Research Coordinator

Do you want to contribute to top quality medical research?

The Strategic Research Programme in Cancer at KI, Cancer Research KI, active at the Department of Oncology and Pathology, constitutes an overall umbrella organization with the task of representing cancer research at KI, which is a broad and geographically dispersed research area with research groups at most KI departments.

Cancer Research KI is an initiative funded by the Swedish Research Council to further strengthen and expand the already strong cancer research at Karolinska Institutet. Cancer Research KI works to increase contacts between cancer researchers from different disciplines, from basic tumor biology to clinical oncology as well as to increase cooperation with external actors, for example in industry.

Your mission

The research coordinator shall work to promote and facilitate the cooperation between the included research groups. In addition, he/she shall coordinate and be responsible for information activities. Promotion and coordination of external contacts with, for example, hospitals, industry and international research centers, are also included. Budget - and coordination of scientific arrangements (conferences, summer schools, theme days, etc.) - form part of the tasks. The work also includes writing meeting minutes at various board meetings and being responsible for the call process for research grants (call for proposals, advertising and compilation of applications received).

Your profile

The research coordinator must have a PhD in the biomedical field and good knowledge of the cancer research area. The research coordinator must have work experience from academia and/or industry with project coordination and budget responsibility and preferably also communication and network building. The research coordinator should have good language skills in English and Swedish, both in speech and writing as well as experience of giving oral presentations.

The research coordinator should be service-oriented, structured, independent, flexible and stress-resistant and have the ability to work with several different tasks simultaneously. In addition, collaboration and prioritization skills are required. The research coordinator should also be a good communicator.

What do we offer?

Karolinska Institutet is one of the world's leading medical universities. Our vision is to pursue the development of knowledge about life and to promote better health for all. At Karolinska Institutet, we conduct innovative medical research and provide the largest range of biomedical education in Sweden. Karolinska Institutet is a state university, which entitles employees to several benefits such as extended holiday and a generous occupational pension. Employees also have free access to our modern gym and receive reimbursements for medical care.

Location: Solna

Cancer Research KI

Application

Welcome to apply at the latest 2020-11-19.

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

Permanent position is initiated by a six months trial period.

Want to make a difference? Join us and contribute to better health for all