Date of publication of the job offer: 13/06/2024

Euraxess: https://euraxess.ec.europa.eu/jobs/244835

Job title: Full-time Senior Research Technician /Assistant  in Sociology- Public Health in the project GIG-OSH (Spanish Research Agency), Department of Social and Political Sciences, Pompeu Fabra University. REF: CPIS-PSR-2024-12

Selection criteria: (only applications from candidates who fulfil the requirements mentioned above will be evaluated and interviewed)

• Disciplinary fit with projects: 1-5 points
• Relevant academic experience: 1-5 points
• Relevant methodological skills: 1-5 points

Selection committee:

President: Joan Benach

Secretary: Mariana Gutiérrez-Zamora

Member: Ferran Muntané

Description of functions

Platform work has the potential to be the most 'disruptive' labour market phenomenon of the past decades. Its share of the total labour market is still modest according to recent estimates (but platform like work arrangements are steadily expanding. Whilst studies of platform work now proliferate such as investigating its extent, business models, quality of work and worker characteristics, etc., the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) implications of platform work have remained unexplored. However, there are good reasons to assume that OSH policy and practise is also being disrupted within platform work. This disruption challenges the ambitions of the SDG8 of having decent work and the EU pillar of social rights: fair working conditions and equal opportunities as well as access to the labour market. Consequently, ensuring that platform work provides a safe and healthy work environment is essential. So, the GIG-OSH project wants to fill this gap in research and therefore aims to: (i) investigate the OSH risks and regulations of platform work and (ii) provide recommendations to foster a safe and healthy occupational environment for platform workers in Europe and beyond. This project involves several European countries with different policy and social contexts and from the four cardinal geographical regions of Europe – Eastern, Northern, Western and Southern Europe. More specifically, the project is formed by Sweden, Finland, Denmark, Belgium, Spain, Poland and the United Kingdom. In the case of Spain, the project is led by Joan Benach in the case of the UPF, and Mireia Julià, in the case of the Institut Hospital del Mar d'Investigacions Mèdiques (IMIM)

The candidate will develop predominantly quantitative research tasks within the Health Inequalities Research Group (UPF).

Literature review.

1. Data analysis of the quantitative cohort.
2. Writing of results and preliminary drafts.
3. Regular meetings with the international GIG-OSH team.
4. Periodic meetings with the GREDS-EMCONET and IMIM team.
5. Participation in research seminars and activities to disseminate results.
6. Other research tasks related to the project.

Project and Institution that finance the contract

New Challenges for occupational safety and health in times of the digital transformation in Europe

Id. oficial        PCI2022-134977-2. MCINAEI10.13039/501100011033/PRTR_PCI2022-134977-2

Plan Estatal de Investigación Científica, Técnica y de Innovación 2021-2023

Agencia Estatal de Investigación

Research line: Precariousness, Conditions of Employment and Work

Information on minimum requirements

Requirements:

• Degree in social or related sciences
• Training in statistics
• Minimum previous experience of 5 years in complex quantitative analysis
• Previous experience of at least 5 years in quantitative analysis of the social determinants of health and health inequalities
• Stata, SPSS and/or R management
• Experience in writing scientific research articles in public health, sociology and epidemiology
• Experience in writing reports
• Experience and management of precarious employment and health literature and health inequalities
• Experience in qualitative analysis is valued

Specific requirements

• Ability to work independently and as a team member
• Attention to detail
• Excellent communication skills 
• Flexibility 
• Troubleshooting
• A high level of English, Catalan and Spanish (written and spoken) is required 
• Familiarity with Microsoft Office software

Key Responsibilities

• Work with the project team to ensure timely compliance with project objectives and results.
• Work with the project team to prepare written material related to the project, i.e. reports, scientific publications, policy summaries.
• Attend meetings related to the project that are requested.

Benefits of openness

• Job Location: Barcelona, Spain.
• Type of Contract – Contract for scientific and technical activities. Indefinite according to the provisions of article 23 bis of the Llei 14/2011, of 1 June, on Science, Technology and Innovation.
• Gross Salary: 27.977,68 euros (PSR 3U)
• The contract includes all the benefits of the Spanish public health and social security system.

Information about the application process 

To apply for this position, candidates send the documentation by interfolio

through the following link: http://apply.interfolio.com/147985

Deadline for submission of applications:  27/06/2024

Contact  mariana.gutierrezzamora@upf.edu