Project coordinator for NDPIA

Umeå University, Faculty of Medicine

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The Faculty of Medicine, which consists of 13 departments, is responsible for biomedical research and courses in the field of nursing and health care and has an extensive research and graduate education in more than 80 subjects.

The National Doctoral Programme in Infection and Antibiotics (NDPIA) is a research school funded by The Swedish Research Council (VR) and is affiliated with the Laboratory for Molecular Infection Medicine Sweden (MIMS), Umeå University, the Swedish node for the Nordic EMBL Partnership for Molecular Medicine. NDPIA has the goal to connect research environments studying infection biology and antibiotics throughout Sweden by offering courses/workshops, conferences, research stays in Sweden and abroad, and network meetings that promote scientific research and recruitment of young scientists. Membership is open to PhD students and postdoctoral fellows enrolled at a Swedish university/institute or with one of our international partners and studying infection biology and antibiotics.

We are looking for a temporary project coordinator for employment up to 12 months with 100% employment that focuses on the development, organization, and promotion of PhD level courses and national meetings, on NDPIA membership promotion and updates, on preparing information, such as activity reports for board meetings, and on processing co-funding applications. The position starts as soon as possible or by agreement and is located at the Department of Molecular Biology, Umeå University.

Description of work tasks

As project coordinator you will work closely with NDPIA management (the national coordinator and project administrator) to organize courses, workshops, conferences, and meetings. Other duties include maintaining records of the student membership and activities offered by NDPIA.

The work as the NDPIA coordinator requires that you work independently as well as in a group. The NDPIA coordinator should be flexible, initiative-taking and well-organized. The coordinator should be a service-oriented person with very good communication and organizational skills. Importantly, the NDPIA coordinator should create positive, service-oriented relationships with NDPIA’s national and international target groups.

Qualifications

A good understanding of the work processes within research environment and related administration is required to communicate with teachers, students and researchers.
A PhD education in molecular biology, biomedicine or the equivalent is required.
Teaching experience is required to develop courses.
Experience with planning and organizing events within the university setting is required.
Excellent knowledge of spoken and written English, and at least basic understanding of Swedish is needed.

Other desirable qualifications

Good knowledge and documented experience of the day-to-day running of a research centre at a university
Postdoctoral experience
Education in infection biology
Experience in coordinating a scientific project
Experience in organizing activities that engage the public
Knowledge of computer software such as Adobe InDesign, Photoshop and Illustrator as well as the Microsoft 365 applications
Knowledge of managing a WordPress website

We look forward to receiving your application!

Application

You apply through our recruitment program at the latest 12 May 2023. The application must be written in English (preferably) or Swedish and must contain:

A personal cover letter explaining why you are interested in the position and how you meet the essential and desirable qualifications (maximum two A4 pages).
A CV documenting education and current and previous employment.
Names and email addresses for two to three references.
Other relevant documentation that you wish to include in support of your application.

More about us

More information about NDPIA can be found on our website: https://ndpia.se/. You can read more about the Department of Molecular Biology at https://www.umu.se/en/department-of-molecular-biology/

Contact person: Debra Milton, debra.l.milton@umu.se