Research Assistant position in Sports Science
Mittuniversitetet, Institutionen för hälsovetenskaper
The Department of Health Sciences is situated at Campus Sundsvall and Campus Östersund. The institution educates and conducts research in a number of subjects, with a focus on people, health and well-being.
Job description
We are recruiting a research assistant with a background in quantitative research methods to join our research team, where we are investigating individualised strategies that aim to improve female athletes’ training, health, well-being, and performance. Using biopsychosocial and cross-cultural approaches, the project focuses on sex-hormone-related challenges and opportunities associated with the menstrual cycle and contraceptive use. The Swedish Winter Sports Research Centre (SWSRC) focuses primarily on winter sports, but this international collaboration includes female athletes from a range of winter and summer sports and countries. The research assistant will work closely with the principle investigator and collaborators. Specific duties will involve day-to-day project management (e.g., coordinating international partnerships and project-related administration), data collection and analyses (e.g., recruiting participants, collecting lab-/field-based data and statistical analyses), research communication (e.g., writing manuscripts and conference presentations) and applied knowledge transfer.
Requirements
Essential requirements for this position include:
Assessment
Applicants will be assessed according to the essential requirements listed above. In addition, the following criteria will be evaluated:
While not essential for the role, desirable attributes include:
Personal qualities
The successful candidate will need to be highly motivated and organised to be able to independently co-ordinate this international research project under the supervision of the principle investigator. They will also need to be able to communicate effectively with a wide range of individuals (e.g., researchers, coaches, athletes, practitioners, administrators, etc.) and demonstrate an ability to think critically.
Other assessment criteria
The research assistant role will require the candidate to have a background in sports science, quantitative research and a particular interest in female athlete training, health, well-being, and performance. The applicant will have excellent IT skills (including Microsoft Office and software used for video conferencing, referencing, statistics and data visualisation, etc.). International connections (within sport and academia) will be viewed favourably.
Terms of employment
This employment is a special fixed-term employment consisting of 75% of full-time employment starting on 2024-03-01 until 2025-02-29 or as agreed.
Place of employment: Östersund, but with the possibility to work remotely.
Information
For more detailed information contact the Principal Investigator, Dr. Kerry McGawley, kerry.mcgawley@miun.se, or the Head of department, Prof. Marko Laaksonen, Marko.Laaksonen@miun.se, +46 (0)10-142 8384.
Application
Application documents must be submitted in English (preferable) or Swedish and should include a letter of interest (maximum one A4 page, Arial font size 11, single spaced), a curriculum vitae (maximum two pages), a description of your educational and scientific merits and a list of publications and conference proceedings (if relevant).
Please submit your application through the recruitment system by no later than 5th February 2024.
Mid Sweden University has two campuses; in Sundsvall and in Östersund, both located close to students, colleagues and the surrounding society. At the same time, it is located conveniently close to the sea, forests and mountains, which provides a great quality of life. Here, new knowledge is created by means of internationally successful research and education that contribute to the development of our society. This way, we actively contribute to a sustainable future and a better world. Welcome to a university where people meet, get inspired and think in new ways. Mid Sweden University works actively for equal opportunities and strives to embrace the qualities that diversity and equality bring to the organization. Prior to any recruitment work, Mid Sweden University has taken a position on consulting support, recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly ask media vendors, recruitment sites and the like not to contact us.
Contract type
Part-time
First day of employment
2024-03-01 or as agreed
Salary
The salary is determined individually
Number of positions
1
Working hours
75%
City
Östersund
County
Jämtlands län
Country
Sweden
Reference number
MIUN 2024/219
Union representative
Per Bergman, Fackförbundet ST, 010-1428371
Ummis Jonsson, Saco, 010-1428809
Published
2024-01-15
Last application date
2024-02-05
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