Academic Director for the Bachelor Social Work (m/f/d) (35-40h)
Your tasks
- You will lead the bachelor degree programme in Social Work with its organisational forms of full-time, part-time, and dual part-time. You will assume overall responsibility for personnel matters, budget, and quality assurance
- You will develop future-oriented concepts and be responsible for the strategic, content-related, a didactic further development of the degree programme in collaboration with the management team of the department and the Ilse Arlt Institute for Social Inclusion Research
- You will ensure the quality of the study programme in its strategic and operational implementation
- You will represent and advertise the programme to the outside and cultivate contacts to relevant partners and stakeholders
Your offer to us
- Completed master or “Magister” degree programme in Social Work
- Completed doctorate/PhD (or equivalent qualification) with relevant reference to the above-mentioned field of study is an advantage
- Several years of professional and leadership experience in the Social Work sector and/or the university environment
- Broad-based network in the social sector both in Austria and internationally
- Several years of teaching experience in higher education, research experience, supervision of scientific theses, and experience in the (further) development of curricula
- Very good oral and written German and English language skills
- Clear and structured work style and efficient time management
- Willingness for participatory collaboration with a well-established team and orientation towards the guiding principles of the Department of Social Sciences
Our offer to you
- Long-term employment with many benefits, flexible working hours (remote work), free parking, etc.
- More free time for our staff: additional special leave days from 24/12 to 31/12 as well as on Good Friday
- Opportunity to actively contribute and implement own ideas in an innovative team
- A gross annual salary that takes your qualifications into account: € 82,600 (basis: full-time; all-in)
For the St. Pölten University of Applied Sciences, the variety and diversity of its staff members is the key to innovation, success, and further development. We particularly welcome and give precedence to applications by qualified women, trans*, inter* and non-binary persons and persons with disability in case of equal suitability. We explicitly invite persons with a migration background to apply. We look forward to receiving your application!