Research Assistant position at the SDU Climate Cluster Elite Centre for Understanding Human Relationships with the Environment (CUHRE)

CUHRE and The Department of Business & Management (DBM) at the University of Southern Denmark (SDU) invites applications for a full-time Research Assistant position. The position is located at SDU’s Campus in Odense and is vacant from 1st January 2025 or soon thereafter and until 30th April 2026.

Job description
The research assistant will provide project support for the CUHRE project “Digging for the Climate”, as well as engage in broader centre coordination tasks. The tasks in this position involve but are not limited to support for project management, contact and meeting coordination with project stakeholders, coordination of the centre’s internal and external communication strategy, as well as a wide range of research-related tasks such as qualitative data collection and analysis, reviews of academic literature and collaborating in the writing of academic publications. 

For further information, please contact Associate Professor Julie Emontspool [email protected].

How to apply for this position
Appointment to the position requires a master’s degree and the employment takes place in accordance with a collective agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations for academics in the state with the associated circular on the protocol for the job structure for academic staff at universities and the provisions for the position of research assistant as described herein.

For more information on the department guidelines for qualification and recruitment please visit our website.

An application must include: 

•  Motivation letter
•  Detailed CV where education and work history must be month and year specific. 
• Academic certificates/Diplomas. As a master’s degree is a requirement for this position, please indicate if you haven’t finished this yet, with information on when you will be able to provide us with this diploma.
• Information on experience from former employments

All non-Danish documents must be translated into English, and documents should not contain a CPR number (civil registration number). If they do – the CPR number must be crossed out.

Applications will be assessed by an assessment committee. The committee may request additional information, and if so, it is the responsibility of the applicant to provide the necessary material.

Shortlisting may be used in the recruitment process.

When the assessment committee has submitted its report, the applicant will receive the part of the evaluation that concerns him/her. The assessment report will subsequently be forwarded to the Head of Department who will assemble an appointments committee. The appointments committee will manage and complete the job interviews, should such be conducted.

Applications that are incomplete with regard to the above requirements may be rejected without any substantive evaluation.

Applications must be submitted electronically using the link "Apply now" on our website.

Application deadline is September 30th, 2024, 23:59 CET.

All uploaded files mush be in Adobe PDF format.
 

Motivated Cover Letter and CV must max. take up 10 Mb.
 

The University of Southern Denmark wants to reflect the surrounding society and therefore encourage everyone regardless of personal background to apply for the position.