Staff scientist

Humlab is a research unit and infrastructure with about twenty employees at the Faculty of Humanities. Humlab's mission is to initiate, inspire and develop the intersection between the humanities, culture and information technology. Humlab's premises are located in two buildings on campus, i.e. the Humanities Building and the Social Sciences Building, situated beneath the University Library, where Humlab's lab environment is located. In this environment, lectures, workshops and other events are offered for researchers, students and the public.

Duties and responsibilities
The main tasks involve working on the visualization infrastructure InfraVis, on other infrastructures at Humlab, as well as on other activities within Humlab.

This involves:

• Node coordinator (approximately 20%) within the national infrastructure InfraVis. This role involves managing the operations of the local node at Umeå University (Humlab) and coordinating the activities with other nodes at other universities.
• InfraVis Application Expert (IAE) (approximately 30%) with a focus on managing requests that require expertise in Geographic Information Systems (GIS) and/ or network analysis.
• Working with Humlab's regular program activities, which may include, for example, developing and giving short courses, participating in various types of events and arrangements, and providing support to the Faculty of Arts and Humanities staff (teachers and researchers) in inquiries related to GIS and/or network analysis.
• Working within Humlab's other infrastructures (e.g. Huminfra).
• The role may also include, to a lesser extent, teaching, planning and developing teaching assignments, as well as supervising students, and supporting project applications.

Tasks may change over time.

Qualifications required
To be eligible for appointment as a Staff Scientist, candidates must have:

• A PhD, which must be obtained no later than the application deadline, in a relevant field of data visualization, GIS and network analysis, such as geographic information science, geography, geoinformatics, cartography or earth science.
• Theoretical and practical competence in GIS.
• Competence in network analysis and network analysis tools.
• Good teamwork and initiative skills.

Other desirable qualifications

• Experience of coordinating work in a team is considered an advantage. This experience is relevant to the role as node coordinator within the InfraVis infrastructure.
• Experience of working in the digital humanities.
• Proficiency in specific GIS tools such as ArchGIS or QGIS.
• Experience of working with GIS-related research data, including data collection and processing.
• Skills and experience in developing “off-the-shelf” solutions in GIS (e.g. with ArchGIS online) to visualize research data.

Application
The application shall include:

(1) A letter of motivation explaining your interest in the position, outlining your qualifications, and explaining how these are relevant to the tasks (1-2 pages)
(2) A curriculum vitae (CV)
(3) Relevant grades and certificates supporting the information in the CV

Applications must be submitted via Varbi e-recruitment system and be received no later than January 24, 2025.

Other information
The position is temporary until January 18, 2026, full-time, starting as soon as possible or upon agreement.
Further information about the employment is provided by:
Karin Danielsson, Director, Humlab, +46 (0)90-786 65 86

Welcome with your application!

For more information see:
Humlab: Humlab
InfraVis: https://www.umu.se/en/research/infrastructure/infravis/