WE REQUEST

Professional education, qualifications and experience

• The candidate must have a Ph.D. in linguistics or a related field. In the ideal case, the candidate will have a PhD in hand by the start date (July 1st) or shortly thereafter.
• It is necessary that within the last 5 years, the candidate held at least a 0.5 academic position outside Czechia for at least 2 years, or was a PhD student outside Czechia for the same period. Czech citizens are not excluded.
• The ideal candidate will have at least 3 publications (article, book, bookchapter, letter or review) in WoS/Scopus within the last 3 years. The postdoc is the main (first/corresponding) author of at least one of these publications. Alternative publication records will be considered.
• Prior work on the research topic and/or experience with research projects is an advantage

Other knowledge and skills

• Knowledge of English at the C1 level.
• Knowledge of Czech is not required.

Employee benefits
6 weeks of paid vacation per year, flexible working hours with the possibility to work partly from home for better work life balance, meal allowance in the salary or for meals in canteens, pension insurance contribution or nursery school/playgroup allowance, selected vaccinations free of charge, favourable mobile tariffs Vodafone, Multisport card, sports lessons organized by the Faculty of Sports Studies, the possibility to place your child in the nursery school Elánek near the faculty.

Training and Development

Opportunities for training and personal development, e.g., language and other courses provided by MU, use of MU libraries, use of placements and mobilities abroad, participation in conferences, etc.

The following documents are required as a part of your application:

• cover letter
• CV with an overview of scientific and publishing activities
• copies of proof of education
• the names and e-mail addresses of 2 references (may be included in the CV or the cover letter)

Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation of acceptance to your e-mail address. After the e-application deadline, you will receive information about the next steps.

If you are unsure, please contact the FF MU Personnel Office: Mgr. Lída Oplatková, e-mail: oplatkova@phil.muni.cz

Selection process:

Please send your application via the electronic application link by 11. 05. 2025 (please use the link https://www.muni.cz/en/about-us/careers/vacancies/..........) and please attach all required documents. 

and please attach all required documents. Once your application has been successfully submitted, you will receive an automatic confirmation of acceptance to your e-mail address. After the e-application deadline, you will receive information about the next steps. 

If you are unsure, please contact the FF MU Personnel Office:

Mgr. Lída Oplatková, e-mail: oplatkova@phil.muni.cz, +420 549 49 7195

Selection criteria: 

• submitting of all required documents in the e-application,
• compliance of the candidate's profile with the requirements for the job as stated above.

Suitable candidates will be invited to a personal interview, which may also take the form of a videoconference.

Selection procedures rules at the Faculty of Arts of MU can be found on our careers page. 

Thank you for your interest and we look forward to hearing from you! 

MORE INFORMATION ABOUT THE UNIVERSITY, THE FACULTY AND THE DEPARTMENT

Masaryk University is the second largest university in the Czech Republic, with 10 faculties and a number of other specialized units, more than 6,000 employees and 32,000 students. We are a university with a wide range of research areas in the humanities and natural sciences and a strong international position. Our mission is to provide education and research of the highest quality.

The Faculty of Arts of Masaryk University is one of the four founding faculties of Masaryk University and since its foundation in 1919 it has been not only an important centre of humanities and social science education, science, research, and development, but also an institution that actively participates in shaping the cultural life of the city and the region. 

Traditionally, it has been profiled as a research-oriented faculty generating approximately one fifth of MU's research volume. The faculty has more than 600 employees and by the student population of over 6,000 is the largest faculty at the university.

Since 2021, the faculty has been the proud holder of the HR Excellence in Research Award from the European Commission. You can find out more information about the faculty on the website https://www.phil.muni.cz/en/ or on Facebook  https://www.facebook.com/FacultyofArtsMasarykUniversity.

For information on HR work set according to European standards, visit the HR Award faculty website: https://www.phil.muni.cz/en/about-us/hrs4r-hr-award/.

Department

Information about the Department of Czech Language at the Faculty of Arts of MU can be found at: https://cestina.phil.muni.cz/en

Contact person at the department for questions about the position: 

First name and surname: Marcin Wągiel

E-mail: marcin.wagiel@phil.muni.cz

Telephone: +420 549 49 8884