Senior Teaching Assistant in Social Sciences, Pedagogy

Researcher (R2) Positions: PhD Positions Application Deadline: 30 Nov 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Zagreb) Country: Croatia Type of Contract: Temporary Job Status: Full-time Hours Per Week: 40 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure? No Offer Description Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek invites applications for a Senior Teaching Assistant in Social Sciences, Pedagogy on a temporary, full-time basis. Where to apply E-mail: pisarnica@ffos.hr Requirements Research Field: Educational sciences » Other Education Level: PhD or equivalent Specific Requirements All applicants must meet the general requirements prescribed by the Labour Act (Official Gazette No 93/14, 127/17, 98/19, 151/22, 46/23, and 64/23). Applicants are required to meet the general conditions set in Article 39, Section 7 of the Act on Higher Education and Scientific Activity (Official Gazette 119/2022 and 110/26), as well as Article 123, Section 5 of the Statute of Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Article 47, Section 4 of the Statute of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences and the conditions prescribed by Article 29 of the Ordinance on the Implementation of the Election/Re-election Procedure for Scientific-Teaching, Artistic-Teaching, Teaching, Associate, and Professional Positions at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. In addition to holding an academic degree of Doctor of Science (PhD), applicants must, pursuant to Article 29, Section 4 of the Ordinance on the Implementation of the Election/Re-election Procedure for Scientific-Teaching, Artistic-Teaching, Teaching, Associate, and Professional Positions at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, meet the following criteria: have participated, as teaching assistants or adjunct teaching assistants, in teaching at a higher education institution for a minimum of 150 contact hours during the six-year period preceding the date of publication of the vacancy announcement; have published at least one scientific paper in the field of research related to their doctoral dissertation in an international or national scientific journal; have participated in at least one scientific conference. Together with their application, applicants are required to submit evidence demonstrating compliance with the above-mentioned criteria. Applicants must submit their application along with the required documentation using the dedicated Form number 5 for application for the position of Senior Teaching Assistant, available on the Faculty's website (link https://www.ffos.unios.hr/dokumenti/ ) All applicants are required to submit their application to the Call as well as proof of meeting the criteria in electronic form in PDF format. For applicants who are foreign nationals, proof of proficiency in the Croatian language (including the Latin script) must be submitted in accordance with the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (advanced level, C2). Applicants holding a foreign higher education qualification are required to submit proof that the evaluation procedure of the foreign higher education qualification has been completed for the purpose of access to the labour market. All applicants are required to submit their application to the Call as well as proof of meeting the criteria in electronic form within the specified deadlines to pisarnica@ffos.hr , with the subject reading: “za Natječaj - suradničko radno mjesto višeg asistenta iz znanstvenog područja društvenih znanosti, znanstvenog polja pedagogije” (Note: The Faculty’s official email server can receive attachments with a total size of up to 15 MB. If the total documentation exceeds this capacity, the candidate may submit it in several consecutive emails or via a file transfer and sharing service (e.g., cloud storage services), with the mandatory inclusion of a download link in the email.) Applicants who pursue their right of advantage pursuant to the Article 102 of the Act on Croatian Homeland War Veterans and their Family Members (Offical Gazette No 121/17, 98/19, 84/21) Article 48 of the Law on the civilian Homeland War victims (Offical Gazette No 84/21 and 13/26), Article 48. f. of the Act on the Protection of Civilian War Invalids (Offical Gazette No 33/92, 57/92, 77/92, 27/93, 58/93, 2/94, 76/94, 108/95, 108/96, 82/01, 103/03, 148/13 and 98/19), Article 9 of the Law of professional rehabilitation and employment of persons with disabilities (Offical Gazette No 157/13, 152/14, 39/18 and 32/20.) and Article 21.z. The Defence Act (Officale Gazette No 73/13, 75/15, 27/16, 110/17, 30/18, 70/19, 155/23. and 136/25) are required to call upon that right in the application and submit appropriate and applicable legal documents supporting their disability claim. Advantage in the application process is claimed only under equal terms. The list of pieces of evidence required to call upon the right of advantage in employment under the Act on Croatian Homeland War Veterans and their Family Members (Offical Gazette No 121/17, 98/19, 84/21 and 156/23) and the Law on the civilian Homeland War victims (Offical Gazette No 84/21 and 13/26) is available at the following page of the Ministry of Veterans Affairs: https://branitelji.gov.hr/zaposljavanje-843/843 . Applicants invoking the right of preference in employment pursuant to Article 9 of the Act on Professional Rehabilitation and Employment of Persons with Disabilities ( Official Gazette , No 157/13, 152/14, 39/18 and 32/20) are required to indicate this right in their application and to submit all evidence demonstrating that they meet the required conditions, as well as proof of disability. Research Field: Educational sciences » Other Additional Information Eligibility criteria The Call is open under equal terms to person of all genders. Late or incomplete applications shall not be considered. Only candidates who submit a timely and complete application and who meet the formal requirements of the Call shall be considered as having applied to the Call. The application is considered complete if it contains all the required data and appendixes as outlined in the Call, and is personally signed by the applicant. Selection process Applicants meeting the general requirements, who have submitted an application to the Call and proof of meeting the criteria in electronic form, are required to attend an interview before a Committee, for the purpose of assessing the applicants’ motivation and aptitude for scientific research in the relevant scientific area and field, in accordance with Article 30 of the Ordinance on the Implementation of the Election/Re-election Procedure for Scientific-Teaching, Artistic-Teaching, Teaching, Associate, and Professional Positions at the Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek. Applicants will be informed of the date, time and venue of the interview by e-mail and via the website of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek, www.ffos.unios.hr . Applicants who fail to attend the interview before Committee shall be deemed to have withdrawn their application and will no longer be considered candidates in the selection procedure. Additional comments By submitting an application to the Call for Applications, the candidate granting permission to have all their personal data in the submitted documents collected and processes in accordance with the regulations governing personal data protection, in particular Regulation (EU) 2016/679 of the European Parliament and of the Council of 27 April 2016 on the protection of natural persons with regard to the processing of personal data and on the free movement of such data, and repealing Directive 95/46/EC (General Data Protection Regulation). The applicants are required to submit, together with their application, a completed and signed Consent Form for the collection and processing of personal data for the purpose of conducting the competition procedure. The Consent Form is available on the website of the Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences in Osijek (link: https://www.ffos.unios.hr/dokumenti/ ). Applications submitted without a duly completed and signed Consent Form shall be considered incomplete and will be rejected. The Call is open 30 days from the date of publication. Applicants will be notified of the results within fifteen (15) days following the termination date via the Faculty webpage www.ffos.unios.hr . Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek, Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences reserves the right to also notify the applicants via email. Work Location(s) Number of offers available: 1 Company/Institute: Faculty of Humanities and Social Sciences, Josip Juraj Strossmayer University of Osijek Country: Croatia Contact City: Osijek Website: https://www.ffos.hr Street: Lorenza Jagera 9 Postal Code: 31000 E-Mail: pisarnica@ffos.hr