Resarch assistant within the field of Environmental change

Skilled and committed employees are a crucial factor in the success of Linköping University. And we need more of them. Our core expertise comes from teachers and researchers, but a successful university requires experienced and motivated employees in many fields. Everyone is important. We need to recruit many new employees thanks to, among all, an expansion in our research activity. We need you here. We look forward to receiving your application!

The Department of Thematic Studies was the first in Sweden to offer an academic setting for thematically organised, interdisciplinary, socially relevant research. We combine strong research with undergraduate and postgraduate programmes and courses, often in collaboration with actors outside the university.
Read more at https://liu.se/en/organisation/liu/tema

We are looking for a research assistant to the department of Thematic Studies – Environmental Change, 100% one year.

Your future work assignments 
The work assignments include to provide qualified organizational and administrative support for major research programmes and activities. You will, among other things, work within the research programme Mistra Geopolitics (https://www.mistra-geopolitics.se/) and at the Center for Climate Policy Research (https://liu.se/en/research/cspr). Mistra Geopolitics brings together six Swedish research partners and 15 societal actors and the tasks will consist of independently planning, implementing and reporting activities within the research programme based on dialogue with the research leaders. The role you will have is often described as programme or project manager. In a similar role, you will assist the Center for Climate Science and Policy Research's management with qualified administrative support, for example with reporting and planning of events and activities. In addition to ongoing activities, you will also work with the research leaders to develop new proposals for research projects and programmes.

Your future workplace
You will work at the Division of Environmental Change. It conducts high-quality research and teaching on the interaction between environmental and social development in an analytically innovative way. The department conducts postgraduate education and basic education with an environmental science focus. It hosts an undergraduate and a master program, as well as offers individual and teacher training courses in environmental science, thematic science and geography. At Tema Environmental Change, the interdisciplinary Centre for Climate Science and Policy Research is studying transformation, climate vulnerability and adaptation, climate visualization and communication.

Your qualifications
We are looking for a person who is independent, responsible and used to working in teams and who holds a completed master's degree or has relevant work experience. Requirements for the employment are demonstrated skills in:

- independently administering, planning, reporting and coordinating research related activities or major projects,

- communicating freely in English, both in speech and writing.

In addition to the above, the following are meriting:

- previous work with project administration, project coordination or similar,

- participated in research projects or collaborated with researchers,

- good ability to use project / process management software,

- good ability regarding formatting and layout of documents and figures

Form of employment
Full-time 18 months

Starting date
As soon as possible

Salary and employment benefits
The university applies individual salaries. Please indicate salary demands in the application.

More information about employment benefits at Linköping University is available here.

Union representatives
Information about union representatives, see Help for applicants.

Application procedure
Apply for the position by clicking the “Apply” button below. Your application must reach Linköping University no later than 30 May 2022.

Applications and documents received after the date above will not be considered.


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We look forward to receiving your application!


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