Project coordinator, 50% - Hiring in process/Finished, not possible to apply

Information about the Department of Material Science and Engineering is available at https://www.materialvetenskap.uu.se/

Information about the Division of Biomedical Engineering is available at https://www.materialvetenskap.uu.se/biomedical-engineering

The position is located at the Division of Biomedical Engineering in the interdisciplinary research group EMBLA, which is led by Professor Maria Tenje. The group conducts successful and internationally-recognized research in organs-on-chip and droplet-based microfluidics in collaboration with research teams at several different Swedish and overseas universities. Research funding has been obtained through several prestigious grants, including from the Knut och Alice Wallenberg Foundation, and European Research Council (ERC). The research group is also part of Uppsala Medtech Science and Innovation centre (MTSI) where prof. Tenje is the director. Today we are approx. 15 people in the group and as we are looking to recruit a service oriented and results-driven project coordinator for administrative support to the research group.

Further information about the research group is available on the website: http://www.materialvetenskap.uu.se/embla

Further information about MTSI is available on the website http://www.medtech.uu.se

Duties
This position is primarily an administrative support function. Your duties will be to organise, structure and develop work routines in the EMBLA research group and at MTSI. Typical tasks will be: responsibility for maintaining web pages and social media up-to-date with our research results and scientific events, coordinating meetings (both for smaller groups and scientific symposium) and take meeting notes, making travel arrangements, preparing and reporting on project and group budgets with support from the department financial officers and helping with both scientific and financial reporting to the university as well as national and international research funders.

Qualification requirements
University degree in engineering sciences, natural sciences or medicine or corresponding competence that the employer deems equivalent.

Documented experience from working within and coordinating larger projects in the public sector or industry is required for this position.

Since the number of assignments will vary over time, it is necessary that you are flexible in nature and manage to be responsible for several different projects of varying size in parallel and distribute your work time to meet the needs of the role.

We require excellent oral and written knowledge of English.

Other meriting skills

• Interest in research and science
• Interest in financial administration
• Excellent oral and written knowledge of Swedish
• Excellent skills in graphic design and illustrations
• Documented experience of scientific and financial reporting
• Documented experience of commercialisation and IP
• Documented experience of outreach, external communication and visibility
• Education in project coordination and leadership

We attach great importance to your personal qualities and you must be independent and not afraid of taking own initiatives, have the ability to lead and run projects and communicate and cooperate with researchers at different levels. We think you like helping your colleagues and take pride in providing service of the highest standards. It is important that you are pedagogical, structured, have good attention to detail and can work effectively both individually and in groups. To enjoy this position, you must be willing to make an effort whenever needed, whether it involves simple everyday chores or more advanced tasks.

Instructions for application
Your application must include:
1) A short letter describing yourself and why you are interested in this position
2) CV (max. 2 pages)
3) Names and contact details (address, e-mail address and telephone number) of at least two reference persons
You have the opportunity to attach three additional documents to your application, for example reports you have written or communication material that you have prepared.
The application is preferably written in English. During the application period, we will continuously read application documents and call for interviews.

About the employment
The employment is a permanent position (probationary period 6 months may be applied). Scope of employment 50 %. Starting date as agreed. Placement: Uppsala

For further information about the position, please contact: Professor Maria Tenje, (maria.tenje@angstrom.uu.se) or Dr. Susan Peacock (susan.peacock@angstrom.uu.se).

Please submit your application by 8 March 2024, UFV-PA 2024/441.

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