Senior lecturer in dairy cow management

Faculty of Veterinary Medicine and Animal Science

The Department of Applied Animal Science and Welfare

Our aim is to advance responsible animal management, welfare, and sustainable food production while ensuring high product quality. Through research and education, we focus on feed and nutrition, management and environment, ethology and animal ethics, as well as animal welfare and protection.

Subject description

The subject focuses on how the housing and management of dairy cows affect their health, welfare and productivity, as well as the sustainability of dairy production. It also covers the interactions between animals, their environment, technology and people at both farm and system levels.

Duties

The applicant will be responsible for developing research and teaching within the subject area, in collaboration with other researchers at the faculty and across the university. The successful candidate will also contribute to the development of teaching and learning within the subject area.

The research can be based on controlled experiments as well as production data from commercial farms, questionnaire-based studies and modelling.

The applicant will be expected to:

• develop and lead internationally successful research;
• develop, lead and participate in teaching at first, second and third cycle level;
• primarily teach within animal sciences, in addition to other components at first, second and third cycle level covering the subject;
• develop and maintain national and international networks with academia, the relevant public authorities, industry, organisations and society at large;
• collaborate with other SLU research teams to strengthen interdisciplinary activities at the university;
• apply for external research funding from both national and international sources;
• supervise doctoral students;
• contribute to the strategic development of the department, faculty and SLU;
• communicate research findings and other relevant information to society at large;
• be able to teach in Swedish within four years;
• be able to participate in discussions with colleagues and stakeholders in the sector, as well as carry out administrative duties in Swedish, within four years.

The department uses Swedish and English in parallel. The senior lecturer should be able to perform the majority of their tasks in English. However, as a public authority, the university has Swedish as its main language according to the requirements of the Language Act and the senior lecturer must be able to use Swedish as their working language within four years of beginning the position. The department will provide support with language learning.

Eligibility

The applicant must:

• have successfully completed a doctoral degree or have the equivalent academic qualifications within a subject relevant to the position;
• demonstrate research expertise in the subject for the appointment;
• demonstrate teaching expertise and have the ability to integrate research and a scientific approach into their teaching;
• have experience of teaching at first, second and third cycle level;
• have good knowledge of English;
• have a valid driving licence for passenger car.

Assessment criteria

The assessment criteria for appointment must be the degree of expertise required as qualification for employment.

The assessment of research expertise will be based on:

• completed and ongoing research and its relevance and development potential for the faculty and department;
• the ability to independently initiate and run successful and internationally-recognised research;
• the ability to compete for external research funding;
• experience as a supervisor in doctoral education.

The following will be taken into consideration when assessing teaching expertise:

• planning, implementation, examination and assessment of own teaching;
• supervision and examination at first and second cycle level;
• ability to integrate research and scientific approaches into teaching work;
• training in teaching and learning in higher education, or equivalent knowledge acquired in other ways;
• pedagogic vision and reflection;
• documented pedagogical ability.

The following abilities will also be assessed:

• developing and leading activities and staff within academia;
• communicating and collaborating internally;
• collaborating with external stakeholders and society;
• communicating research and development work.

It is an advantage if the applicant has an established network within the sector in Sweden or internationally.

The appointment will be offered to the applicant who, following a qualitative comprehensive assessment is in the best position to conduct and develop the duties in question, and contribute to the positive development of the organisation.

Additional information

* Swedish “universitetslektor”, a tenured position approximately equivalent to Senior lecturer (UK) or Associate professor (US). The applicant who is offered this employment at SLU will be employed as Senior lecturer.

Application deadline: 2026-11-23

Place of work: Uppsala

Scope: 100 %

Form of Employment: Permanent employment.

Starting date: By agreement.

Application:

For the guidance of your application, there is SLU's appointment procedure for teachers at SLU and General assessment criteria for the appointment of teachers.

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