaluation permanent employment
• Classification: Salary group B (LD 8 of the Upper Austrian Salary Act 2001)
• Remuneration: gross monthly salary from EUR 2.638,65 (depending on creditable previous service)
• End of application period: January 29th, 2025
• Selection procedure: in accordance with the appointment regulations:
  • Preselection by appointment committee;
  • Hearing incl. teaching sample expected on April 28th, 2025
• Planned start of employment: October 1st, 2025
• Organizational unit: Institute for Early Music and Historical Performance Practice (ALT)
  

Requirements

1. Conditions of employment:

• Outstanding artistic and artistic-pedagogical qualifications on historical flutes
  
• Intensive involvement with historical performance practice
  
• A completed domestic or equivalent foreign university degree appropriate to the position or an equivalent artistic or artistic-academic aptitude
  
• International concert activity
  
• Extensive teaching experience
  
• Regular attendance at the Anton Bruckner Private University and participation in academic self-administration are part of the duty.
  
• Special aptitude for academic work, which is usually demonstrated by the quality of a doctorate, and/or special aptitude for artistic or, if applicable, relevant professional activity;
  for applicants who do not already hold a relevant professorship at a recognized domestic or foreign university, additional special artistic achievements; or special achievements in the application/development of scientific knowledge and methods in at least five years of professional practice; or the presentation of a habilitation. Further details are regulated by the PrivH-AkkVO as amended.

2. Desired qualifications:

• Leadership quality 
  
• Organisational competence
• Gender and diversity competence
• Willingness to cooperate and ability to work in a team

Role & Responsibilities

• Leading a transverse flute class within the framework of artistic education in the bachelor and master studies and teaching of the relevant supplementary subjects, in particular  ensemble/consort
• Arts-based research/artistic research and supervision of doctoral students
• In addition to teaching courses, the activities of teaching staff include the necessary preparation and follow-up activities, event and examination activities, research and administrative activities associated with teaching, participation in committees and the supervision and assessment of final theses.

Documents to be submitted by applicant:

• Letter of motivation
• CV (in tabular form) and proof of higher education
  
• Teaching and/or research concept
• Dissertation (PDF or link), if available
• List of previous artistic and artistic-scientific activities; a representative selection of recordings (links) documenting the artistic and artistic-scientific activities must be enclosed
• List of publications and, if applicable, lectures
• List of courses held to date (incl. evaluations, if available) at other tertiary institutions

Contact & general information

If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources and Legal Department (personal@bruckneruni.at).Unfortunately, costs incurred in connection with an application to the Bruckner University cannot be reimbursed. Your application documents will be destroyed at the end of the appointment procedure.Please send your detailed application documents by 29 January 2025 at the latest exclusively by electronic means to our applicant portal https://jobs.bruckneruni.at.Information about your rights as a data subject according to Article 13 of the General Data Protection Regulation as well as the privacy policy of Anton Bruckner Private University can be found at https://www.bruckneruni.at/datenschutz/.