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University of Gothenburg meets society's challenges with diverse knowledge. With 58,000 students and 6,800 employees, the university is a large and inspiring workplace. Strong research and attractive programs attract researchers and students from all over the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, the University of Gothenburg contributes to a better future.

We are looking for you who are at the beginning of your career and want to develop together with us to contribute to our important educational activities.

The Department of Nursing Science and Health conducts education and research focusing on care, health, and people's living conditions. We educate nurses, radiographers, specialist nurses, and midwives with the goal of meeting society's need for competent and dedicated healthcare personnel. The research at the department covers many areas but shares a common starting point in person-centered and evidence-based care. We are nationally and internationally leading in person-centered care, and this approach permeates both education, research, and collaboration with healthcare. The department is part of the Sahlgrenska Academy at the University of Gothenburg and is located on Campus Medicinareberget, with direct proximity to Sahlgrenska University Hospital, an environment characterized by cross-professional collaboration, clinical relevance, and high academic quality. Our department has approximately 1,200 students studying for licensed professions in healthcare, at both basic and advanced levels.

We welcome applicants with different backgrounds, experiences, and perspectives. Diversity is a strength, and we actively work for an inclusive and gender-equal work environment where all employees are given the opportunity to thrive and develop. To create good conditions for work-life balance, we offer flexible working arrangements, such as remote work and flextime. The University of Gothenburg is a government agency, which means you receive special benefits, generous vacation, and a favorable pension plan. Read more on the university's website about working with us: https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss (https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss)

We offer a broad educational administrative position that will give the right person good competence in the University of Gothenburg's educational administrative processes and future development opportunities within the education field, together with engaged and ambitious colleagues.

As an Educational Administrator, you become an important part of the daily life for both students and teaching staff. In the role, you work closely with program and course coordinators, teachers, and other colleagues within the department's educational administration. You also serve as administrative support to students in matters concerning education.

Responsibilities

The work as an Educational Administrator is both responsible and varied, with many contacts and opportunities to contribute to the quality and implementation of education. You work with the entire educational administrative process from admission to graduation, and among the tasks are:

• Responsibility for course administration in terms 3 and 4 of the Nursing Program.
• Responsibility for course administration of KUSSK (complementary education for nurses from countries outside the EU).
• Responsibility for course administration of standalone courses, including admission.
• Responsibility for planning and conducting the graduation ceremony for the Nursing Program together with the program coordinator.

You also provide information and support to students and teaching staff regarding regulations, routines, and administrative processes, and act as backup for other Educational Administrators on the Nursing Program.

The position is part of the department's administrative unit and within the educational administrative group, with daily operational management from our program coordinator for the Nursing Program.

Within the administrative unit, we support each other and develop our administrative working methods together. We work flexibly; the content of the employment and the role may change in line with the needs of the operations.

For further information, qualifications, and eligibility requirements, as well as to apply for the position, see the full advertisement at https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-anstallningar (https://www.gu.se/jobba-hos-oss/lediga-anstallningar)

Employment

The employment is a fixed-term position for six months with the possibility of extension. The position is full-time, 100%, with placement indefinitely at the Department of Nursing Science and Health. Start date by agreement.

Contact Information for the Position

If you have questions about the position, you are welcome to contact:

Administrative Director Karin Dejke, [email protected], 031-786 6071

Program Coordinator Isabella Svelid, [email protected], 031-786 6143

Trade Union Organizations

You can find trade union representatives at the University of Gothenburg here: https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss/hjalp-for-sokande (https://www.gu.se/om-universitetet/jobba-hos-oss/hjalp-for-sokande)

Application

You apply for the position via the University of Gothenburg's recruitment portal by clicking the "Apply" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring the application is complete in accordance with the advertisement and that it is at the university's disposal by the last application date.

Application must be received by: 2026-06-29.

Interviews will be held on July 2 & 3.

The university actively works for a work environment with equal conditions and values the qualities that diversity brings to the operations. The university applies individual salary setting. According to the National Archives' regulations, the university is required to keep application documents for two years after the appointment decision. If you as an applicant specifically request the return of your documents, they will be returned when the two years have passed; otherwise, they will be destroyed. To staffing and recruitment agencies and to you who are salespeople: The University of Gothenburg hires a procured advertising agency in connection with the recruitment of staff. We kindly but firmly decline direct contact with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of job advertisements.