University of Tartu

1. Position title: Full Professor of International Marketing

2. Structural unit: Institute of Business Administration, Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, University of Tartu.

3. Duties and responsibilities: The successful candidate will be expected to conduct research and to teach in the field of Marketing with the emphasis on International Marketing. Primary responsibilities include teaching students in Marketing, Marketing Management and International Marketing in the Master and Doctoral programs. The professor is expected to conduct research in co-operation with the staff of the Chair of Marketing and the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration, but also with other universities; initiate, participate in and/or lead international research projects.

4. Work load. 40 hours per week. Class work: up to 128 academic hours for a calendar year (on the average, approximately 4 hours per week, but the schedule will be flexible).

5. Term of contract: 09/01/2010 – 08/31/2013

6. Information about the creation of the position. This is a new position created with the co-funding of The European Social Fund for hiring professors from abroad.

7. Salary. Annual gross salary will be 72 000 EUR (information about taxation). The professor will get some additional research funding from the university (for attending conferences etc.), but is also expected to apply for such funding from other sources.

8. Required qualifications. The candidate must hold a Ph.D. or other equivalent academic degree. Detailed requirements for professors. (Guidelines for evaluating candidates to positions of University of Tartu teaching and research staff, see p. 6).

9. Required experience. The candidates must have conducted inter¬nationally recognized research in this or close specialty (e.g. international marketing, marketing, marketing management, international business, international entrepreneurship) and provide proof of teaching experience. Preference is given to the candidates with better research records and experience in managing scientific and applied research projects.

10. Required language skills. The professor is expected to teach and do research in English. The candidate is not required to speak or learn Estonian or any other languages.

11. Application procedure. Applicants should submit the following documents (in English, 1 copy) by October 20th, 2009 at the latest to the Personnel Office of the University of Tartu (personal@ut.ee or Jakobi St 4, 51004 Tartu, ESTONIA):

a) a letter of application to the Rector,
b) a curriculum vitae in the required format,
c) a list of research publications (if necessary, enclosing files, copies or off-prints of more important publications, Appendix 2),
d) a copy of the document certifying the candidate’s educational qualifications and academic degree,
e) other materials considered relevant by the candidate (a list of such materials must be included in the application or annexed to it).

12. Further information about the position. For further information about this position, contact the Dean of the Faculty of Economics and Business Administration Professor Toomas Haldma Toomas.Haldma@ut.ee and Andres Kuusik from the Chair of Marketing AKuusik@mtk.ut.ee



ADDITIONAL INFORMATION

The University of Tartu was founded in 1632. It has about 17,000 students (including about 1,200 doctoral students) and 1,700 academic staff (see encouraging facts and personnel regulations and documents of the University of Tartu). It is a member of the Coimbra Group. The Faculty of Economics and Business Administration has about 1,400 students (including about 70 doctoral students) and 60 academic staff (some part-time).

Tartu is the second largest city of Estonia. This university town has a population is about 100 000. It has a good bus connection with Estonia’s capital city and main airport Tallinn (about 185 km from Tartu) and a plane connection with Riga and Stockholm.

Estonia is located in the Baltic region of Northern Europe. It is a member state of the European Union and has a population of 1.3 million.