Job description

Open to unconventional approaches in research and teaching, the University of Bremen has retained its character as a place of short distances for people and ideas since its founding in 1971. With a broad spectrum of subjects, we combine exceptional performance and innovative potential. As an ambitious research university, we stand for research-based learning approaches and a pronounced interdisciplinary orientation. We actively pursue scientific cooperation in a spirit of global partnership.
Today, around 23,000 people learn, teach, research, and work on our campus. In research and teaching, administration and operations, we are strongly committed to the goals of sustainability, climate justice, and climate neutrality. Our Bremen spirit is expressed in the courage to try new things, in supportive cooperation, in respect and appreciation for each other. With our study and research profile and as part of the European YUFE network, we assume social responsibility in the region, in Europe, and in the world.

Your responsibilities:

• Teaching courses in the practical language studies section (18 hrs.) in the degree programmes (BA and MA “English-Speaking Cultures” and Master of Education “English”)
• Collaboration in course planning, conducting language proficiency exams including exam organization and coordination in the field
• Creating and developing teaching and exam materials etc. as well as their continuous evaluation
• Accompanying the students' learning progress, advising students, including for studying abroad
• Recruiting teaching assistants if necessary
• Tasks in academic self-administration.

The tasks are carried out within the framework of §24a of the Bremen Higher Education Act.

Requirements

• completed academic university degree (e.g. Master's, Magister or Diplom), preferably in the subject English/English or in the fields of TEFL, TESOL or Applied Linguistics or in a comparable subject;
• English at the C2 proficiency level as defined by the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages and a command of German appropriate to the work environment (A2 proficiency level);
• relevant teaching experience in the teaching of English as a foreign language in tertiary education at the C1 or C2 proficiency levels, including the preparation and administration of corresponding examinations;
• command of contemporary forms of teaching, media, examination formats and presentation skills, or willingness to (further) develop your own teaching skills accordingly;
• high level of communication and social skills as well as the ability to work in a team.

General Information

We offer:

• Annual special payment ("Christmas bonus"), regular collectively agreed salary increases and additional public service pension scheme (VBL)
• A crisis-proof, interesting and varied job in a cosmopolitan university
• 30 days holiday per calendar year
• A diverse, future-orientated and open corporate culture
• Support from a collegial, motivated team with a positive working atmosphere
• Personalised induction training
• The opportunity for further education and training
• Compatibility of family and career through flexible working hours (flexitime) and the option of mobile working (subject to the general conditions)
• Free social and family counselling services
• Active company health management, including the option of discounts at local sports clubs, gyms and swimming pools (EGYM WELLPASS)
• The option of using a job ticket for local public transport
• Numerous sports and cultural programmes
• Varied catering options in the student union canteens

The university is family-friendly, diverse and sees itself as an international university. We therefore welcome all applicants regardless of gender, nationality, ethnic and social origin, religion/belief, disability, age, sexual orientation and identity.

As the University of Bremen intends to increase the proportion of female employees in science, women are particularly encouraged to apply. In the case of equal qualifications, women are given priority, unless reasons relating to the person of a competitor prevail

Disabled persons with essentially equal professional and personal qualifications will be given priority when applying.

For content-related questions pertaining to the advertised position, please contact Dean of Faculty 10, Prof. Dr. Marcus Callies (dekan10protect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de) or Tel.: 0421/21868150).
For general questions about the selection and hiring procedure, please contact Herr Christian Stratmann, fb10x1protect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de Tel.: 0421/218-68001.

Please send your application with your complete and meaningful documents (cover letter, CV, proof of qualifications, certificates) by 10.06.2025 as a PDF file by unencrypted electronic mail, quoting the reference number LfbA167-25, to fb10bewerbungprotect me ?!uni-bremenprotect me ?!.de

or by post to:

Universit?t Bremen
Fachbereich 10
- Verwaltung -
Herrn Christian Stratmann
Postfach 330 440
28334 Bremen

Please note that no photos are to be attached to the application documents.

We kindly ask you to send us only copies (no portfolios) of your application documents, as we cannot return them. Once the selection process has been completed, your application documents will be stored in accordance with legal requirements and then destroyed.

Any costs for the application process cannot be reimbursed.