Work assignments

Research, development and creative activities, at least 80% of working time

• Participation in RDC activities under the supervision of a professor or associate professor.
• International-level research in the volume equivalent to at least 1.5 doctoral theses in five years.
• Development of skills necessary for RDC activities, and professional development.

Teaching and activities related to the administration and development of teaching, up to 15% of working time

• Teaching, using modern teaching methods and educational technology, primarily supervising students of the first and second level of higher education.
• Professional development to enhance teaching and supervising skills.

Participation in the governance and institutional development of the university and social and public activities, up to 5% of working time

• Participation in the work of the university’s decision-making bodies is recommended.
• Popularisation of the specialisation.

Education

PhD or an equivalent qualification.

Work experience

• Ability to participate in RDC activities in the specialisation.
• International-level research in the specialisation, the volume of which so far is equivalent to at least one doctoral thesis.
• Excellent knowledge in human microbiome research.
• Previous experience with establishing microbiome cohorts, conducting experiments and analysing large-scale 16S rRNA gene and metagenome data and performing statistical analysis on health data (e.g. electronic health records).
• Previous experience in scientific collaboration with clinicians.
• Expert of using various statistical methods and command of R programming language.
• Previous experience with writing research articles and grants.
• Prior experience in popularizing science in the field of microbiome, both orally and in writing.
• Prior experience in mentoring bachelor’s and master's students.

Language skills

Very good command of English. According to the Language Act, academic staff with foreign citizenship working in Estonia must have acquired at least B1-level Estonian language skills after five years of work. This requirement will be added to the contract. The Centre for Professional Development offers foreigners and their family members the opportunity to participate in Estonian language courses.

The documents required for applying

1. A letter of application to the Rector.
2. A curriculum vitae.
3. A list of research publications (if necessary, enclosing copies or offprints of more important publications).
4. A copy of a document (including its annexes) which shows the candidate to hold the required qualification (with authorized translation into Estonian, English or Russian if the credential is not in Estonian, English, Russian, Finnish, Swedish, French, Italian, Ukrainian and Belarussian languages). A candidate can be required to submit the original or a certified copy of the document (including its annexes) showing the candidate to hold the required qualification. If the candidate has acquired the higher education in question abroad, he or she may be required to submit an assessment issued by the Academic Recognition Information Centre (the Estonian ENIC/NARIC) of his or her qualification in respect of the qualification requirements for the position.
5. Other materials considered relevant by the candidate (a list of such materials must be included in the application or annexed to it).

Additional information

Job description, incl. requirements for academic staff.

Salary Rules.

More information about application documents.

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Benefits/salary details: Remuneration based on UT salary rules.

Contract start date: 01.07.2025

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