Research Technician - Laboratory Infrastructure

About the position

A temporary position as Research Technician (SKO 1514) is available at the Department of Psychology, University of Oslo. This full-time position is funded for a duration of two years.

We seek a technically skilled person to assist our lab manager in serving, maintaining, and coordinating our laboratories and technical infrastructure. The Cognitive and Translational Neuroscience Core facility (CTNC) is a key component in this infrastructure. This position will be a collaborative effort between CTNC and the Centre for Interdisciplinary Studies in Rhythm, Time, and Motion (RITMO). 

The appointed technician will be part of a small support team working between labs, but with a main responsibility for fMRI, fNIRS, EEG and Eyetracking based data collection. The technician will thus serve a range of projects within the area of cognitive neuroscience.

CTNC is a UiO Core Facility providing infrastructure for experimental research at the Department of Psychology.

RITMO is a Centre of Excellence funded by the Research Council of Norway. It focuses on rhythm as a structuring mechanism for temporal dimensions of human life. Researchers at RITMO work in a unique interdisciplinary constellation, with world-leading competence in musicology, psychology/cognitive neuroscience, and informatics.
 

Job description

• Manage the daily operation of selected lab equipment and procedures.
• Support, maintain and coordinate the use of equipment.
• Support researchers with all phases of running experiments in the lab.
• Organize training sessions for researchers and staff to ensure proficiency in the use of laboratory equipment and methods.
• Assist with developing, updating, and communicating guidelines for best practices to users, data access control, and monitoring lab-equipment performance.
• Keep track of and log laboratory use (lab booking system).

The position may be assigned other tasks if needs and interests of the Department’s activities so require.

Qualifications

Qualification requirements

• A bachelor’s degree in cognitive neuroscience, or a comparable level of education in another relevant discipline.
• Experience with one or more of the relevant research infrastructure types; fMRI, fNIRS, EEG, eye-tracking.
• A strong interest in, and preferably experience with, advanced neuroscience methods and laboratory equipment. 
• Fluent oral and written communication skills in English.

Experience and competence within the following topics will be considered an advantage

• Preference will be given to candidates with documented experience in neuroimaging methods (e.g., fMRI, fNIRS, EEG, eye-tracking), but applicants with strong methodological skills from related fields are also encouraged to apply.
• Experience with tailored analysis software, including MATLAB, python and method-specific toolboxes.
• Knowledge of the overall UiO infrastructure and procedures.
• Norwegian language skills.

Personal skills

• Good communication and pedagogical skills.
• Proactive and service-minded attitude.
• High motivation and flexibility.
• Good collaborative and relational abilities.

Personal suitability will be emphasized in the hiring process. 

We offer

• Exciting and meaningful tasks in an organization with an important societal mission, contributing to knowledge development, education, and enlightenment that promote sustainable, fair, and knowledge-based societal development.
• Opportunity for competence building.
• An enjoyable, stimulating, and international environment. 
• Good welfare schemes.
• Opportunity of up to 1.5 hours a week of exercise during working hours.
• A workplace with good development and career opportunities. 
• Membership in the Statens Pensjonskasse, which is one of Norway's best pension schemes with beneficial mortgages and good insurance schemes.
• Salary in position as Research Technician (SKO 1514) salary range NOK from 472.000 - to 524.000, depending on competence and experience. From the salary, 2 percent is deducted in statutory contributions to the State Pension Fund.

 

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Inclusive worklife and diversity at UiO

Inclusion and diversity are a strength. The University of Oslo has a personnel policy objective of achieving a balanced gender composition. Furthermore, we want employees with diverse professional expertise, life experience and perspectives.

If there are qualified applicants with disabilities, employment gaps or immigrant background, we will invite at least one applicant from each of these categories to an interview.

We hope that you will apply for the position. 

Application

Your application should include:

• A statement of motivation, professional interests, and a brief description of previous relevant experience.
• CV (summarizing education, positions, relevant experience, administrative experience, and other relevant aspects).
• Copies of educational certificates, transcript of records and letters of recommendation.
• Names and contact details of 2 references (name, relation to applicant, e-mail, and telephone number).

Application with attachments must be submitted via our recruitment system Jobbnorge, click "Apply for the position".

International applicants are advised to attach an explanation of their university’s grading system. All documents must be in or translated to English or a Scandinavian language.

When applying for the position, we ask you to retrieve your education results from Vitnemålsportalen.no. If your education results are not available through Vitnemålsportalen, we ask you to upload copies of your transcripts or grades. Please note that all documentation must be in English or a Scandinavian language.

General information

The best qualified candidates will invited for interviews. 

Applicant lists can be published in accordance with Norwegian Freedom of Information Act § 25. When you apply for a position with us, your name will appear on the public applicant list. It is possible to request to be excluded from this list. You must justify why you want an exemption from publication and we will then decide whether we can grant your request. If we cannot, you will hear from us.

Please refer to Regulations for the Act on universities and colleges chapter 3 (Norwegian).

The University of Oslo has a transfer agreement with all employees that is intended to secure the rights to all research results etc.