Head of secretariat, European partnership on One Health AMR for the Swedish Research Council

Head of secretariat, European partnership on One Health AMR for the Swedish Research Council

Ref no: 2.2.1-2024-06278

As Head of the secretariat, you will coordinate and manage the European partnership OHAMR, with support from the secretariat. You will also lead and allocate other tasks within the secretariat, linked to the JPIAMR and other EU projects already in progress in the AMR area. The role requires some travel, primarily within the EU.

The tasks include:

• Acting as project leader for the Swedish Research Council’s coordination of the European partnership OHAMR. This includes leading the coordination of the international collaboration according to the agreed governance structure of the partnership, and to ensure correct budget follow-up and reporting on the project to the EU.
• Leading and delegating the work within the OHAMR secretariat, and coordinating the work within OHAMR as well as for the JPIAMR and EU projects within AMR that are already in progress.
• participating in the Swedish Research Council’s work on establishing and further developing overarching internal procedures for coordination and participation in partnerships.

Your background

We put great emphasis on your personal qualities. To fit in and be happy in the role, we are looking for a person who is committed, proactive, and has well-developed strategic thinking and collaborative abilities. You have a well-developed ability to plan, organise, and communicate tasks in a structured way, at the same time as being flexible and able to adapt when conditions change. You show good judgement in balancing interests and decision-making. You are communicative and have the ability to establish trusting and good relationships in both external and internal contexts. You are good at picking up nuances and acting in a non-prestigious way.

In addition to these personal qualities, you also need to have:

• an academic degree in medicine and health or another AMR-relevant subject area
• documented experience of managing a team in major projects of relevance to the position
• experience of driving projects forward in a structured way and documenting the work on an ongoing basis
• knowledge of speaking and writing in Swedish
• good speaking and writing abilities in English, and good ability in presenting results in a way adapted to the target group

It is an advantage if you have:

• a doctoral degree in medicine and health, or alternatively corresponding meriting experience of relevance to AMR research
• worked with AMR-related research strategy and/or policy
• experience of international research collaboration
• experience of Swedish public administration
• experience of EU projects/EU administration
• good speaking and writing abilities in Swedish

More information

See the full job description and information on how to apply on the Swedish Research Council’s website:

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