Do you want to contribute to better public health in Stockholm County?

We are looking for a junior administrator who wants to work to promote healthy lifestyles in the population through knowledge development and dissemination.

At the section for health-promoting lifestyles at the Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (CES), we work with lifestyle factors such as tobacco and nicotine, alcohol, physical activity, and dietary habits. Right now, we need reinforcement in the area of tobacco/nicotine. We are looking for someone who has a good understanding of the importance of lifestyle factors for public health and methodological knowledge in quantitative research and compilation of scientific literature.

We offer:

CES is part of Region Stockholm. We are tasked with developing public health initiatives to contribute to good and equitable health in the population. CES is a university healthcare unit and works with research, development, and education in close collaboration with academia, primarily Karolinska Institute. We have about 80 employees, and our premises are located at Torsplan in Stockholm.

CES runs and develops the Quit Smoking Line, which is a national support line for people who want help changing their tobacco habits. You can read more about us at the Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine.

We offer you a stimulating work environment where you have good opportunities to develop into a leading expert in your field of competence.

SLSO creates good conditions for you as an employee to develop and excel in your profession. As an employee, you have benefits such as free healthcare up to the high-cost protection, additional compensation during parental leave, pension agreements, and insurance. We also apply wellness hours and have 5,000 SEK in wellness benefits per calendar year.

You can read more about our benefits at Benefits at Stockholm County's Healthcare Area.

About the position:

You will work on projects related to new nicotine products, in close collaboration with Karolinska Institute and the Quit Smoking Line.

Your tasks may include developing surveys on tobacco and nicotine use, recruiting participants for studies, managing databases for collected data, quantitative data analysis, and monitoring developments in the tobacco/nicotine area, including compiling scientific literature.

You will work alongside various competencies at CES and have external contacts. Therefore, you are skilled at conveying complex relationships and results in an easily understandable way.

You will be placed in the section for health-promoting lifestyles and will work closely with the Quit Smoking Line.

We are looking for someone who

• has a degree in public health science or another relevant university education
• has good knowledge of the importance of lifestyle factors for public health, preferably with specific expertise in tobacco/nicotine
• has experience in quantitative research, especially data collection using surveys
• can compile and analyze large amounts of information based on scientific literature and communicate it in a useful way
• has excellent communication skills in Swedish and English, both spoken and written

Additionally, it is meritorious if you

• have experience in investigative work conducted using scientific methods
• have experience in qualitative research
• are highly driven by curiosity about new areas and ideas
• are a structured and solution-oriented person who takes initiative
• enjoy working both independently and collaboratively

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment form:

Project employment for 3 years. Full-time 39.30 hours/week. Start date by agreement.

Other information:

We will continuously review applications and may call for interviews before the application deadline.

Warm welcome with your application! The position will be filled on the condition that it does not need to be allocated for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

For patient-related work within Stockholm County's Healthcare Area:

• background checks will be applied before employment decisions according to SLSO's overarching guidelines for background checks during employment.
• employees who will have patient contact must undergo a pre-employment health examination, according to current directives, which is done through occupational health services before employment.
• in addition to Swedish professional licensure, good knowledge of the Swedish language corresponding to level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference (CEFR) is required. The same requirements are guiding for non-licensed personnel with patient contact.

Stockholm County's Healthcare Area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer healthcare in the Region Stockholm's administration within psychiatry, primary care, geriatrics, ASIH, urgent care, somatic specialist care, habilitation and health, as well as assistive devices. In collaboration with Karolinska Institute, we conduct research, education, and development. https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/ (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/)

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