Lecturer (f/m/d) with tenure-track to Senior Lecturer Universität Bremen
At the University of Bremen, the 1.0 position (39.20 hours) is available for a postdoc in the field of sports science of Faculty 11 – Human and Health Sciences – as soon as possible.
Lecturer (f/m/d) with tenure-track to Senior Lecturer
Reference number LK 319/26
for the field of work
"Sports Pedagogy and Sports Didactics for Elementary and Primary Education"
The university as an employer:
With around 20,000 students and around 3,500 employees, the University of Bremen is a medium-sized university. It is one of the universities in Germany with the strongest third-party funding and research.
The University of Bremen is characterized by a high degree of willingness to innovate. Especially for young researchers, this results in a diverse research and teaching environment with plannable and transparently designed career paths, even in addition to the professorship. Information on new career paths for non-tenured academic staff can be found under https://www.uni-bremen.de/universitaet/wissenschaftliche-karriere/senior-researcher-senior-lecturer .
We are looking for
We are looking for a postdoctoral scientist with high development potential who would like to further develop their scientific career in the field of sports education and sports didactics and actively shape the newly established sports science location of the University of Bremen. The position offers excellent opportunities to develop an independent research and teaching profile and to establish oneself scientifically in an innovative and dynamic environment. The activity includes independent research and teaching in the scientific field of sports education and sports didactics. In terms of content, it focuses on the topic "Exercise and Sport in the Context of Education, Upbringing and Psychomotor Development" and focuses on the age group 0-10 years.
The sports science location at the University of Bremen was opened in the winter semester 2024/25 and, in addition to the extracurricular profile subject "Sport, Exercise and Health", primarily offers educational and teacher-related sports science courses (elementary school, primary school, secondary school and grammar school). The teacher training courses are innovative, reflexive and future-oriented and thematically interwoven with the future fields of action. The holder of the position is primarily responsible for modules in the elementary and primary education courses and develops appropriate expertise in research for the following focal points
- physical education in primary school and
- psychomotor support
Teaching responsibilities include sports education and sports didactic events in the sports science bachelor's degree program "Educational Sciences of the Elementary and Primary Education" (BiPEb) as well as in the sports science master's program "Primary School Teacher Training". In addition, participation in the psychomotor-oriented courses of the degree programs is desired. The central goal of the degree programs is to qualify students for the movement-related support of children in elementary and primary education. The position holder is expected to participate innovatively in the further development of the BiPEb degree programs and to anchor research-based impulses for educational processes in elementary and primary education.
Employment is initially limited to four years (pay group 14 TV-L). The fixed-term contract is set in accordance with Section 2 (1) WissZeitVG (Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act). Accordingly, only applicants who still have the appropriate amount of qualification periods in accordance with Section 2 (1) WissZeitVG can be considered. In the event of proof of outstanding aptitude, performance and ability, the function of Senior Lecturer (f/m/d) can be transferred for an unlimited period of time after successfully passing an evaluation (pay group 15 TV-L). The tasks in research and academic teaching are carried out independently within the framework of the Bremen Higher Education Act (§ 24 para. 2). The teaching obligation is based on the Teaching Obligations and Teaching Certificate Ordinance. It amounts to 9 course hours in the function of lecturer and 12 course hours in the function of senior lecturer.
