The Anton Bruckner Private University, which is supported by the state of Upper Austria, offers around 850 students artistic, artistic-educational and artistic-scientific degree programs in the fields of music, drama and dance. The strong mix of internationality, anchoring in the regional cultural and educational landscape, diversity and compatibility of career and family form the basis for an attractive and diverse working environment for employees.

The following position is available at the Institute of Music Education (IMP) from 01.10.2026:

The combination of music, movement and voice forms the focus of the artistic-pedagogical Bachelor's and Master's degree program in Elementary Music Pedagogy offered (EMP) at the Anton Bruckner Private University. The artistic area of this degree program consists of a bundle of subjects around the central artistic main subject "Music-Movement-Voice", in which performative and participative art formats are developed and presented. The artistic-pedagogical and academic area is dedicated to researching artistic forms of expression, especially in the context of new target groups and teaching-related topics within the framework of elementary music pedagogy (EMP).

The artistic, pedagogical and scientific areas of EMP are constantly being further developed by the team of EMP teachers in close cooperation. They also incorporate EMP content into other degree programs at the university with a view to innovative career prospects and cooperate with partners within and outside the university.

Requirements

Conditions of employment

• Outstanding academic and scientific-pedagogical qualifications
• Completed music education degree from a college or university
• A doctorate appropriate to the intended use
• Professional experience in a practical field of music education

Desired qualifications

• Pedagogical and didactic aptitude for excellent university teaching and university teaching experience
• Diversity and inclusion competence
• Relevant publications
• High degree of self-reflection and ability to work in a team
• German language skills (at least C1)

Please enclose the following with your documents

• Letter of motivationLebenslauf (tabellarisch)
• Certificates, diplomas and documents of previous teaching activities
• Proof of dissertation or supervisor's report for dissertation before completion
• Publication list / links
• Pedagogical concept and/or research concept

Note: for applicants who do not already hold a relevant professorship at a recognized domestic or foreign university, additional special artistic achievements, special achievements in the application/development of scientific knowledge and methods in at least five years of professional practice or the presentation of a habilitation must be proven. Further details are regulated by the PrivH-AkkVO as amended.

Role & Responsibilities

• You will develop and represent the subject "EMP" in research and teaching
• You will be responsible for carrying out academic research projects as well as networking the department in a national and international context
• You will continuously develop the profile of elementary music education (e.g. through cooperation projects)
• You will supervise Bachelor's and Master's theses as well as dissertations
• You are required to participate in academic self-administration

Contact & general information

Your opportunities and prospects

• Scope of employment: 20 hours per week, including 6 SWS teaching (50% of full-time employment)
• The salary on the basis of 50% full-time employment per week is at least € 2731.00 gross per month (depending on previous service). The classification is in salary group B (this corresponds to the LD 8 functional career path of the Upper Austrian Salary Act 2001.
• Procedure according to our appointment regulations
  • Pre-selection by an appointment committee
  • Application deadline: 14.02.2026 exclusively by electronic means via our job portal
    https://jobs.bruckneruni.at
  • Hearing: expected on 08.04.2026
• Appreciative environment with plenty of scope to contribute artistically, academically and administratively to the further development of ABU
• Opportunities for personal and professional development
• Company health promotion and other benefits
• Limited to 3 years, permanent position if evaluation is positive

If you have any questions, please contact the Human Resources and Legal Department (personal@bruckneruni.at)

In accordance with its mission statement, the Anton Bruckner University strives for a diverse, socially representative staff structure. Our job advertisements therefore address all people in all their diversity. It is not important to us what gender identity you have, whether you have a disability, whether you have a history of migration or whether you belong to another underrepresented group. Only your personal and professional suitability for the advertised position is decisive for a successful application. Information about your rights as a data subject in accordance with Art. 13 GDPR and the Bruckner University's privacy policy can be found at https://www.bruckneruni.ac.at/datenschutz/

Unfortunately, costs incurred in connection with an application to the Anton Bruckner University cannot be reimbursed.