Lead of the Danish Precision Health Initiative

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research

University of Copenhagen



We are looking for a highly motivated Senior Consultant to lead a large Precision Health Cohort study at the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research (CBMR), University of Copenhagen (UCPH) to start as soon as possible.

About Us

The Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research’s vision is to strengthen interdisciplinary research that transforms our basic understanding of the mechanisms that underlie cardiometabolic health and disease, and to accelerate this knowledge toward new prevention and treatment strategies. You can read more about us at https://cbmr.ku.dk/.

About the job

We are looking for a Senior Consultant to lead and oversee the research activities and operational parts within the Danish Precision Health Initiative.

Responsibilities include:

• Lead and manage a team of 6-10 staff working on the Precision Health Initiative.
• Contribute to setting research goals, overseeing data collection and analysis, and ensuring data quality and integrity.
• Establish and ensure that operating procedures follow standards and protocols.
• Lead the planning and execution of the project, ensuring that it is conducted efficiently.
• Coordinate collaboration within the study including research collaborations as well as collaboration with private parts.
• Launch the study, including supervision of participant recruitment and data collection, with the support of the team.

The Lead will report to Professor Ruth Loos who is the scientific leader of the Precision Health Cohort.

Requirements, qualifications, and evaluation criteria

We expect you to have:

• A profound research background with a PhD in epidemiology, nutrition, exercise or similar.
• Proven experience in conceiving and designing clinical studies, coordinating the administrative and ethical components, and recruiting and collecting data from participants.
• Excellent interpersonal, negotiating and business-developing skills, with an ability to nurture internal and external partnerships across different research centers and collaborators.
• Preferably experience in supervising a team of staff scientists and/or students.
• An active interest in science related to obesity, metabolism, nutrition, physical activity, lifestyle and precision health.
• Excellent communication skills both spoken and written in Danish and English.
• Self-motivated and highly organized
• A team player with a “can-do” attitude
• Positive, pro-active, and open-minded
• Solution-oriented, and capable of handling multiple tasks at the same time

Personal skills

We value that you:

• Are a collaborative, team-oriented individual with strong interpersonal, facilitative and negotiation skills able to mediate and bring together collaborators to drive success.
• Have the ability to quickly establish credibility and develop effective relationships as required to navigate and lead within a research organization.
• Are a motivated leader with a bias for action and a sense of urgency, balanced by maturity and diplomatic skills required to lead and advance the Precision Health Cohort.

Place of employment

The place of employment is the Novo Nordisk Foundation Center for Basic Metabolic Research, Maersk Tower, Faculty of Health and Medical Sciences, University of Copenhagen. We offer creative and stimulating working conditions in a dynamic, diverse, and highly international research environment.

Terms of salary and employment

The appointment as Lead of the Precision Health Cohort is positioned as Senior Consultant (’Chefkonsulent med personaleansvar’). It is a full-time position for a duration of 4 years and 5 months. The start date is as soon as possible. Working hours will be 37 hours per week on average. Employment will be in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement between the Danish Government and AC (the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations) with a possibility to negotiate supplements based on qualifications and experience.

Questions

For further information about the job description and qualifications, please contact Professor Ruth Loos at [email protected]. For questions regarding the recruitment procedure, please contact SUND HR CBMR at [email protected].

Application

Please submit your application in English by clicking "Apply now" below.

The application should consist of the following:

• Letter of application/motivation (max 1 page)
• Your CV incl. education, a list of laboratory skills/techniques, previous employments, language skills and other relevant skills
• Copy of relevant certificates/diplomas.

Deadline for application 31 May 2024

We reserve the right not to consider material received after the deadline, and not to consider applications that do not live up to the abovementioned requirements.

The University of Copenhagen wishes to reflect the diversity of society and welcome applications from all qualified candidates regardless of personal background.