Vacant job

At the Area Office for Medicine and Pharmacy, we provide support and services to students, management, researchers, teachers, technical and administrative staff, and others active within the Faculty of Medicine and Pharmacy. We also provide support and services to all committees within the faculty.

The Area Office is part of the University Administration but receives the majority of its mandate through the Area Board and the Vice-Rector for the Faculty. The Area Office has approximately 70 employees and is divided into five units.

To the Education Support Unit, we need to hire an Education Officer on a fixed-term basis. The unit consists of 15 people, and our mission is to provide administrative support and services to committees, vice-deans, the dean, program directors, and departments regarding education at the undergraduate, advanced, and doctoral levels, as well as the internationalization of education. We work on-site in modern premises with individual workstations in Segerstedt House in central Uppsala.

Responsibilities

As an Education Officer, you will handle program-specific educational issues within the Medical and/or Pharmaceutical Faculties. Key responsibilities include scheduling meetings, preparing invitations, preparing materials for decisions, managing minutes, and following up on decisions and cases. You will work with educational and course plans in the university's study administrative system and perform program-related educational administration. Other tasks include budget work, economic follow-up for educational programs, contract administration, investigations, and method and quality issues. The work is carried out in close collaboration with colleagues at the office, as well as with vice-deans, committee chairs, program directors, study directors, heads of department, course administrators, and economists. Collaboration also takes place with external partners.

Qualifications

• A university or college degree or equivalent competence that the employer considers relevant.
• Experience of qualified administrative work at a government agency or equivalent.
• Proficiency in Excel and other Office packages.
• Good ability to communicate clearly and factually, both orally and in writing, in Swedish and English.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability. To succeed in the tasks, you need to be communicative, clear, factual, and professional. You have the ability to collaborate successfully, create good relationships while maintaining personal integrity. It is important that you are stable and service-oriented. The work places high demands on independence, accuracy, flexibility, and a structured working method where you organize and prioritize work effectively. The ability to work during peak periods and handle multiple cases in parallel is also required.

Desirable/Additional Merits

• Experience of educational administration at a university or college.
• Experience of working with study administrative systems such as LADOK.
• Experience of working with budgets and economic follow-up.

About the position: The position is fixed-term until June 20, 2027. The position is full-time. Start date September 1, 2026, or as agreed.

For further information about the position, please contact: Unit Manager Lisa Jämtsved Lundmark, [email protected], tel 018 471 2089

In this recruitment, we have replaced the cover letter with questions that you answer in connection with your application. The answers will be used as part of the selection process.

Please submit your application by August 17, 2026, Ref UFV-PA 2026/2161.

Uppsala University is a broad research university with a strong international standing. The ultimate goal is to conduct education and research of the highest quality and relevance to make a difference in society. Our most important asset is all 7,500 employees and 53,000 students who, with curiosity and engagement, make Uppsala University one of the country's most exciting workplaces.

Read more about our benefits and what it is like to work at Uppsala University: https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/ (https://uu.se/om-uu/jobba-hos-oss/)

The position may be subject to a security clearance. A prerequisite for employment in the event of a security clearance is that the applicant is approved.

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Applications are received in Uppsala University's recruitment system.

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