Student Assistant with interest in EU-projects at Secretariat for Infectious Disease Preparedness and One Health at Statens Serum Institut

Are you interested in EU-projects? Would you like to support a dynamic team coordinating and managing interconnected large EU-projects in the field of infectious disease preparedness? If yes, then do not miss this chance!

About Infectious Disease Preparedness at Statens Serum Institut (SSI)
Statens Serum Institut (SSI) is responsible for the Danish preparedness against infectious diseases, covering both diagnostic preparedness and epidemiological preparedness. SSI is a One Health institute: in addition to being a public health institute, SSI has veterinary preparedness functions in collaboration with University of Copenhagen. All activities are based on scientific evidence from research, surveillance and investigation of outbreaks, and many activities are conducted in national and international collaborations. SSI’s Secretariat for Infectious Disease Preparedness and One Health is a multidisciplinary, international team of about 15 colleagues. SSI is very active in EU-projects in the field of infectious disease preparedness.

EU-projects are only one of the tasks of the Secretariat for Infectious Disease Preparedness and One Health. We organise weekly preparedness meetings, maintain an overview of topics of relevance for preparedness, and participate in the operational infectious disease preparedness. Moreover, we coordinate risk assessment work, literature reviews, and collection of data and information to various written products. We support coordinated collaboration across SSI and with external stakeholders in Denmark, in the EU and globally.

Your work tasks
You will be supporting coordination and reporting of a palette of EU-projects at different stages. We are looking for a student assistant to:

• support a dynamic team that coordinates and manages a portfolio of large, interconnected EU-projects and secures an overview of SSI’s participation in the projects, and works towards sustainability of the activities by coordinating writing processes of proposals for new projects.
• gather information for periodic reporting of projects
• follow up on responses from project partners
• write summaries and updates
• draft project-related presentations and social media posts
• participate in planning project events

The focus during the first months will be supporting periodic reporting of projects, which is a good way to learn about the projects.

Key projects in the portfolio right now include:

• EU-HIP
• EU-WISH
• OH4Surveillance

Education, experience and personal qualifications
You are a university student with interest in international collaborations. You are good in communication in written and spoken English. You have skills, some experience and/or interest in some of the following:

• Project management and reporting
• Event organizing
• Interest to learn about European and global stakeholders such as HERA, ECDC, EFSA, EEA, EMA, WHO, WOAH, FAO
• Interest to learn about EU funding programs
• Interest in topics relevant to infectious disease preparedness
• Skills in other languages; especially Danish skills are useful

You are structured, good in keeping deadlines, and interested in working in international collaborations.

Terms of employment
The work time will be on average 15 hours per week, with flexibility for e.g. exam periods. You will be employed in accordance with the applicable collective agreement between the Danish Ministry of Taxation and the Public Employees’ Organizations – the State Sector (OAO-S collective agreement), as well as the applicable organizational agreement with HK/Stat for office workers, laboratory technicians, and IT employees (HK), pursuant to the provisions of the agreement concerning hourly-paid employees.

Are you interested?
For further information about the position, please contact Head of Function Pikka Jokelainen +45 3268 8679.

Application and recruitment process
Click “Søg Stillingen” to send your job application with curriculum vitae and diploma/exam certificates. Please do not include a photo in your CV, as we strive for a more inclusive recruitment process with equal opportunities for all our job applicants. Interviews are expected during weeks 18-19.

We look forward to hear from you.

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Lokation: København

Application deadline: 25 Apr 2025