"Education is the key to the world" is the motto of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences (Frankfurt UAS). Internationality, diversity and social responsibility are our values. Ours is an institution dedicated to lifelong learning and an innovative research and development partner in the region. Our more than 16.000 students and 900 employees in teaching, research and central administration are responsible of it.

We are looking for candidates with an outstanding PhD who would like to contribute their extensive practical experience in the professional world to teaching and reasearch at our university. The cornerstones of our educational institution are practical orientation, interdisciplinary training, internationality and regional integration. Excellent teaching and research are our aspirations.

Teaching and researching at a dynamic university for applied sciences in
Faculty 4: Health and Social Work

The Faculty of Health and Social Work at Frankfurt UAS is one of the largest of its field in Germany. It represents the entire breadth and depth of social work from the bachelor to the doctorate level, and has been a forerunner in bringing the health professions into the academic realm. Social responsibility and interdisciplinary work are key facets to all of our related projects and are just as important to us as the close link between science and practice.

We are looking to fill the following position in Faculty 4: Health and Social Work
Beginning latest in summer semester 2023.

Professor
(W2 salary scale HBesG, Hessian Federal Civil Service Remuneration Act)

in the following subject area:
Developmental Psychology with a focus on evidence-based developmental diagnostics
Job advertisement number P12/2022

The job applicant is expected to
• offer teaching in the undergraduate courses of the teaching unit 'Social Work',,
• teach the relevant fundamentals of the field of developmental psychology,
• be involved in the interdisciplinary practice focus 'Education and Upbringing' and in the research-oriented Children's House of the Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences.

In addition, we expect all teachers in the teaching unit 'Social Work' to have familiarity with the cross-cutting themes of social work, such as such as disability, gender, interculturality, age or sexual orientation, etc.

Your professional profile:
• Qualified doctorate, preferably with reference to social work topics as well as
• Documentation of at least five years of professional practice, including three years
outside of academia, preferably in the area of developmental diagnostics with
application references to social work.

Job requirements:
In addition to being assigned to the aforementioned faculty, the post holder will become a member of one or both of the following interdisciplinary organisational units, in which it is expected that they make a professional contribution as a member of the professorship: School of Personal Development and Education (ScoPE), which deals with the personal development of students and the specific didactics of a university of applied sciences, and/or the HoST, which strengthens interdisciplinary research as a research transfer center.

We expect our professors to:
• Be active members of our institution and to continuously support the students.
• Participate in introductory courses, i.e., teach subjects at an introductory level in all the faculty’s degrees.
• Have a predisposition and inclination to research and secure third-party funding.
• Show gender and diversity competence.
• Participate in the institution’s international activities, including teaching in English.
• Participate in the interdisciplinary Studium generale.
• Contribute to the institution’s offer regarding further education, lifelong learning and e-learning.
• Take on responsibility regarding academic self-administration.
• Be willing to pursue further training and professional development in their field of expertise and in higher education didactics.
• Cooperate with other educational institutions in the region.
• Show commitment and initiative as expected from a performance-related position.

This is a permanent position. The first appointment as a professor is as a public-service employee on probation or with an unlimited employment contract with a 3-year long probation period.

Further official duties and requirements are listed under §§ 67-69, 75 and 76 of the Hessian Higher Education Act, found in www.hmwk.hessen.de (only available in German).

The position is open to all persons, irrespective of gender. The Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences would like to increase the proportion of women in areas in which they are underrepresented and thus applications from women are particularly welcome and will be treated with priority of they have the same qualifications and as long as there are no clear reasons which make a fellow applicant more suitable. Preference will be given to severely disabled applicants if they can provide equal qualifications.

You can find further information on the general data protection regulations of the Frankfurt UAS at (only available in German): https://www.frankfurt-university.de/index.php?id=5184.

Applications comprising all usual documents (including a list of publications, projects and a description of previous teaching and research activities) must be sent with reference to the job advertisement number by June 24, 2022 via email to personal-prof-beamt@hr.fra-uas.de.

The President of the
Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences,
Human Resources,
Nibelungenplatz 1
60318 Frankfurt

www.frankfurt-university.de