Teaching Assistant Professor of Companion Animal Clinical Nutrition

The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, invites applications for a full time 4-year position as teaching assistant professor from 1 May, 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter.

You will be part of the Clinical nutrition, Oncology and Dentistry group of the Section for Companion Animal Diagnostic Imaging, Surgery and Clinical Specialties.

The position is focused on planning and executing lectures and clinical teaching within companion animal clinical and comparative nutrition. The teaching assistant professor is not expected to drive own original research, but to support and assist in ongoing research at the department.

Information on the Department can be found at: www.sund.ku.dk and www.ikv.ku.dk/english.

About us
The Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences covers strong and internationally recognized research areas in clinical veterinary sciences. Based on these, we want to set a new standard for cross-disciplinary research, education and innovation within animal health and disease and be among the best public workplaces in Denmark. Our research supports teaching in a manner and quality securing continued national and international bench marking. The culture of the department is typical Scandinavian: a flat structure with a tradition for close collaboration where all employees are expecting openness, mutual respect, and sharing of ideas, resources and competences.

The Section for Companion Animal Diagnostic Imaging, Surgery and Clinical Specialties holds research, clinical teaching and service obligations within companion animal diagnostic imaging, soft tissue and orthopedic surgery, cardiology, neurology, dentistry, clinical nutrition and exotic pets and collaborates across fields nationally and internationally.

Clinical nutrition is responsible for the clinical nutrition specialty service at the University Hospital for Companion Animals receiving and managing both first opinion and referral cases. Furthermore, the group teaches veterinary, animal science and post-graduate master students (www.cacs.ku.dk ) in general, comparative and clinical nutrition in dogs, cats and exotic pets. Teaching includes clinical teaching in the specialty service, as well as lectures and seminars. In addition, the group is responsible for a one-year post-graduate program for Veterinary technicians (FagVSP) in companion animal clinical nutrition. Finally, the group offers European College of Veterinary and Comparative Nutrition (ECVCN) approved residency training.
 

Job description
The teaching assistant professor will be responsible for teaching of veterinary and animal science students in comparative and companion animal clinical nutrition. Teaching will include clinical teaching and primary responsibility in the clinical nutrition specialty service as well as giving lectures or seminars for larger groups. Clinical teaching includes primary patient responsibility within specialised clinical nutrition. Furthermore, the applicant is expected to take primary course responsibility for the post-graduate veterinary technician education, as well as interact with and assist faculty in the continuous development of teaching material and strategies.

In considering applications for the teaching assistant professorship, the main emphasis will be on the applicant´s ability to document a high level of clinical teaching experience in the field of comparative and clinical nutrition at a specialized companion animal practice level. The teaching assistant professor is required to complete the Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen assistant professor pedagogical degree (“Adjunktpædagogikum”).

Responsibilities of the teaching assistant professor

• Lectures and clinical teaching in combination with management of the clinical nutrition specialty service and its patients
• Course administration and development of teaching material
• Course responsibility and teaching on the postgraduate education in clinical nutrition for veterinary technicians

Required qualifications

• The applicant must hold a DVM with license to practice in Denmark
• Documented undergraduate and post-graduate clinical teaching experience within companion animal clinical nutrition
• Formal training in comparative and clinical nutrition, including strong skills in provision of individualized dietary plans and composition of recipes for balanced homemade diets
• Applicants having obtained PhD or formal ECVCN Residency training or board eligibility/boarded will be preferred.

The teaching assistant professor is also required to be enterprising and to possess good interpersonal skills.

Place of employment
The place of employment is at Department of Veterinary Clinical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in dynamic and international research environment.

Terms of employment
Salary and other terms and conditions of appointment are set in accordance with the Agreement between the Ministry of Finance and AC (Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) or other relevant professional organisations.

The position is covered by the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020.

Read more about the qualifications for teaching assistant professors in the Job Structure for Academic Staff at Universities 2020 (www.retsinformation.dk/eli/lta/2019/1443)

Questions
For further information about the post, please contact Professor Charlotte Bjørnvad  on TEL: +4540224682 or e-mail [email protected].

Foreign applicants may find the following link useful: www.ism.ku.dk (International Staff Mobility).

Application
The application must be submitted in English and must include the following:

• Letter of application (1 page)
• Curriculum vitae and if available publication list
• Diplomas - all relevant certificates
• Teaching portfolio (www.employment.ku.dk/faculty/recruitment-process/job-application-portfolio)

Only material in Danish, Norwegian, Swedish or English will be assessed.

Please note that the applicant will be contacted if the assessment committee requires further documentation.

The applicant will be assessed according to the Ministerial Order no. 242 of 13 March 2012 on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.

Please submit your application no later than 2 March 2025, 23:59 (CET).

The further process
After the expiry of the deadline for applications, the authorized recruitment manager selects applicants for assessment on the advice of the hiring committee. All applicants are then immediately notified whether their application has been passed for assessment by an unbiased assessor. Once the assessment work has been completed each applicant has the opportunity to comment on the part of the assessment that relates to the applicant him/herself. You can read about the recruitment process at https://jobportal.ku.dk/.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcomes applications from all qualified candidates regardless of their personal background.