SI Leader at Lund University

Lund University was founded in 1666 and is consistently ranked as one of the world's leading institutions. There are about 47,000 students and more than 8,800 employees in Lund, Helsingborg, and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain, and improve our world and the conditions of people.

Lund University welcomes applicants from diverse backgrounds and experiences. Equality, equal opportunities, and diversity are fundamental principles for all parts of our operations.

Workplace Description

As an SI leader, you will be employed as a teaching assistant at the Department of Service Management and receive your SI leader training from the European Centre for SI-PASS.

You will work closely with both teachers and those responsible for the SI program at the department, as well as with other SI leaders within the program.

SI-PASS (Supplemental Instruction/Peer Assisted Study Sessions) is a highly successful pedagogical model developed in the USA during the 1970s and has spread to many institutions worldwide, including most institutions in Sweden. The European Centre for SI-PASS at Lund University is one of five centers in the world responsible for informing about, training in, and evaluating SI-PASS, and has overall responsibility for SI-PASS in Europe.

We Offer

Lund University is a government agency that offers good employment conditions. With a position as a teaching assistant, you as a student have the opportunity to combine studies with work to complement your theoretical knowledge with practical work experience within academia. Read more on the university's website about working with us.

Being employed as an SI leader provides you with leadership experience and an attractive leadership training. Through SI leadership, you gain in-depth subject knowledge and pedagogical experience, as well as valuable professional contacts with both the department and other SI leaders and the student group. Experience shows that former SI leaders are sought after in the job market.

Job Responsibilities

As an SI leader, you will regularly organize meetings where you lead student groups in your subject according to standard SI methodology. The purpose of the SI sessions is for the student group to discuss the subject's concepts and questions and together come up with answers and solutions. Students learn to see each other as teaching resources and are trained in collaborative learning.

The SI leader's task is to guide the students and structure the SI sessions. The SI leader should not teach or present anything, but the group should collaboratively process the course content that has already been presented by the teachers. The SI leader acts as support and a sounding board in this process.

The specific job responsibilities for this position include:

• preparing and leading an SI session in the master's program in service management
• registering and reporting attendance after each SI session
• writing a brief summary after each SI session
• scheduling your own SI sessions and otherwise assisting with SI administration
• participating in SI guidance when offered

Other tasks may also occur.

Eligibility

To be employed as a teaching assistant, you must, according to Chapter 5, Section 10 of the Higher Education Ordinance, be admitted to education at the undergraduate or advanced level. A degree must not have been obtained.

Qualifications

Requirements for the position are:

• you must be admitted and starting your second year in the master's program in service management,
• you must have participated in SI sessions as a student,
• you must be on track with your studies,
• you must be responsible, flexible, and willing to adapt to the needs of the student group,
• you must be easy to collaborate with others,
• you must be self-driven,
• you must have good knowledge of English in both spoken and written form.

Additionally, to be an SI leader, you must have completed the SI leader training. This is offered to prospective SI leaders at the beginning of each term. You can therefore apply for the position without having completed the SI leader training.

If you have good academic results, we see this as an advantage. Furthermore, great emphasis is placed on personal suitability.

Other Information

The employment is temporary from August 31, 2026, to March 28, 2027, and is for 10% of full-time. The employment must not negatively affect the teaching assistant's studies and cannot be combined with other employment. Regulations regarding educational employment as a teaching assistant are found in the Higher Education Ordinance (SFS 2017:284), Chapter 5, Sections 8-12, not LAS-based. The employment includes vacation, which is planned in consultation within the employment.

How to Apply

The application should include a CV and a personal letter explaining why you are interested in being an SI leader and how you are suitable for this role. Attach an extract from LADOK showing that you are on track with your studies and have passed the course for which you wish to be an SI leader.

Welcome with your application!

The Faculty of Social Sciences at Lund University is one of the country's leading knowledge centers for research and education in social and behavioral sciences. With operations in both Lund and Helsingborg, over 700 employees, and approximately 5,700 full-year students, the faculty is one of Lund University's largest. We offer a creative academic environment with engaged students and staff. Our main task is to develop, convey, and manage knowledge about society, humans, and organizations in an environment characterized by openness, tolerance, and curiosity.

The Department of Service Management belongs to the Faculty of Social Sciences and is located at Campus Helsingborg. The department, which has existed since 2000, is a successful interdisciplinary research and educational environment.

The department runs two bachelor's programs in service management. Furthermore, there is a master's program in service management with five specializations: culture and creativity management, retailing and consumption, supply chain service management, sustainable service management, and tourism. The language of instruction at the bachelor's level is Swedish, and at the master's level, it is English.

The research at the department is based on current societal problems where the service sector is in focus. The research is organized into five interdisciplinary themes: Sustainability, resources and services; management, organization and work; tourism, place and mobility; consumption, marketing and retail; and cultural and creative industries.

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