Research Manager 100401-111231

To begin: 1 April 2010 Appointment 1st of April 2010 until 31st of December 2011.This position is part of a new initiative to increase the external grant funding to the Umeå Centre for Global Health Research.The Centre is supported by FAS as a "centre of excellence", with co-funding from Umeå University, but still needs to raise additional external funding for particular research agendas.Research in the Centre is carried out within five themes (epidemiological transition, life-course epidemiology, strengthening primary health care, gender and health, climate change and health).The research manager will be responsible to the Director of Umeå Centre for Global Health Research (UCGHR).The post holder will fulfill the following functions: * Identify strategic external funding opportunities for UCGHR, both within Sweden and internationally * Work with UCGHR theme leaders and other researchers in the research environment in preparing and submitting research funding applications * Track UCGHR s current external grants, coordinating reports and other feedback to donors as required * Monitor research grant deliverables and progress in relation to budgets and spending * Report regularly to the Director and UCGHR Steering Group on external grants at all stages, from making applications to concluding reports.This post is not an opportunity to advance a personal research agenda, but to work with an exciting group of researchers to facilitate a high-profile international and Scandinavian research program.The post holder must have a PhD in the natural, human or social sciences and should have experience of working with external research funding issues.The post holder will need very good skills in written and spoken English.The university set salaries on an individual basis.Please state your salary claims in your application.The application should contain a Curriculum Vitae, a personal letter, copies of degree certificates, names and contact details of at least two references.The original plus one copy of all application documents must be submitted.NB!Submitted but incomplete applications will not be processed.Place of work: Umeå, with the possibility of some travel.Applications will be discarded or, if the applicant so wishes, returned two years after the position has been filled.Documents sent electronically should be in MS Word or PDF format.If you are applying to several positions with diferent reference numbers, you must submit a separate application for each position.