Professorship in Food Safety, Helsinki (FI)

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The University of Helsinki is among the leading research universities in the world and the most
versatile institution of scholarship, education and intellectual stimulation in Finland. In addition to
its 11 faculties, the University has independent institutes.

The Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry promotes the sustainable use of natural resources and
human wellbeing through scientific research and researchbased
teaching. The Faculty’s key areas of education and research include food science, consumer science, agriculture, forestry,
environmental sciences and biotechnology. The Faculty has 3,200 degree students and
employs 500 experts in the field. At the beginning of 2010 the Faculty will be reorganised such
that the present nine departments will merge to form four new departments, namely the
Department of Food and Environmental Sciences, the Department of Agricultural Sciences, the
Department of Forest Sciences and the Department of Economics and Management. The
Department of Food and Environmental Sciences will include the present Department of Food
Technology and the Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology.

The Department of Applied Chemistry and Microbiology at the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry of the University of Helsinki invites applications for a Professorship in Food Safety.

The appointment will be for a fixed term of five years. The field of the post has been defined as the chemical safety of foods.
The duties of a professor include conducting and supervising scientific research, following developments in the field, examining theses and attending to duties specified in Section 19, Subsection
1 of the Decree on the Qualification Requirements and
Duties of Staff in Institutions of Higher Education (Decree No 309/1993).
The above Decree provides for the qualification requirements and the Finnish and
Swedish language requirement for professorships.
Detailed information on the professorship and the application and appointment
processes can be found in the document entitled Instructions for Appointments, which
can be obtained free of charge from the Faculty’s website at
http://www.mm.helsinki.fi/english/admin ... cants.html, from the
Faculty Office or from the University Registry.
The salary for the present post will be based on levels 810
of the demands level chart
for teaching and research personnel in the salary system of Finnish universities. In
addition, the appointee will be paid a salary component based on personal
performance.
The new Universities Act will enter into force on 1 January 2010. Consequently,
permanent and fixedterm
public service employment relationships at universities will
INVITATION FOR
APPLICATIONS
2(2)
be abolished on 31 December 2009 and all personnel will be employed on a
contractual basis as of 1 January 2010.
The Instructions for Appointments contain a list of the required enclosures to
accompany the application as well as instructions for submitting the application itself.
Applications addressed to the Faculty of Agriculture and Forestry must be delivered to
the following address: Registry of the University of Helsinki, P.O. Box 33
(Yliopistonkatu 4), 00014 University of Helsinki, Finland. The closing date for
applications is Wednesday, 14 October 2009 at 15.45 local Helsinki time.
Further information can be obtained from the Head of the Department of Applied
Chemistry and Microbiology, Professor Vieno Piironen, tel. +358 9 191 58222, email:
vieno.piironen@helsinki.fi, and from the Deputy Head of the Department, Professor
Markku YliHalla,
tel. +358 9 191 58322, email: markku.ylihalla@
helsinki.fi.
Helsinki, 14 September 2009
University of Helsinki Administration Office