Postdoctoral position in occupational health Full-time

Postdoctoral Position in Occupational Health

The Institute of Environmental Medicine (IMM) is a department at Karolinska Institutet and an interdisciplinary research institution within the broad field of environmental medicine. IMM conducts cutting-edge research within the areas of environmental and occupational medicine, toxicology, physiology, epidemiology, and biostatistics with the aim to clarify how environmental and lifestyle factors affect our health. IMM also serves as a scientific advisor to public authorities within the area of environmental medicine and IMM scientists participate in national and international expert groups.

The Unit for Intervention and Implementation Research for Worker Health is a dynamic, interdisciplinary team committed to creating healthier and more sustainable working lives. We develop and evaluate methods to prevent work-related ill-health and promote employee wellbeing, drawing on expertise from occupational health science, organizational psychology, health promotion, and implementation research. We know that investing in workplace health generates substantial benefits for individuals, employers, and society. That is why we place a strong emphasis on applied and practice-oriented research. Through our implementation research, we support organizations in translating evidence into real-world practice. A significant part of our research focuses on schools as a workplace and on improving the work environment for school personnel. We lead several research projects that identify health-promoting factors in the work environment and provide implementation support to strengthen the systematic management of organizational and social work environment risks in schools.

Your Role

We are now looking for a Postdoctoral Researcher to join our school based research projects. As a postdoc, you will work across several studies centered on teachers' work environment and health. The role includes data processing, data management, and data analysis. You will also be expected to author multiple scientific articles and contribute new ideas for research grant applications. Documented experience of publishing high quality scientific articles is therefore essential. This is a two years fixed term position.

Your Profile

We are looking for a highly motivated candidate with documented experience in either occupational health research, public health, political science, or educational science, with a strong interest in health and working conditions. Experience in psychosocial work environment research, occupational health, and/or mental health is desirable. Experience with quantitative data analysis is required, and experience with qualitative data analysis is desirable. Knowledge of advanced statistical methods and statistical software such as R, STATA, or SPSS is essential. You should have strong communication skills and the ability to collaborate effectively both socially and scientifically with other researchers in the unit. The working languages are both English and Swedish. Because our projects involve close collaboration with practice-based partners, good Swedish skills (spoken and written) are preferred but not mandatory.

The candidate is expected to be independent, meticulous, presentation-oriented, and responsible. Personal suitability is important.

To be eligible for employment as a postdoctor a doctoral degree or a foreign degree deemed to be equivalent to a doctoral degree is required. This eligibility requirement must be fulfilled at the latest at the time of the employment decision. It is considered as an advantage if you have completed your doctoral degree within the last three years, if there are special reasons, your degree may have been completed earlier.

What Do We Offer?

A creative and inspiring environment with wide-ranging expertise and interests. Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct successful medical research and hold the largest range of medical education in Sweden. At KI, you get to meet researchers working with a wide range of specialisms and methods, giving you ample opportunity to exchange knowledge and experience with the various scientific fields within medicine and health. It is the crossover collaborations, which have pushed KI to where it is today, at the forefront of global research. Several of the people you meet in healthcare are educated at KI. A close relationship with the health care providers is important for creating groundbreaking top quality education and research. Karolinska Institutet is also a state university, which entitles you to several benefits through our collective agreement.

Location: Solna

Application

An employment application must contain the following documents in English or Swedish:

• PhD certificate
• A complete resumé, including date of the thesis defence, title of the thesis, previous academic positions, academic title, current position, academic distinctions, and committee work
• A complete list of publications
• A summary of current work (no more than one page)

The application is to be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.