Researcher at the Influenza Centre, Department of Clinical Science

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Researcher

At the Faculty of Medicine, Department of Clinical Science, Influenza Centre a full-time temporary position as researcher is available. The position is external financed by CEPI and for the time being a part of the project “(Vaccine Landscapes)”. The project has a temporary financing for 1 year with possibility for funding up to three years.

About the project/work tasks:

• Conduct comprehensive systematic reviews and meta-analyses on vaccine safety, efficacy, and immunogenicity in line with PRISMA guidelines
• Design and implement search strategies across multiple scientific databases to identify relevant studies
• Critically appraise and extract data from peer-reviewed literature using standardised tools 
• Perform vaccine landscape analyses to map existing and pipeline vaccine candidates, manufacturers, and platforms
• Synthesize evidence and generate visualizations of the data and contribute to the preparation of peer-reviewed publications, and presentations for stakeholders
• Monitor and update databases of vaccine landscapes
• Effectively present and communicate findings to a diverse range of stakeholders 

Qualifications and personal qualities:

• The applicant must hold a relevant Norwegian PhD or equivalent doctoral degree
• The successful applicant should have experience in Vaccinology and Immunology
• Applicants who have experience also in systematic reviews or animal or public/global health and vaccine development and evaluation are particularly welcome to apply for this position
• Experience in developing vaccine landscapes using both proprietary and publicly available data sources
• Strong background in data analysis, preferably, proficiency with tools such as R. Experience with AI/ML-based approaches for data analysis and visualization is highly desirable
• The applicant should be experienced in writing scientific manuscripts
• The applicant must be motivated and responsible, and also have a great work capacity and enthusiasm for research
• Personal skills, including abilities to work independently and cooperate within a research group and multidisciplinary team will be evaluated
• The candidate must be fluent in written and oral English 
• Experience with international collaboration is an advantage

The applicant’s personal suitability for the position is a significant factor in the evaluation.

We can offer:

• A good and challenging work environment in research front of Vaccines
• Salary NOK 660 000 (code 1109), specialist NOK 680 000 gross p.a. for a fulltime position. In the case of a highly qualified applicant, a higher salary may be considered
• Enrolment in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund
• Good welfare benefits

Your application must include:

• A brief letter of application stating your motivation for the position, why you are applying and why this position is perfect for you
• An overview of your education and work experience (CV)
• Witnessed copies of diplomas and relevant certificates (applicants with education from other countries than Norway must enclose diplomas in both the original language and authorized translations)
• Publications and academic work (max 10 in PDF) and a list of these
• Your PhD thesis (in PDF)
• Two references (name and contact information)

It is very important that each of the scholarly works on which the committee should place special emphasis, is attached in its entirety.

The application and any attachments along with certified translations in English or another Scandinavian language must be uploaded to JobbNorge.

The following premise forms the basis for the post as researcher:

• The researcher will be a member of the research group for Infection and Microbiology
• The salary shall if possible be 100 % covered by external financing
• The researcher shall actively contribute to attract external funding to the research project, both for her/his own position and other positions, from the Research Council of Norway, EU and other sources
• The researcher is expected to have her/his research activity financed by the project of the researcher and the projects of the associated research group
• The Head of Department may allocate work for the Researcher related to specific research projects
• The researcher may participate in committee work and other administrative tasks within the University of Bergen
• The researcher has no teaching duties, but is expected to supervise master students and PhD candidates when this is a natural part of the research activity of the research group 
• The researcher may apply for competence promotion according to the regulations for promotions 
• The basis for the position ceases if no further project funding and new law on state officials etc. on dismissal and preferential rights will be applied to permanent employees

General information:

Further information about the position can be obtained from: Professor Rebecca Jane Cox, phone: +47 45 24 29 74 or e-mail: rebecca.cox@uib.no

The University of Bergen must follow Norway’s export control regulations when processing applications for this position.

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