Your tasks:
- Independent research and independent research-based teaching, especially in the areas of physical education in the elementary and primary sector and psychomotor skills
- Participation in the development and further development of the courses for the sports degree programs in the Bachelor's degree program "Educational Sciences of the Elementary and Primary Education" and in the Master's degree in Primary School Teaching, including the assumption of module responsibility
- Organization and implementation of examinations (module examinations, bachelor's and master's theses) as well as advice and support for students
- They participate in the promotion of young scientists
- Support in the development of networks in the field of education and exercise as a practice-oriented interface
- Participation in academic self-administration, in particular in committees, commissions and initiatives for the further development of the training of primary school teachers and specialists in the pre-school sector
Your qualifications (employment requirements):
- Relevant academic university studies in the teaching profession or in the field of motology; proof of practical school experience (preferred) or theoretical examination of teaching or pedagogical action in the context of empirical research or subject-specific didactic research in the area of responsibility must also be provided
- Successfully completed doctorate of a recent date with a topic relevant to the job profile
- University teaching experience (recognizable, among other things, by relevant courses held, positive evaluations)
- Higher education didactic skills (recognizable, e.g. by a certificate in higher education didactics, relevant further training)
- First research experience in the above-mentioned areas
- Very good knowledge of German level C1 and good English skills B2 (Common European Framework of Reference for Languages – CEF)
The following are also welcome:
- Willingness to cooperate within the sports science degree programs, with the ZfLB, the teaching unit Didactics of Elementary and Primary Education and the teaching unit Elementary Education, Faculty 11, the Competence Center Didactics of the University of Oldenburg within the framework of the Northwest Alliance and with the scientific focus areas of the University of Bremen, e.g. the science focus Health Sciences
- High interest in interdisciplinary and practice-oriented research questions in the context of education, upbringing and support of children through exercise and sport
- Practical experience in movement-related promotion of children
- Experience in psychomotor skills
- Pedagogical and teaching experience in the elementary and primary sector
We offer:
- Opportunity for independent research with many cooperation opportunities within and outside the subject
- A challenging and varied job in the context of science, teaching and transfer
- A highly motivated sports science staff
- Depending on personal qualifications, an annual gross salary according to the TV-L between € 57.112,44 (level 1) and € 81.176,28 (level 6) for a full-time position. The individual level assignment is made by the university on the basis of previous professional experience that can be taken into account in the case of a commitment to employment. Additional benefits such as the annual special payment ("Christmas bonus") and any development opportunities within the advertised pay group also depend on this assignment. The basis for this is the applicable legal provisions of the TV-L (in particular § 16 TV-L). For civil servants, the salary is based in particular on the provisions of the Bremen Remuneration Act (further information can be found here).
- For employees in the public sector, a supplementary pension (VBL)
- 30 days of vacation in a calendar year (for a 5-day-week)
- A diverse, future-oriented and open corporate culture
- Support from a collegial, motivated team with a positive working atmosphere
- Individual induction
- The opportunity for further education and training
- Compatibility of family and career through flexible working hours (flexitime) and the possibility of mobile working (taking into account the general conditions)
- Free services as part of social and family counselling
- Active occupational health management including the possibility of discounts at local sports clubs or for gyms and swimming pools (EGYM Wellpass)
- The possibility of claiming a Jobticket
- Numerous offers for sports and culture
- Varied catering options in the canteens of the Studierendenwerk
Do you have any questions?
If you have any questions about the call for applications, please contact the Dean of Faculty 11 "Human and Health Sciences", Prof. Dr. Ansgar Gerhardus: ansgar.gerhardus@uni-bremen.de
If you have any questions about teaching and research, please feel free to contact Prof. Dr. Ina Hunger, Professor of Sports Education and Sports Didactics by email (inahunge@uni-bremen.de).
For basic questions about the personnel selection process, please contact: Michael Behrends, 0421/218-68602, bewerbung-fb11@vw.uni-bremen.de
How to apply:
Please send your application with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae including a list of courses held to date and, if applicable, a list of publications, teaching evaluation results, if applicable) as well as a teaching concept (1 -2 pages) stating the above reference number by 11.11.2026 via email to: bewerbung-fb11@vw.uni-bremen.de or by post to:
University of Bremen
Faculty 11
P.O. Box 33 04 40
28334 Bremen
We would like to point out that no photos must be attached to the application documents.
We ask you to send us only copies of your application documents as a PDF by e-mail, as we cannot return them; these will be destroyed after the selection process has been completed.
Note according to §§ 12, 13 GDPR: Your application documents will be stored in accordance with the requirements of Art. 6 GDPR in conjunction with § 12 BremDSGVOAG, §§ 85 et seq. BremBG, § 15 AGG until the expiry of the statutory period and then destroyed.
Any costs for the application process cannot be reimbursed.
General information:
Open to unconventional approaches to research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since its founding 50 years ago. With a wide range of subjects, we combine exceptional performance and great innovation potential. As an ambitious research university, we stand for the approach of research-based learning and a pronounced orientation towards interdisciplinarity. We actively shape scientific cooperation worldwide in a spirit of partnership.
Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research and work on our international campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are emphatically committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to dare to try new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe and around the world. The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/ideology, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.
The University of Bremen promotes the employment of women at all levels. Women are therefore expressly encouraged to apply.
Severely disabled people will be given priority in an application if they have essentially the same professional and personal aptitude.
Get in touch
bewerbung-fb11@vw.uni-bremen.de
Reference number
LK 319/26
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