Karelia UAS is looking for a Project Researher

Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences is looking for

PROJECT RESEARCHER
To work in Sustai­nable Buil­ding Tech­no­lo­gies – Commu­nity of Prac­tise (SBTCP) research project.

The full-time, fixed-term posi­tion is avai­lable for the period of 1.3.2022-30.6.2024.

The SBTCP project is carrying out a research project toget­her with Austrian and German part­ners. The aim of the research project is to launch several sub-studies that will signi­ficantly promote sustai­nable deve­lop­ment exper­tise in construc­tion. The themes of the research projects to be launc­hed will be relate to the following areas:
– Low carbon construc­tion
– Compe­ti­ti­ve­ness of wood construc­tion
– New wood products and methods
– Data mode­ling and construc­tion infor­ma­tion flow

Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences is looking for a Project Researc­her whose tasks will be related to the areas of compe­ti­ti­ve­ness in wood construc­tion, low-carbon construc­tion solu­tions or the circu­lar economy.

The tasks of the Project Researc­her contain:
– Expert work related to the imple­men­ta­tion of the project
– Orga­niza­tion of events and works­hops for the target groups of the project
– Partici­pa­tion in the deve­lop­ment of Karelia Univer­sity of Applied Sciences’ educa­tion and RDI activities

We require the applicant to have a univer­sity degree suitable for the subject area and the willing­ness to work in an inter­na­tio­nal research project. Suitable basic educa­tion is, for example, construc­tion tech­no­logy, wood tech­no­logy, architecture.

We expect and value:
– the researcher’s expe­rience in writing his or her own disser­ta­tion, etc.
– exper­tise in the field of construc­tion or wood tech­no­logy
– ability to coope­rate with stake­hol­ders
– good oral and written commu­nica­tion skills in in English, C1-C2 level
– B2-level skills in the Finnish language
– willing­ness to develop own compe­tence in the areas of exper­tise of the research project

The posi­tion is full-time and the emplo­y­ment condi­tions comply with the collec­tive labour agree­ment of Sivista. The salary for 100% working hours is 3285,83-3791,27 EUR per month. The salary does not include expe­rience supple­ment, 4-16 %. The assign­ment follows a six-month proba­tio­nary period.

The applica­tions inclu­ding a CV and refe­rences should be posted to Kunta­rekry by 3 pm EET on Monday 31st January 2022.

More infor­ma­tion about the post and tasks:
Head of Educa­tion, Sirpa Kolari, 050 476 9593, [email protected]
Lectu­rer, Timo Paka­ri­nen, 050 376 5742, [email protected]
Research and Deve­lop­ment Direc­tor, Anne Ilvonen, 050 311 6314, [email protected]