Professor of Educational Sciences - Focus on Higher Vocational Education and Continuing Education 100%

The Zurich University of Teacher Education actively shapes education, school and teaching of today and tomorrow in teaching and research. The Department of Higher Education Didactics and Adult Education offers regional continuing education and services for universities, higher vocational education, adult education and upper secondary level II. It also supports leaders, academic staff and students with internal offerings.

The professorship for educational sciences with a focus on higher vocational education and continuing education profiles the Zurich University of Teacher Education in the field of vocational and adult education research in Switzerland. It is assigned to the Centre for Vocational and Adult Education (ZBE) in the Department of Higher Education Didactics and Adult Education and is associated with the Department of Educational Research. The ZBE develops continuing education and service offerings in vocational and adult education and disseminates them target-group specifically. The professorship takes responsibility in research and teaching as well as in accompanying and advisory services. Furthermore, it contributes to the positioning of PH Zurich by building and maintaining networks in the research community and with stakeholders from practice.

The position is permanent. Depending on the qualifications and performance record of the applicant, it is also possible to fill the position as a fixed-term assistant professorship with tenure track, which can be converted into a full professorship upon fulfilment of the qualification criteria.

• You shape research and development on current issues of higher vocational education, adult education and/or continuing education. Possible focuses include, for example, transitions, permeability, equal opportunities, digitalisation, societal transformation processes.
• You initiate and lead research and development projects and successfully acquire third-party funding for them.  
• You publish nationally and internationally in scientific journals and/or publishers.
• You ensure the transfer between research, educational practice and education policy.
• You develop and are responsible for innovative teaching/learning offerings for higher vocational education and continuing education and thus contribute to the professionalisation of specialists and managers as well as educational actors.
• You advise and support educational institutions of higher vocational education and continuing education on questions of offering, curriculum and organisational development and further develop the PHZH portfolio in this field.
• You teach modules in continuing education.
• You expand national and international networks and connect PHZH with relevant actors from education policy, educational institutions, the world of work and research.

• Relevant doctorate
• Habilitation or equivalent achievements after the doctorate advantageous
• Higher education didactic qualification (e.g. CAS Higher Education Didactics or comparable qualification)
• 5 years of experience in teaching and research in higher vocational education and continuing education
• Relevant knowledge and experience of the Swiss education and vocational education system
• Proven research competence including successful acquisition, implementation and management of third-party funded projects
• International scientific publication activity
• Broad networking in the national and international research community in the field of vocational education, continuing education and/or adult education
• High communication skills (science and practice)
• Willingness to cooperate closely within the university