Research Coordinator

Umeå University is one of Sweden's largest institutions of higher education with over 37,000 students and 4,800 faculty and staff. We are characterised by world-leading research in several scientific fields and a multitude of educations ranked highly in international comparison. Umeå University is also the site of the pioneering discovery of the CRISPR-Cas9 genetic scissors - a revolution in genetic engineering that has been awarded the Nobel Prize in Chemistry.

At Umeå University, everything is nearby. Our cohesive campus environment makes it easy to meet, collaborate and exchange knowledge, which promotes a dynamic and open culture where we rejoice in each other's successes.

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The Research Support and Collaboration Office has two areas of focus: research support and collaboration. The positions which are now advertised are intended to operate within research support. The office is an important part of the university-wide research support at Umeå University and supports the university's goal of increasing the share of national and international external research funds.

We offer a meaningful and varied position where you will have the opportunity to work on developing and strengthening research support at Umeå University.

With us, you take part in and contribute to the latest developments in research funding. At the same time, you broaden your network in Sweden and Europe. The work is characterized by exciting meetings with researchers from different disciplines.

You will be part of a work group of about ten employees consisting of operations managers, EU experts, research coordinators, economists and lawyers. We work to strengthen our researchers' opportunities to compete for external research funds by informing about research funding and the financiers' requirements, providing support in the application process and during the course of the project, and providing feedback to strengthen applications. This takes place via seminars for both researchers and administrators, information through websites and newsletters, and active work with researchers' applications.

We are looking for you who is self-motivated and can also plan, lead and implement projects together with various actors, something that requires your ability to create good relationships in both internal and external contexts. You are stimulated by creating results in knowledge-intensive environments and have a proactive way of working that has positive effects on the development our office. As a person, you are flexible, solution-focused and committed.

We are looking for you who have:

It is advantageous if you have:

We will place great emphasis on personal qualities.

This position is for full-time until further notice with start as soon as possible. Probationary employment may be applied. For further information, please contact Head of Office, Hans-Olov Byqvist , tel. 090-786 53 55, e-mail: [email protected] , or Head of Operations, Agneta Plamboeck, tel. 073- 211 10 00, e-mail: [email protected]

Union information is provided by SACO-S 090-786 53 65, Seko 090-786 52 96 and ST 090-786 54 31.

Welcome with your application no later than 2023-02-06!

Umeå University strives to offer an equal environment where open dialogue between people with different backgrounds and perspectives lay the foundation for learning, creativity and development. We welcome people with different backgrounds and experiences to apply for the current employment.

We kindly decline offers of recruitment and advertising help.

Contract type Full time First day of employment Snarast efter överenskommelse Salary Månadslön Number of positions 1 Full-time equivalent 100% City Umeå County Västerbottens län Country Sweden Reference number AN 2.2.1-80-23 Contact

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Published 17.Jan.2023 Last application date 06.Feb.2023 11:59 PM CET

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