The successful candidate for the tenure-track position in Musculoskeletal Tissue Engineering and Regenerative Medicine is expected to demonstrate a high degree of willingness to engage in interdisciplinary and interprofessional collaboration between different disciplines.

Following the successful completion of a doctorate/Ph.D., the prospective applicant will be expected to demonstrate a record of academic activity, outstanding publications, teaching experience, and having successfully acquired external funding. The candidate’s doctorate/PhD degree should be no older than ten years, whereby career breaks on account of parenting leave, military service, etc. may be deducted.

The detailed job description is available at www.jku.at/tenuretrack, opens an external URL in a new window and contains information regarding the position's strategic standing within the field of research, priority areas, the expected type of research, the expected extent of contributions in teaching/education, the required professional experience, attaining the expected core qualification objectives as part of the position, key information about the present research infrastructure, and other positionspecific requirements.

The annual minimum salary under the collective agreement is EUR 66,532.20 gross. The annual minimum salary under the collective agreement will be raised to EUR 78,338.40. As part of the appointment negotiations, the definitive salary will be discussed with the Rector.

When assessing the candidates’ accomplishments, performance, and future potential, the JKU will take the candidates’ individual background and personal history into account by acknowledging that academic and professional success and accomplishments can happen at different stages in life (and can include periods of reduced employment, or career interruption on account of having to provide care, childcare, etc.). In this regard, qualifications are assessed and evaluated in terms of equal opportunity, taking life-course factors, such as academic age, into account.

Prospective applicants interested in the position are requested to electronically send a complete application to the Rector of the Johannes Kepler University by no later than May 15, 2024, observing the 3-week application deadline. Please submit the application electronically, in German/English, under https://forms.jku.at/pm/tenuretrack?lang=en, opens an external URL in a new window.

Please enclose the following documents with your application: A letter of application (which includes a letter of intent and addresses suitability for the position, in particular), a current curriculum vitae, a list of publications (including a ranking of the three publications you consider to be the most important), a description of prior activities in education and lecturing, including student any student evaluations, a description research projects, studies, and collaboration efforts, a description of prior real-world practices and activities related in content to the activities in research and teaching, a description of prior activities in the healthcare field, an
exposé about prospective projects, studies, and objectives in the field of research and teaching.

If you have any questions, please contact the Department of Orthopaedics and Traumatology, Univ. Prof. Dr. Tobias Gotterbarm (tobias.gotterbarm(at)kepleruniklinikum.at), or Vice-Rector Dr. Elgin Drda (elgin.drda(at)jku.at) Please contact Mag. Karin Kaufmann. LLM (Professiorial Appointment Management at the Faculty of Medicine, (karin.kaufmann(at)jku.at) if you have any questions regarding the selection and appointment procedure or deadlines.