Job Opportunities

Junior researcher in Health, Exercise Psychology or Behavioral Sciences

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The Dean of the Faculty of Pedagogy of the University of Ostrava announces a selection procedure for a job position

  • Junior researcher in Health, Exercise Psychology or Behavioral Sciences

Postdoctoral position in health, exercise psychology or behavioural science for work as part of an externally funded research project at the Faculty of Education, University of Ostrava, Ostrava, Czech Republic, Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing, CZ.02.01.01/00/22_008/0004583

Work Position:

  • Postdoc position in health, exercise psychology or behavioural science
  • Systemized position type: Researcher II (non-academic)

Job description:

We are seeking a postdoc researcher with expertise in health, exercise psychology or behavioural science with research interests in areas such as:

  • Psychosocial determinants and consequences of physical activity or sedentary behaviour;
  • Physical activity and mental health;
  • Physical activity and sleep;
  • mHealth and/or physical activity promotion/intervention strategies.

Job Summary:

  1. The offered position includes a range of activities related to preparation, coordination and data collection for pilot and main studies in the DigiWELL project
  2. Data analyses
  3. Leading role in writing publications and collaboration on other team members' publications (e.g., research papers for peer-reviewed journals)
  4. Supervision, coordination and management of junior research team members (e.g., PhD students)
  5. Participation on research dissemination through workshops, international meetings and conferences.

Estimated Amount of Work

  • 1,0

Qualification and other prerequisites

  • PhD in Psychology, Kinesiology, Behavioral Science or another social science or health-related field with relevance to the study of the relationships between behaviour, health and wellbeing obtained within the past 7 years (this period does not include maternity/parental leave);
  • EU research level: R2 – Recognized;
  • Experience with quantitative research methods;
  • Enthusiasm for the application of eHealth/mHealth tools in an intervention context;
  • Willingness to learn;
  • Ability to work autonomously on the research topic;
  • Ability to work in a team, problem-solving skills, time-management skills, thoroughness, perseverance;
  • Knowledge of English B2

Start date:

  • September 1, 2024 (negotiable)

Wage conditions:

  • For a fulltime position CZK 52,000 consisting of tariff wage and personal/performance evaluation (median wage in Q2 2023: CZK 36,816)

We offer:

  • interesting and responsible work in a team
  • full-time or part-time work in a public educational institution
  • employment contract for a fixed period (1 year) with the possibility of extension
  • work for faculty with growing research performance and exceptional potential for success in international grant challenges
  • a stable work environment in a progressive institution
  • friendly co-workers
  • friendly approach to balancing work and personal life
  • space for personal and professional growth, the opportunity to participate in educational events and workshops
  • active use of the English language
  • the possibility to participate in the Erasmus+ program
  • the possibility of working from home
  • workplace location in the city center – at OU City Campus Lives Černá louka in Ostrava
  • 6 weeks of annual leave
  • 5 days off for treatment
  • meal allowance in the amount of CZK 115

Necessary documents:

  • a professional CV detailing previous work on research projects and a description of statistical skills
  • list of publications; list publications in impact factor journals (Web of Science), list IF and/or journal quartiles
  • a letter of motivation in which, among other things, you state your primary research interests
  • copies of documents on education
  • consent to the processing of personal data for the purposes of the selection procedure soubor docx 4,03 MB

Date, method, form and place for delivery of the applicant's application and required documents

Please send a structured professional CV, a list of publications, a motivation letter, a copy of your education documents and a signed Consent to the processing of personal data for the purposes of the selection process to the address by July 31, 2024.

About us:

The University of Ostrava is a modern, progressive university with around 8,500 students and offers university education at six faculties (Faculty of Social Studies, Faculty of Arts, Faculty of Fine Arts and Music, Faculty of Medicine, Faculty of Education and Faculty of Science) in combination with the OU's scientific institute (Institute for Research and Applications of Fuzzy Modelling – IRAFM). OU teams regularly receive funding for their research from Czech (GAČR, TAČR, AZV, etc.) and EU (OP VVV, Horizon 2020, Horizon Europe) providers and achieve significant publication success. The OU is significantly supported by the Statutory City of Ostrava and the Moravian-Silesian Region, where it is a partner in many strategic projects (e.g. LERCO, REFRESH). The OU is a recipient of the HR Excellence in Research Award granted by the European Commission.

The Faculty of Education of the OU is a faculty with a growing research profile, offering higher education closely linked to three study programmes: Teacher Education, Non-Teacher Education, Kinanthropology and Physical Education and Sport. The research teams at the Faculty of Education of the OU regularly receive funding for their research from Czech providers (GAČR, TAČR, AZV, etc.). At present, the Faculty of Education of the OU is also involved in two strategic research projects of the Moravian-Silesian Region (LERCO, REFRESH) and the site of the OP JAK Excellent Research Project under the leadership of the principal investigator, Steriani Elavsky, an internationally established social scientist working at the Department of Human Movement Studies.

The Department of Human Movement Studies at the OU Faculty of Education is the main site for the implementation of three currently ongoing large projects: LERCO, REFRESH, and DigiWELL (OP JAK Excellent Research Project), together with its research centre, the Human Motion Diagnostic Centre (HMDC), which has now moved to the newly built state-of-the-art infrastructure facilities of the Behavioural Health, Sport and Technology at the OU City Campus Lives Černá louka in Ostrava. The HMDC consists of several research laboratories (Biomechanics and Imaging Laboratory, Exercise Physiology and Functional Anthropology Laboratory, Behavioral Laboratory).

Currently, we are involved in three major projects:

  1. Life and Environment Research Centre Ostrava (LERCO) – is a strategic project of the Moravian Silesian Region, conducted at the University of Ostrava, and supported by a grant from the European Regional Development Fund (ERDF);
  2. Research Excellence For REgion Sustainability and High-tech Industries (REFRESH) – is a strategic project of the Moravian Silesian Region, conducted at the Technical University of Ostrava and the University of Ostrava, and supported by the EU Funding Programme – Just Transition Fund
  3. Research of Excellence on Digital Technologies and Wellbeing (DigiWELL) – OP JAK Excellent Research project focusing on the links between digital technologies and wellbeing and conducted at the University of Ostrava and additional seven partner institutions.

Eligible candidates will be invited for a personal or online interview.

The dean of the faculty reserves the right to invite only selected applicants to a personal meeting or online interview and at the same time the right not to select any applicant.

The dean of the Faculty of Education UO can also cancel or repeat the selection procedure.

Contact:

Pedagogická fakulta OU
personální oddělení
Bc. Anna Oslizloková
Fráni Šrámka 3
709 00 Ostrava
Czech Republic

Phone: 553 46 2511
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