Scientific adviser to the Swedish Research Council’s international AMR work

Scientific adviser to the Swedish Research Council’s international AMR work

Ref no: 2.2.1-2024-06279

As scientific adviser, you will be part of the OHAMR secretariat at the Swedish Research Council and act as deputy project manager of the upcoming European partnership OHAMR. Through operational work within the OHAMR secretariat, you will get a good overview of all the ongoing activities of the partnership, which forms the basis for driving forward and widening the programme in a strategic way, in consultation with the Head of secretariat. The role will periodically require extensive travel.

The tasks include:

• through strategic scientific work, helping to develop the OHAMR partnership as a central actor within the global AMR research work
• monitoring and reporting relevant initiatives within antimicrobial resistance, at national, European, and global level, and contributing to linking OHAMR’s internal and external communication in relevant events
• acting as deputy project manager for the Swedish Research Council’s coordination of the European partnership OHAMR and working operationally with the secretariat’s various activities within OHAMR and other EU projects within AMR
• participating in the Swedish Research Council’s other national and international work on AMR.

Your background

We put great emphasis on your personal qualities. To fit in and be happy in the role, you need to have very good collaborative abilities and be able 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. 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 are a good communicator and show good judgement in balancing interests and decision-making.

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

• a doctoral degree in medicine and health, or alternatively corresponding meriting experience of relevance to AMR research
• experience of international research collaboration
• experience of representing an organisation in international collaborations
• good speaking and writing abilities in English, and good ability in presenting results in a way adapted to the target group
• knowledge of speaking and writing in Swedish

It is an advantage if you have:

• worked with AMR-related research matters
• 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:

• Scientific adviser to the Swedish Research Council’s international AMR work (vr.se)