Research Specialist in Medical Leadership and Management

Do you want to contribute to better health for all?

The Department of Learning, Informatics, Management and Ethics (LIME) works in several key areas important to fulfilling Karolinska Institutet’s mission “to improve human health.” We focus on research, development, and education in the following areas: medical education, informatics, management, ethics, and suicide prevention. LIME has about 100 employees and is located in new facilities on the Solna Campus.

At the Management Center (MMC) at LIME, we are now seeking a Research Specialist in the field of Medical Leadership and Management. This is a research and educational field that has been established at MMC for 20 years. The role includes both research and teaching.

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Your mission

MMC conducts research and education in healthcare management, leadership, implementation, organizational learning, innovation, and entrepreneurship within LIME. We offer a two-year global master’s program in Health Economics, Policy and Management (HEPM), a master’s in medical management, and several standalone courses.

As a research specialist, you will develop, lead, and conduct research projects in areas such as healthcare staff well-being, resilience, innovation, and leadership. This includes working in an internationally EU-funded project. You will be responsible for supporting international research collaboration within these themes as part of the EU project and with other international partners.

In addition to research, you will participate in teaching medical leadership and management at undergraduate, advanced, and executive levels offered by MMC. You will also lead the development of new elective courses in medical leadership. The position is within the Procome research group.

The current service also requires: 

• Participate in research activities and develop new independent research projects
• Lead and conduct qualitative data collection, primarily through interviews and focus group discussions
• Conduct quantitative data collection and analysis
• Scientific communication of research results
• Communicate research findings to participating organizations and healthcare staff
• Project administration
• Plan and conduct courses, including learning activities and organizing guest lecturers
• Supervise and coach students working on individual projects
• Assess and grade assignments
• Evaluate, report, and archive courses
• Evaluate educational programs and contribute to strategic development
• Develop new elective courses at the executive level

Eligibility requirements

To be eligible for employment as a Research Specialist, in addition to holding a Degree of Doctor, PhD, or having a foreign degree deemed equivalent to a Swedish doctoral degree, the applicant must have demonstrated research expertise as well as have documented research experience after defending their doctoral dissertation.

Assessment criteria

Required Qualifications (must be documented):

• PhD in medical management with a focus on leadership
• Excellent skills in qualitative data collection and analysis methods
• Experience in planning and teaching medical leadership and management at undergraduate, advanced, and executive levels (in both English and Swedish)
• Experience in supervising and coaching students
• Experience in developing courses for healthcare executives
• Interest in the research field of medical management and leadership
• Experience in research-based evaluation of leadership programs for healthcare executives
• Experience conducting research projects related to leadership and/or medical management
• Leadership experience
• Excellent proficiency in Swedish and English (spoken and written)
• Experience with quantitative data collection and analysis

It is meritorious that the applicant has shown

• A strong network within the healthcare sector
• Excellent ability to communicate and collaborate with international partners
• Experience using validated instruments in the relevant fields
• Karolinska Institutet will assess which applicant has the best potential to contribute to the positive development of the organization based on an overall assessment of merits and skills.

When assessing applicants, we place particular emphasis on personal qualities.

After an overall assessment of the expertise and merits of the applicants in relation to the subject area, Karolinska Institutet will determine which of them has the best potential to contribute to a positive development of the activities at KI.

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. Here, 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

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Application

We prefer that Your application is written in English, but You can also apply in Swedish. An application must contain the following documents:  PhD certificate, resumé, qualifications and description of planned research, presented in accordance with Karolinska Institutet's qualifications portfolio.

Welcome to apply at the latest 2025-05-18

The application must be submitted through the Varbi recruitment system.

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