Researcher

 The position

At the Norwegian Center for the Law of the Sea at the Faculty of Law a position is available for a researcher. 

NCLOS is a UiT Aurora Centre (2021-2025), a funding program of research groups that demonstrate excellence in their field of science. The Centre has a staff of 20 – 25 employees: academic staff and PhD students.

The Centre is located at the Faculty of Law, providing for close contact and collaboration between the staff. The Centre also has an extensive national and international academic network. The Centre is part of the Faculty of Law, which has about 950 law students, 25 PhD students, 35 members of the academic staff and 18 members of the administrative staff. The Faculty may award the degrees of Master and PhD in Law as well as the degrees of Master of Laws (LL.M.) in the Law of the Sea and Joint Nordic Master`s Programme in Environmental Law. 

The position is a fixed term position for a duration of two years. Appointment to the position of Researcher is mainly intended to provide qualification for work in top academic positions. The applicant must hold a PhD in law and must be able to carry out the project over the full course of the employment period. 

For more information on the Centre, see our website: www.uit.no/lawofthesea 

The workplace is at UiT in Tromsø. You must be able to start in the position within a reasonable time after receiving the offer. 

If you receive a personal overseas research grant from NFR, you can apply to the NFR for an extension of your fellowship period. This extension can correspond to the duration of your stay abroad, with a minimum three months and a maximum of 12 months.

The position’s field of research or work

NCLOS seeks to fill one researcher position to contribute to the NCLOS Aurora research program. The objective of the program is to identify the limits and possibilities of the current law of the sea and ocean governance framework to adapt and respond to global environmental crises, geopolitical shifts and the challenges of new ecological knowledges. 

The researcher is expected to undertake research within one of the following broad themes: Ocean (and) Space; Oceans and Sovereignty; Ocean Commons; Arctic Marine Environmental Law and Governance. For further details on each of the Aurora research themes please see this website.

Contact

Further details on the project, and on its work packages, can be obtained by contacting vito.delucia@uit.no

Qualifications

Good English Language skills are required. Skills in Norwegian or another Scandinavian language are considered an advantage.

 We will emphasize the applicants motivation for the position and personal suitability.

We are looking for candidates who have:

• Good collaboration skills
• Abilities for good communication and interaction with colleagues and students
• Abilities and desires to contribute to a good working environment

Qualification requirements for the position as Researcher:

• The applicant must hold a PhD in law.

At UiT we put emphasis on the quality, relevance and significance of the research work and not on where the work is published, in accordance with the principles of The San Francisco Declaration on Research Assessment (DORA).

We offer

• Good welfare arrangements for employees
• Good arrangements for pension, insurance and loans in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund

Norwegian health policy aims to ensure that everyone, irrespective of their personal finances and where they live, has access to good health and care services of equal standard. As an employee you will become member of the National Insurance Scheme which also include health care services.

Work- and salary conditions 

The successful candidate must be willing to get involved in the ongoing development of their department and the university as a whole.

The allocation of working hours is flexible and allocated on a case-by-case basis. As a norm, the time resources spent on administrative duties constitutes 5 % for academic staff. 

The remuneration for Researcher is in accordance with the State salary scale code 1109. 

As a state employee, you have one of the best pension schemes availiable. For more information see: spk.no.

Inclusion and diversity

UiT The Arctic University in Norway is working actively to promote equality, gender balance and diversity among employees and students, and to create an inclusive and safe working environment.

We believe that inclusion and diversity is a strength and we want employees with different competencies, professional experience, life experience and perspectives.

If you have a disability, a gap in your CV or immigrant background, we encourage you to tick the box for this in your application.

If there are qualified applicants, we invite least one in each group for an interview. If you get the job, we will adapt the working conditions if you need it.

Apart from selecting the right candidates, we will only use the information for anonymous statistics.

Application

Applicants must submit a brief research proposal (max 5 pages) that outlines ideas aligned with one or more of these research themes. The research proposal however remains indicative, and if selected for employment applicants must be willing to adjust or re-orient her/his research plans. A more detailed plan, inline with concrete research needs of NCLOS, will be discussed in outline during interviews with shortlisted candidates.

The application must include: 

• Cover letter including a short description of interests and reasons for applying for the position  
• CV containing a complete overview of education, experience and professional work 
• Diplomas, diploma supplements and transcripts (all degrees, in original language and translated) 
• Letter(s) of recommendation if applicable

• Two references with contact details 

• A list of your academic production 
• Description of your academic production, stating which works you consider most important 
• Academic works, up to ten. The doctoral thesis is regarded as one work. 
• Documentation of English proficiency.  

Proficiency in the English language can be documented in the following ways: 

• Diploma from a Norwegian upper secondary school with both spoken and written English (140 hours) 
• TOEFL (Test of English as a Foreign Language) 
• IELTS (International English Testing Service) 
• Completed university degree in the field of English language or literature 
• One year of completed university studies in Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the UK or USA, for which English was the language of instructions. 

Documentation has to be in English or a Scandinavian language. The application and submitted documents must be sent electronically via www.jobbnorge.no 

Assessment

The applicants will be assessed by an expert committee. The committee's mandate is to undertake an assessment of the applicants' qualifications on the basis of the written material presented by the applicants, and the detailde description draw up for the position.

The applicants who are assessed as best qualified will be called to an interview. The interview shall among other things, aim to clarify the applicants personal suitability for the position and motivations. A trial lecture may also be held.

General information

The appointment is made in accordance with State regulations and guidelines at UiT. At our website, you will find more information for applicants.

More information about moving to Norway and working at UiT: http://uit.no/mobility

​According to the Norwegian Freedom and Information Act (Offentleglova) information about the applicant may be included in the public applicant list, also in cases where the applicant has requested non-disclosure.

In case of discrepancies between the Norwegian and the English version of this description, the Norwegian version takes precedence. 

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