Scientific Communications and Events Manager

We are offering an exciting position as a Scientific Communications and Events Manager in the field of artificial intelligence in health care. The selected candidate will work within the scope of European Research Projects at the University of Barcelona’s Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Lab (www.bcn-aim.org).

As a Scientific Communications and Events Manager, you will play a crucial role in the development, implementation, and communication of scientific research within the context of European-funded projects, particularly within the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Programmes, as well as contribute to the organisation of international conferences. 
The main objectives of this position will be to produce high-quality scientific content and documentation that supports the correct implementation of the projects, and to plan and organise international scientific conferences, coordinating all aspects of the event planning. In addition, you will be involved in the preparation and writing of proposals in collaboration with project coordinators, researchers, and other stakeholders. Moreover, you will be responsible for the preparation of various scientific documents, including research papers, technical reports, and deliverables. You may be requested to develop communication strategies and materials aimed at disseminating project outcomes to diverse audiences. This may include writing press releases, articles, website content, managing social media accounts, and promoting events and outreach through various channels to attract attendees and participants.

We offer:
•    A dynamic position in beautiful Barcelona and its Mediterranean climate.
•    Research experience within a prestigious university (1st position in Spain).
•    Cutting-edge research in AI for healthcare in one of the most dynamic research groups in Europe (12 active projects including an ERC grant).
•    An international research environment with a multi-cultural team representing all continents.
•    Opportunities to collaborate with international and interdisciplinary collaborators as part of the European projects.
•    Travelling opportunities to scientific events, project meetings and international stays.
•    Flexible working hours, with possibility to telework.
•    Competitive salary.
•    Contract duration of at least a year with the possibility to extend the contract.

We are offering an exciting position as a Scientific Communications and Events Manager in the field of artificial intelligence in health care. The selected candidate will work within the scope of European Research Projects at the University of Barcelona’s Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Lab (www.bcn-aim.org).

As a Scientific Communications and Events Manager, you will play a crucial role in the development, implementation, and communication of scientific research within the context of European-funded projects, particularly within the Horizon 2020 and Horizon Europe Programmes, as well as contribute to the organisation of international conferences. 
The main objectives of this position will be to produce high-quality scientific content and documentation that supports the correct implementation of the projects, and to plan and organise international scientific conferences, coordinating all aspects of the event planning. In addition, you will be involved in the preparation and writing of proposals in collaboration with project coordinators, researchers, and other stakeholders. Moreover, you will be responsible for the preparation of various scientific documents, including research papers, technical reports, and deliverables. You may be requested to develop communication strategies and materials aimed at disseminating project outcomes to diverse audiences. This may include writing press releases, articles, website content, managing social media accounts, and promoting events and outreach through various channels to attract attendees and participants.

We offer:
•    A dynamic position in beautiful Barcelona and its Mediterranean climate.
•    Research experience within a prestigious university (1st position in Spain).
•    Cutting-edge research in AI for healthcare in one of the most dynamic research groups in Europe (12 active projects including an ERC grant).
•    An international research environment with a multi-cultural team representing all continents.
•    Opportunities to collaborate with international and interdisciplinary collaborators as part of the European projects.
•    Travelling opportunities to scientific events, project meetings and international stays.
•    Flexible working hours, with possibility to telework.
•    Competitive salary.
•    Contract duration of at least a year with the possibility to extend the contract.

The research projects:
You will join our exposome AI team as part of ongoing projects such as LongITools (www.longitools.org) and EarlyCause (www.earlycause.eu), funded by the European Commission. In these projects, we are developing new trustworthy AI methods for predictive modelling of depression and cardio-metabolic disease from multi-source biomedical data (including clinical, biological, imaging and environmental data). In particular, we are interested in new AI models which, once applied in real-world practice, will be fair across population groups, generalisable across clinical sites, robust against data variations, explainable for clinical use, and respectful of data privacy. Hence, we are investigating a wide range of approaches, including transfer learning, bias correction, domain adaptation, generative modelling, uncertainty estimation, explainable AI and federated learning. Should you join our team, you will collaborate with several technical and clinical partners within Europe (e.g. in the Netherlands, the UK, Finland, Italy, Spain, Croatia, Poland).

The Group:
The successful candidate will join the Artificial Intelligence in Medicine Lab (www.bcn-aim.org), which is an integral part of the University of Barcelona’s Faculty of Mathematics and Computer Science. It is a young and dynamic research lab, highly active in international projects, and composed of >20 enthusiastic academics, researchers, students and research managers, with expertise in data science, machine/deep learning, biomedical informatics, biomedical ethics, and health-related applications. The research team has an established track record in coordination and participation in national, European and international projects in biomedical data science and medical AI (e.g. EuCanImage, euCanSHare, EarlyCause, LongITools, HealthyCloud, RadioVal, DataTools4Heart, Youth-GEMs, HappyMums, AIMIX, AI4HF). 

The Institution:
The University of Barcelona (UB), founded in 1450, is one of the oldest universities in Spain. It comprises a student body of 84,370 and 4,548 research staff members. With 73 undergraduate programs, 273 graduate programs and 48 doctorate programs, UB is the largest university in Barcelona and Catalonia. The UB is ranked the first Spanish university according to several rankings (QS World University Rankings 2018, ARWU/Shanghai Ranking 2018). It is particularly interested in fostering international relations and, for many years, has managed an average of 150 European projects per year. Since January 2010, Universitat de Barcelona is part of the prestigious League of European Universities Research (LERU).

Gross salary per year: €35,000 - 40,000 (depending on experience)

application: letter and curriculum vitae.

Name: Paloma Fernández Torres

Email subject: BCN AIM scientific writer application

email: paloma.fernadez@ub.edu