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 physical activity, nutrition, tobacco and nicotine, and alcohol. We are looking for someone who has a good understanding of the importance of lifestyle factors for public health and methodological knowledge in quantitative and qualitative research. Right now, we primarily need reinforcement in our projects that support health-promoting work in schools and preschools in Stockholm County.

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, especially Karolinska Institute. We have about 80 employees and our premises are located at Torsplan in Stockholm.

You can read more about us at Centre for Epidemiology and Community Medicine (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/).

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

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, extra 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 (https://www.slso.regionstockholm.se/).

About the position:

You will primarily work on projects that support health-promoting initiatives in schools and preschools, but other areas of work may also become relevant.

Your tasks may include developing surveys, conducting various types of interview studies, recruiting participants for studies, managing databases, analyzing both quantitative and qualitative data, writing reports and other types of documentation, participating in workshops and webinars, monitoring the environment, and compiling scientific literature.

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

You are placed in the section for health-promoting lifestyles but may also work with other units at CES.

We are looking for someone who

• has a degree in public health science or another relevant university education for the position
• has good knowledge of the importance of lifestyle factors for public health
• has experience in quantitative and qualitative research
• can compile and analyze large amounts of information based on scientific literature and convey it in a useful way
• has very good 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 handling and analyzing quantitative data in statistical software such as Stata or R
• 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 with others

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Employment form:

Permanent employment. Full-time 39.30 hours/week. A probationary period may be applied. Start date by agreement.

Other information:

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

Warm welcome to your application! The position will be filled provided that it does not need to be reserved for internal relocation, according to current regulations.

In patient-related work within Stockholm County's healthcare area:

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

Stockholm County's healthcare area (SLSO) is one of Sweden's largest healthcare providers with 11,600 employees. We offer health and medical care within the framework of Region Stockholm in 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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