Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management

University West is driven by a desire to make a difference. Through our education and research, we want to contribute to innovation, positive social development and a sustainable world. We are a modern university college undergoing strong development, and collaboration with the wider community is a priority for us.

University West has one of the highest application rates in the country, and a high proportion of our students establish themselves in the labour market. The university college has 13 000 students and over 700 employees. Our attractive campus is centrally located in Trollhättan and is a place where knowledge, ideas, cultures and people meet. We work actively to foster an inclusive working environment with equal conditions, and value the qualities that diversity brings to our operations.

Those of us who work at University West make a difference every day. Would you like to do the same?

University West is seeking a Senior Lecturer in Logistics and Operations Management

Would you like to help develop the research and education of the future in logistics and operations management, in close collaboration with industry?

Logistics and operations management is a strategic area in University West’s initiative to develop an internationally competitive research and education environment in industrial economics. The position offers great opportunities to develop research, education and collaboration together with colleagues and industry partners in an area of major relevance to society and business.

Duties
As a senior lecturer, you will contribute to the development of the Logistics and Operations Management research group and to undergraduate and postgraduate education, particularly in the Bachelor of Science in Engineering programme in Industrial Economics and the international Master’s programme in Logistics and Operations Management.

The position includes:
conducting research in close collaboration with industry,
initiating and leading research projects,
developing and teaching at undergraduate and postgraduate levels,
supervising degree projects and doctoral students,
contributing to commissioned training and professional development for working professionals,
contributing to the development of University West’s collaboration profile through work-integrated learning.

Eligibility requirements for appointment as a senior lecturer:
- Demonstrated teaching ability (Chapter 4, Section 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance). Applicants who lack teaching experience from an academic environment must have equivalent competence to meet the university college’s eligibility requirements, although this may have been acquired outside an academic environment.
- Completed higher education teaching training of at least ten weeks or equivalent competence. If higher education teaching training is lacking, an appointment may still be made on the condition that the employee completes the training during the first two years of employment.
- A doctoral degree or equivalent academic expertise, or other professional expertise of relevance to the subject content of the position and the duties included in it (Chapter 4, Section 4 of the Higher Education Ordinance).
For this position, the following are also required:
A doctoral degree in logistics or a related subject area,
Experience of research or advanced development work in the field of logistics,
A good ability to collaborate with the business sector and/or the public sector,
A good ability to express yourself clearly in spoken and written English.

The following are considered merits for the position:
A good ability to express yourself clearly in spoken and written Swedish,
Experience of project management and work with external research funding,
Experience of co-produced research with industry and/or the public sector.

Assessment criteria:
University West has the following general assessment criteria:
- Teaching ability
- Academic ability
- Ability to collaborate
- Administrative ability
- Management ability
- Other professional expertise
For this appointment, all assessment criteria will be applied without any order of priority.
When appointing a senior lecturer, teaching ability will be given equal consideration to the assessment of other eligibility requirements. The subject area, subject description and duties of the position will be taken into account when assessing ability.

Other information:
The position is permanent. A probationary period of six months may be applied.
The selection process may include trial lectures, work samples, interviews and reference checks.
Applications must be submitted digitally via our recruitment tool. Applicants are responsible for ensuring that their application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and reaches the university college by the application deadline. Documents that cannot be submitted digitally, such as books and publications, must be marked with reference number R 2026/157 and sent in one copy. For information about how to prepare your application, see Instructions for preparing an application, which you can find here: University West - Work with us (hv.se).

Applications should be sent to:
University West
HR
461 86 Trollhättan
The application deadline is 2026-11-15
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