At the University of Greifswald’s Department of Finnish and Scandinavian Studies in the Faculty of Arts and Humanities, there is a job vacancy in the Finnish language teaching unit that is expected to be available from 1 January 2026 , subject to budgetary regulations, for a full-time

Teaching Associate .

The position on offer is permanent and suitable for part-time employment. Payment will be made in accordance with pay group 13 TV-L Wissenschaft .

Job description:

• Providing services primarily in teaching language classes at the Finnish language teaching unit in accordance with LVVO M-V (currently planned: 16 classes à 45 min. per week)
• Finnish language and culture classes at levels A1-C1 in both the B.A. degree course "Finnish Studies" and the Finnish modules belonging to the M.A. degree course "Language Diversity”, as well as the "Optional Studies” section of bachelor degree courses at the Faculty of Arts and Humanities
• Administrative and organisational tasks in the running of the Department
• Participation in the organisation of cultural and academic events, as well as maintaining corresponding professional relations with Finland and the Finnish Embassy

Job requirements:

• On commencement of employment, a completed university degree (master’s or equivalent degrees) with Finnish language as a major.
• On commencement of employment, completed teaching degree that entitles the holder to work as a teacher in the country in which the qualification was completed
• Native-speaker or native-speaker equivalent proficiency in Finnish
• German language skills at B1 level
• English language skills B1

Desirable:

• Experience and qualifications in the field of Finnish culture and cultural mediation

The position is open to all persons, irrespective of gender.

Due to the underrepresentation of women in equivalent positions at the university, 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.

Unfortunately, application costs (e.g. travel expenses for interviews) will not be reimbursed by the State of Mecklenburg-Vorpommern.

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 .

Applications comprising all usual documents should be sent with reference to the job advertisement number 25/E11 by 15 August 2025 , via email (one PDF file), to:

Universität Greifswald
Institut für Fennistik und Skandinavistik
Prof. Dr. Marko Pantermöller