Oikos list: New closing date: Open position: Director of the Tovetorp Zoological Research Station

Dear Colleague,

Please note that the closing date for the position below is changed to 10 January 2018.

Olof Leimar

The Department of Zoology at Stockholm University has just opened a search for Director of the Tovetorp Zoological Research Station.

This is a full-time, indefinite-term position with a six-month trial period. Salaries at Stockholm University are determined individually. The position starts in winter-spring 2018.

The Department of Zoology has a long history of basic and applied research on animals ranging from insects to large mammals, with a staff of around 100 employees, of which 17 are permanent Lecturers/Professors and 40 are PhD students. The Department keeps a research station (Tovetorp) in a rural location 95 km south-west of Stockholm, with facilities for field and laboratory experiments, as well as for courses and teaching.

We now invite applicants for the position as Director of the research station. We are looking for a dynamic, creative and versatile person who can lead and manage the activities at the station. Among the important tasks for the Director are to ensure that research and teaching at the station are of the highest quality and to attract strong scientists, both from Stockholm University and other universities, as well as substantial course activities, to the station.

The responsibilities for the director include leadership of the station, and planning of the day-to-day activities for animal care takers, technicians, and kitchen staff. The director is also responsible for station administration, oversight of animal experimentation and housing, and station maintenance and infrastructure development. The director should take active part in animal caretaking and contribute practical and technical advice and technical support to ongoing research projects in the laboratories and in the field.

Qualification requirements: A PhD in Zoology, or a corresponding proficiency that the employer judges as equivalent. Experience from research studies on animals in the field, in enclosures, and/or in the laboratory. Administrative skills. Experience in design of studies, data handling and analysis, including computer use. Both experience of entrepreneurship and handling of equipment used for animal studies will be an advantage. Teaching skills and communication skills in Swedish and in English. Good ability to cooperate and lead working groups is required, as well as organizational skills.

In filling the position, the suitability of the applicant for the challenges of the job will be of great importance.

Informal inquiries can be made to Prof. Olof Leimar (olof.leimar@zoologi.su.se). Note that applications should be submitted through the Stockholm University website, where further details also are available:

English

http://www.su.se/english/about/working-at-su/jobs?rmlang=UK&rmpage=job&rmjob=4249

Swedish

http://www.su.se/om-oss/jobba-p%C3%A5-su/lediga-jobb?rmlang=SE&rmpage=job&rmjob=4230

Closing Date: Wednesday 10 January 2018

Olof Leimar, Professor

Deputy Head of Department

Department of Zoology

Stockholm University

SE-106 91 Stockholm

Sweden

olof.leimar@zoologi.su.se

http://www.zoologi.su.se/research/leimar/

 

 

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Department of Biology

Section for Evolutionary Ecology

Lund University

Sölvegatan 37

223 62 Lund, Sweden

Phone: 046 222 9304

Website: http://jessicakabbott.com

 

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