We seek a candidate with administrative experience working with research projects at International level, and who enjoys travelling throughout Europe.

About the position

Norwegian University of Life Sciences

NMBU has a special responsibility for research and education that ensures the basis of life for future generations.

Sustainability is rooted in everything we do and we provide knowledge for life.

NMBU has 1700 employees and 5200 students and is organized in seven faculties. NMBU has a campus in Ås and in Oslo. In the autumn of 2020 we are co-located on Ås. Further information on NMBU is available at www.nmbu.no.

About REALTEK

The Faculty of Science and Technology has 130 employees, about 1,100 students and about 60 PhD students. The Faculty offers bachelor, master and doctoral degrees in natural sciences and engineering in the fields of environmental physics and renewable energy, building and architecture, water and environmental technology, machine-, process and product development, robotics geomatics, data science and educational sciences. The workplace is in Ås, 30 km from Oslo.

The Faculty of Science and Technology at the Norwegian University of Life Sciences (NMBU) has a vacant full time 3-year Project Management Officer position.

This post provides the opportunity for an experienced, motivated and well-organised individual to join a growing team conducting disruptive research in food automation.

The Robotics Group at NMBU has been working for some time in developing novel autonomous systems for agricultural purposes and has recently embarked on expanding its competence into automation for the food (specifically, meat) industry. This has been developed through research projects funded by the Norwegian Research Council, and most recently a €7.5 million H2020 European funded project involving 10 partners from across Europe.

The long-term goal of the research is the development of a robust, flexible and scalable cognitive robotics platform, generally referred to as a “Meat Factory Cell”. Automation in the food sector to-date is relatively inaccessible for low- and medium- volume producers. RoBUTCHER brings forward a new strategy which deviates significantly from current line-based production methods used in meat production.

The successful candidate would be a core member of the RoBUTCHER team, providing administrative support and executive assistance in the delivery of this exciting project.

Main tasks

The successful candidate will work directly with a project funded by the European Commission (A robust, flexible and scalable cognitive robotics platform: RoBUTCHER), which runs from 2020-2022 (3 years).

Main tasks:

• Managing the effective communication and cooperation among RoBUTCHER beneficiaries and with the European Commission for administrative and financial issues.
• Overseeing adherence to the deadlines for reporting, meetings and other deliverables.
• Assisting with collection and consolidation of the deliverable reports and contributions for the progress and financial reports before review.
• Preparing for, arranging and reporting from meetings.
• Engaging with, and managing support towards Work Package leaders on logistical, administrative and financial matters.
• Liaising with Head of Administration for necessary administrative and financial services and consultations on important administrative and financial matters.
• Liaising with the NMBU central administration (Research and Innovation Department) on technical, legal and financial aspects that may affect the Project.
• Assisting with identifying and mitigating risks perceived to impact project performance or quality.
• Assisting with the development and implementation of the project Data Management Plan.

The successful candidate will work closely with the Project Co-ordinator, Dr Alex Mason

Qualification requirements, desired experiences, knowledge and personal qualities

Required Academic qualifications

• A relevant university degree (minimum bachelor or equivalent). Other documented relevant prior knowledge will be emphasized in the selection and may replace the educational requirement .

Other required qualifications:

• Experience in research project administration
• Fluent in written and spoken English
• Fluent, written and spoken, in a Scandinavian language (Norwegian, Swedish or Danish)

The following experiences and skills will be an advantage:

• A degree or relevant experience in an engineering associated discipline
• Experience of working as part of interdisciplinary teams in international (e.g. H2020) projects
• Fluency in a second European language

Required personal skills:

• Excellent communication skills
• Project management skills
• Self-motivated, able work alone and in a team
• Well-organised
• Positive work attitude
• Flexibility, and able to work under pressure with tight deadlines

Remuneration and information

The position is placed in government pay scale position code 1363 Senior consultant [Alex Maso1] (1363 seniorkonsulent), salary grade 49-60 (currently NOK 442 300 – 532 300) on the Norwegian Government salary scale upon employment depending on qualifications.

For further information, please contact:

• Dr. Alex Mason, Associate Professor, Email: alex.mason@nmbu.no; phone: +4791749792

General informations to applicants

Application

To apply online for this vacancy, please click on the 'Apply for this job' button above. This will route you to the University's Web Recruitment System, where you will need to register an account (if you have not already) and log in before completing the online application form.

Application deadline: 20.10.2019

Printed material which cannot be sent electronically should be sent by surface mail to Norwegian University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Science and Technology, P.O. Box 5003, NO-1432 Ås, within 20.10.2019. Please quote reference number 19/03877

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