Two Assistants for the Department of Psychology

The Department of Psychology belongs to the Faculty of Social Sciences at Uppsala University.

About 100 people work at the department, and nearly 700 full-time students are educated here each year. As an employed assistant, you are a student working part-time in combination with your studies.

Job Responsibilities:

Your main tasks will be related to the research project “The Predictive Value of Psychological Testing for Labor Market Outcomes among Job Seekers.” Within the project, we will collect data from occupational psychological assessments of unemployed individuals, conducted by psychologists at the Employment Service. This data will then be linked to labor market variables from registry data. The assessments include standardized psychological tests of various cognitive abilities, personality traits, and career interests. We now need help extracting data from the scanned assessments. We have built an interface and a database where specific data from the assessments will be entered reliably, as this data will later be linked to a registry. The project aims to map psychological abilities and resources among job seekers in Sweden, with a particular focus on individuals with weak labor market outcomes.

Qualifications:

To be employed as an assistant, it is required that you are admitted to undergraduate or advanced level education. For this position, the applicant must have ongoing studies in psychology at Uppsala University.

The applicant must also demonstrate good skills in expressing themselves in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

Other Meriting Qualifications:

Since the work involves understanding and reading results from occupational psychological assessments with various psychometric tests, it is also important to have knowledge of common tests in intelligence and personality. A particular interest in psychometrics, standardizations, etc., is especially meriting. Furthermore, it is important to be able to work independently and reliably.

Selection Criteria:

In the selection among qualified applicants, program students at the Department of Psychology will be prioritized, as well as students with knowledge of various psychometric tests.

Application Procedure:

Complete applications should be submitted via Uppsala University's recruitment system and include:

Curriculum Vitae (also indicate which university courses you have taken that may be relevant for the position)
List of references (name, contact details, previous working relationship)

About the Position:

The position is temporary according to HF 5 chap § 12. The current position lasts for 6 months and may be renewed if necessary. The extent is 10-20%. Start date by agreement. Location: Uppsala

For inquiries about the position, please contact: Researcher Constanze Eib and Professor Gustaf Gredebäck, [email protected]

Welcome with your application by January 27, 2025, UFV-PA 2024/4470.

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Applications are received in Uppsala University's recruitment system.