University Professorship for Voice

Job offer

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – Institute of Voice – is offering a position for a

University Professorship for Voice

with likely commencement in the winter semester 2025/26 and based on § 98 of the Universities Act.

The University of Music and Performing Arts Graz – the KUG – with around 2,300 students at its campuses in Graz and Oberschützen, is an international university offering a wide range of courses in music and the performing arts. Located in the heart of Europe, we build on the cultural heritage of our region and at the same time explore and contribute to current trends in the contemporary arts. We engage with international developments in the arts, pedagogy and research, and explore the significance of art and culture in society. Teachers and students work cooperatively in this process. We are committed to fostering gender mainstreaming, diversity, and sustainability in order to transform the artistic and cultural sector, as well as to further develop our institution.

The position is associated with the vision of integrating the dynamism of a profoundly changing cultural and working world into university teaching and supporting students on their way to becoming independent and reflective personalities through artistic, pedagogical and human impulses. The jobholder will be actively involved in shaping the future-oriented development of the Institute of Voice, Lied and Oratorio.

The Institute is therefore looking for a personality in the vocal field of soprano / mezzo-soprano / alto who is prepared to take on (potentially management-related) duties within a highly motivated team.

For active participation in the Institute's tasks, the University expects a high level of teacher presence. Residence in Graz or in the neighbourhood of Graz is therefore expressly desired.

Your duties

• teaching particularly in the main artistic subject of Voice in the field of study Voice as well as in the field of study Instrumental and Vocal Pedagogy

• responsible representation and promotion of the subject in its entirety, in particular in the development and practice of its arts-based activity and research

• active participation in the further development of the university’s teaching environment and its artistic and scholarly life, as well as helping to shape the academic autonomy of the University of Music and Performing Arts Graz

• participation in organisational, administrative and evaluation duties

Your profile

• relevant tertiary qualification from an Austrian or international institution, or equivalent artistic aptitude

• outstanding personality with the highest artistic qualification for the position

• outstanding international artistic career as a soprano / mezzo-soprano / alto

• outstanding pedagogical and didactic competence

• Teaching experience in the subject of Voice at tertiary level

• Ability to work in a team and high willingness to integrate and cooperate

• Willingness to actively and committedly participate in committees and in the further development of the field of study Voice

• Good language skills in English, French and Italian

• competence and/or experience in the areas of gender and diversity

• If German is not the applicant’s native language, a willingness to learn German with the aim of reaching at least level B2 within a fixed period of time is assumed.

Preference will be given to applicants with a broad range of pedagogical and didactic experience.

Contract: Indefinite employment contract according to § 25 of the collective agreement for university employees

Level of employment: Full-time

Salary: The collective agreement specifies a minimum monthly gross salary, currently € 6,362.50, (14x annually); a higher salary may be negotiated.

Persons with disabilities or chronic illnesses who meet the required qualification criteria are expressly invited to apply.

We look forward to receiving your written application together with documents proving the above-mentioned employment requirements.

Application deadline: 16th October 2024
Applications should be sent by e-mail with the reference number 91/24 to:

bewerbung-UProf@kug.ac.at

Applicants are not entitled to compensation for the travel and lodging expenses that arise during the application procedure.

On behalf of the Rectorate
Georg Schulz