Project assistant to the project "fair gold"
Lunds universitet, Samhällsvetenskapliga fakulteten, Institutionen för kulturgeografi och ekonomisk geografi
Lund University was founded in 1666 and is repeatedly ranked among the world’s top universities. The University has around 47 000 students and more than 8 800 staff based in Lund, Helsingborg and Malmö. We are united in our efforts to understand, explain and improve our world and the human condition.
Lund University welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We regard gender equality and diversity as a strength and an asset.
The Department is looking for a project assistant on the FORMAS project “fair gold? Institutionalising labour and environmental standards along the certified gold supply chain”, who specializes in mining, business and human rights.
Assignments
This position is for a project assistant to assist with social science data collection on the web, data cleaning and analysing. The assistant to be hired is expected to contribute to the project through supporting research on the above-mentioned project, and will be guided by the project leader. Previous research experience in academia or non-profit sector, through web-scraping or similar methods, independently and in teams, on mining, business and human rights is highly regarded.
Qualifications and assessment
To be appointed as a project assistant requires Masters’ level education in human rights, or another field of relevance to the position.
The applicants must be able to demonstrate:
- research expertise through the quality of their education assignments and/or other publications,
- experience and/or methodological qualifications in web-scraping or similar research methods and/or training
- experience in research on mining, business and human rights
- experience working in teams on research assignments and work independence
- Fluent English (written and spoken) is a requirement.
Application
Applications must be written in English and include:
- CV
- A personal letter describing the applicant’s motivation and experience with regards to the assignments described above (1 page)
- Writing sample (excerpt of higher education assignment, report, blog, max 2 pages including a short paragraph contextualising the sample)
- Copies of grades and examination certificates
The expected start date is February 1st. Remote work is not possible for this position. Applicants are expected to indicate in the application when – if offered the position – they would be able to start.
Terms of employment
This is a five month temporary employment on 100 %.
| Type of employment | Special fixed-term employment |
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| Contract type | Full time |
| First day of employment | February 2025 |
| Salary | Monthly salary |
| Number of positions | 1 |
| Full-time equivalent | 100% |
| City | Lund |
| County | Skåne län |
| Country | Sweden |
| Reference number | PA2024/3939 |
| Contact |
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| Union representative |
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| Published | 19.Dec.2024 |
| Last application date | 06.Jan.2025 11:59 PM CET |