Chalmers Doctoral Student Guild seeks a new Doktorandsombudsman (DOMB)

Information about the Board
The Board of the Chalmers Doctoral Students Guild (DS) is the representative body of PhD students at all departments at Chalmers University of Technology. It represents the PhD students' interests in several key boards and committees at Chalmers. DS' goal is that PhD students at Chalmers University of Technology experience the best possible education and work environment.

Job description
The task of the Doktorandombudsman (DOMB) is to assist and help individual PhD students at Chalmers with problems that may arise concerning all aspects of doctoral research and employment. DOMB is hired directly as a contractor by the DS board and should not be bound to other duties which may affect the main responsibilities as DOMB. This means, for example, that DOMB should preferably not be affiliated to Chalmers other than through the DS. The workload typically is around 35% of a full-time employment but can vary depending on the demand for the DOMB's services. DS is looking for someone who has excellent social and communication skills and who is understanding and empathetic. The candidate should be unbiased and solely act to protect the interest of the PhD students. The candidate should also be able to support PhD students in potentially difficult conversations and thus be able to display authority . The candidate is furthermore trusted with keeping absolute confidentiality between the DOMB and their clients.

The main responsibilities of the DOMB are to:
- Offer regular consultation times at the DOMB office.
- Offer consultation by appointment.
- Be available to support the student in potentially difficult meetings.
- Be bound to absolute confidentiality and keep confidential case records.
- Write a yearly report on the DOMB's work.

Contract terms
The DOMB is hired as a contractor by DS. The first contract will be temporary (visstidsanställning) for up to 2 years.

The DOMB is provided with a mobile telephone and access to an office space for consultations at the Chalmers Student Union building.

Qualifications
- Excellent communication skills, both written and oral, in English and Swedish.
- Experience with working conditions at Swedish Universities.

Eligible merits:
- Experience in supervision, especially PhD student supervision.
- Teaching experience at university level.
- PhD or a similar experience in research
- Experience of working at Chalmers but no current affiliation with Chalmers.
- Experience with student representation or counselling.
- Familiar with rules and laws of the administration of Chalmers and the education sector of Sweden.

Application procedure
The application should be marked with Name, Ref 20210442 and sent to recruitment@dokt.chs.chalmers.se

CV

Personal letter

Other documents (optional):
• Copies of completed education, grades etc.

Application deadline: The position is open until filled. The review of applications is done continuously.

For questions, please contact:
recruitment@dokt.chs.chalmers.se
Christopher Sauer: sauerc@chalmers.se, +46 772 889 55 57
Anna af Hallström: anna.af.hallstrom@chalmers.se
Yin Zeng: yzeng@chalmers.se
Elin Malmgren: elin.malmgren@chalmers.se, +46 73-568 08 14

*** Chalmers declines to consider all offers of further announcement publishing or other types of support for the recruiting process in connection with this position. ***



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