Norwegian University of Science and Technology
Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art
Trondheim Academy of Fine Art

Professor/Associate Professor in Fine Art (Painting), Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KIT)

Professor or Associate Professor in 100 % position, in the Painting Department, Trondheim Academy of Fine Art (KIT).

The position is a six–year contract with possibilities of prolongation for another period. For administrative purposes the Professorship will be part of Trondheim Academy of Fine Art, a department in the Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art at the Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Trondheim Norway. The department currently has five professors and two associate professors. In addition to the tenured staff we have an extensive guest-teacher program. The educational profile requires continuous interdisciplinary collaboration.

KIT offers Bachelor- and Master-degree programs in Fine Art. Through an open structure, the students can freely choose their artistic focus areas during their studies. The facilities offered include painting, printmaking, photography, sculpture and intermedia (computer, video and sound) Artistic focus is on art in the common space, painting in an expanded field and communication and technology in a globalized world.

The Professor/Associate Professor has the responsibility for teaching and research in the field of painting. Insight in contemporary art theory and interest in collaborative work will be essential. Focus will be placed on the applicants active artistic practice.

The successful applicant for a professorship must be able to document his/her extensive disciplinary qualifications in important fields within the discipline. His/her individual work must document scientific or artistic expertise in one or more parts of the discipline, particularly the specialist fields the Professorship has specific responsibility for. Weight will be placed on the ability to supervise and initiate research and development work.

Weight will be placed on pedagogical skills. The evaluation of the candidate will be based on documented pedagogical material, including pedagogical education/training, the presentation of academic work, experience from supervising masters-level students and doctoral candidates, and teaching  as well as other pedagogical matters. The evaluation will consider both the quality and the scope.

Academic staff who are employed without having a formal pedagogical qualification in university-level teaching and are unable to document equivalent qualifications, are required to successfully complete a recognized course that gives a pedagogical qualification in university-level teaching within two years of taking the appointment. The University offers such courses.

The applicants that have been short-listed will be invited for interviews and a demonstration of their pedagogical ability, usually in the form of a trial lecture.

The Professor / Associate professor is to be jointly responsible for disciplinary matters together with other academic staff in the Department. The Professor / Associate professor is required to participate in teaching activities in accordance with the relevant curriculum and assist in further developing the teaching program, including continuing education. The Professor is to supervise master students, research fellows and doctoral candidates in his/her discipline. The Professor / Associate professor must agree to participate in administrative work.

The Professor / Associate professor is obliged to follow the regulations that concern changes and developments within the discipline and/or the organizational changes concerning activities at the University.

It is assumed that newly-employed staff in academic positions who do not already master a Scandinavian language are to obtain within three years knowledge of Norwegian or another Scandinavian language at an equivalent standard to level three in the Norwegian for Foreigners courses provided at the Department of Applied Linguistics. The University provides such courses.

The appointment is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants.

As NTNU would like to increase the percentage of females in academic positions, women are invited to apply.

Salary:
Professor: The position is remunerated according to wage levels 64 to 92 on the Norwegian State salary scale, with gross salary from NOK 474 000 to NOK 927 800  a year. Professorships are normally remunerated at wage level 64.

Associate professor: The position is remunerated according to wage rate 24, wage levels 57 to 75 on the Norwegian State salary scale, with gross salary from NOK 416 100 to 583 000 a year. The salary is placed by seniority and qualifications.

12. For further information and application details, please contact institute chair Ivar Smedstad, phone +47 99 58 96 97, or e-mail ivar.smedstad@kit.ntnu.no or Christel Sverre, phone +47 97 53 18 16 or e-mail christel.sverre@ntnu.no or see http://www.kit.ntnu.no.

13. Applicants are asked to give an account of their pedagogical qualifications according prepared guidelines ("Documentation of an applicantŐs pedagogical qualifications") which can be obtained from following adress on internet: http://www.ntnu.no/administrasjon/avdelinger/personal/momentliste_ped_kval_e.html.

14. Each applicant for the position must send 5 copies of the application with certified copies of certificates, testimonials and a list of academic/artistic work, and 5 sets of their:

Academic/artistic work - published or unpublished - that has relevance to the evaluation of the applicant's qualifications by the evaluation committee (not more than 10 such submissions).

A description of all the academic/artistic work that the applicant feels is most significant and that he/she feels the evaluation committee should pay particular attention to.

A list of all publications with bibliographical references.

Joint work will be evaluated. If it is difficult to identify the contributions from individuals in a joint piece of work, applicants are to enclose a short descriptive summary of what he/she did in this connection.

The deadline for application is 15. September 2007, and the application should be sent to Norwegian University of Science and Technology (NTNU), Faculty of Architecture and Fine Art, N - 7491 Trondheim, Norway, clearly marked with reference number AB-07-07