Lecturer in Criminal Law 60 %

About the job

Lecturer in Criminal Law 60 %

Department:

School of Management and Law

Start of employment:

1 February 2027

Responsibilities

• Support in establishing the Competence Centre for Economic Criminal Law in the areas of teaching, research & development, continuing education and services
• Development of modules in the Bachelor programme Applied Law
• Teaching activities in the field of criminal and criminal procedure law in Bachelor, Master and continuing education courses
• Research and publication activities in the field of criminal and criminal procedure law, including acquisition and implementation of relevant research projects
• Collaboration in the development and launch of new education and continuing education products

Profile

For this demanding and versatile role, you have a law degree with a doctorate and preferably a practising certificate. You have a convincing academic record and several years of practical experience in criminal and criminal procedure law. You already have teaching experience as well as didactic qualifications and are motivated to share your expertise. You think entrepreneurially, are proactive and resourceful, and enjoy taking responsibility and developing and building new things together with a team. We offer you the freedom and collegial environment to realise your ambitions. Your strong communication skills in German and English complete your profile.

What we stand for

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and more than 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

The ZHAW School of Management and Law (SML), with around 9,500 students, is one of the largest business schools in Switzerland. It is the only university of applied sciences in the country represented in renowned rankings of the business newspaper "Financial Times" and is accredited by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA – labels for high quality standards in teaching, research and continuing education. The internationally recognised Bachelor and Master programmes, cooperative PhD programmes and numerous continuing education offerings are scientifically based, interdisciplinary and practice-oriented. The SML maintains numerous cooperations with over 190 selected partner universities worldwide.

The Department of Business Law concentrates the legal expertise of the School of Management and Law. In addition to the diverse existing activities of the department in teaching, research and development as well as continuing education, the Bachelor programme Applied Law was added in the autumn semester 2022, in which criminal law is an important component. The Competence Centre for Economic Criminal Law is part of the Department of Business Law. We deal with criminal and criminal procedure law issues in a national and international context.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity and innovation.

What we offer

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the page Working at ZHAW . Here are the key points:

Contact

Prof. Dr iur Sonja Pflaum
Head of the Competence Centre for Economic Criminal Law

Dagmar Debrunner-Stachl
Recruiting Manager