At the University of Greifswald’s Department of British and North American Studies, Chair of Anglophone Literature and Culture in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, there is a job vacancy expected to be available from 1 April 2026, subject to budgetary regulations, for a part-time (50%)
Teaching Associate.
The position on offer is permanent. Payment will be made according to pay group 13 TV-L Wissenschaft.
The degree course “Primary Education” (Lehramt an Grundschulen) was introduced at the University of Greifswald in winter semester 2020/2021. English can be selected as a third subject for the degree course. Teaching follows the guiding principles of qualifying experts for children, working in a regional network (campus schools) and facing up to the transformation processes, especially with regard to digitalisation, heterogeneity and inclusion as central challenges of future-oriented primary school education. The position on offer is responsible for the training of future primary teachers in the elective subject English, in the field of anglophone literature and cultural studies. With a view to the global changes to society, this area of teacher training focuses on the development of practice-oriented academic skills with the goal of teaching and promoting the theoretical and linguistic aspects of diversity and inclusion with the help of the lingua franca English.
Job description:
- Predominantly providing academic services in teaching; the teaching load is determined by the LVVO M-V (currently planned: 7 LVS (à 45 min.) per week)
- Developing appropriate examination formats and conducting examinations as well as supervising dissertations
- Design, organising and teaching of interdisciplinary classes and periods of teaching practice in cooperation with the units specialising in the didactics of foreign languages
- Participating in academic self-governance committees
- Possibility of participating in the research activities of the chair or conducting individual research
Job requirements:
- At the time of employment, a university degree (e.g. 1. Staatsexamen (First State Examination), Master of Education, or equivalent qualification) preferably in a teaching degree course
- Excellent English language skills
- Teaching experience at university level in anglophone literature and culture
- Proven ability to perform scientific research
Desirable:
- Doctorate in British literary or cultural studies
- Ability to apply scientific and didactic methods to the education of English teachers for primary schools
- Willingness to work independently as well as collaboratively, to pursue training in higher education didactics, and to develop new class and examination formats
The position is open to all persons, irrespective of gender.
The University 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 if they have the same qualifications and as long as there are no clear reasons which make a fellow applicant more suitable.
Severely disabled applicants with the same qualifications will be considered with preference.
According to § 68(3) PersVG M-V, the Staff Council will only be involved in staff matters of the academic or artistic staff on request.
Please only submit copies of your application documents as they cannot be returned. Unfortunately, application costs (e.g. travel expenses for interviews) will not be reimbursed by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.
Applications comprising all usual documents should be sent with reference to the job advertisement number 25/E17 by 15 December 2025, via email (one PDF file), to:
Universität Greifswald
Institut für Anglistik und Amerikanistik
Prof. Dr. Sebastian Domsch
Ernst-Lohmeyer-Platz 3
17489 Greifswald
email: domschs@uni-greifswald.de
Please note that by submitting your application, you provide your consent pursuant to data protection law for our processing of your application data. Further information about the legal bases and the use of your data can be found here.