The Vall d´Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO) Seeks a “Training Coordinator” (Process Closed)
Reference: Ref. 40-2023
Application deadline: Until position filled
Number of vacancies: 1
VHIO has been awarded as a Center of Excellence Severo Ochoa, granted within the subprogram of the Spanish Institutional Strengthening of the State Plan for Scientific and Technical Research & Innovation, recognizes national research centers that demonstrate scientific leadership of excellence and impact at global level. The aid has been funded by the State Agency for Research (Agencia Estatal de Investigación) (CEX2020-001024-S / AEI / 10.13039 / 501100011033).
Job description:
The VHIO Academy is seeking a highly motivated and experienced Training Coordinator to join our team in the development, implementation, and expansion of our institutional training programmes. The VHIO Academy was created at the end of 2021 as part of the VHIO Scientific Coordination Area and is key to the consolidation of VHIO as a Comprehensive Cancer Centre by integrating dedicated educational programmes together with assistance and research activities.
It´s primary role is to foster scientific talent through integrated training and academic related activities. The department oversees the internal scientific course offer, as well as advanced courses and practical workshops. VHIO Academy is a key contact point for the Masters, PhD, Postdoctoral and medical residents’ communities in respect to the academic programmes coordination, from call organization, university procedures as well as, counselling, and career coaching. The department members participate in the coordination of training and academic activities together with various local and international institutions.
The successful candidate will work with our team to ensure high-quality, innovative, and effective training and academic programmes that align with the institute´s strategic goals.
The main duties (although not exclusive) for this position are:
- Development and follow-up of the annual training programme (identification of training needs, organization of courses and other training events, manage the communication with participants, lecturers and other collaborators, manage the outputs and feedbacks of each of the courses organized, annual revision of the courses and its contents, etc.)
- Implementation of the lifelong scientific learning programme strategy of the institution
- Implementation of new training initiatives such as cross-disciplinary seminars, courses addressed to specific groups (doctoral researchers, postdoctoral researchers, medical residents), monographic courses, etc.
- Organization of career development & engagement activities for the VHIO scientific community.
- Support the Head of the Unit in the implementation of future EU MSCA COFUND & EU MSCA ITN actions.
- Maintenance and content development of the online platform for training and student management (VHIO Moodle).
Requirements:
The candidate must have the following requirements:
- A university degree in the area of life sciences or related fields.
- Proven experience in coordination and organization of international events and/or training workshops.
- Proven experience in training activities (as trainer and organizer) in an international academic environment.
- Strong organizational, planning and multi-tasking capacities. Strong ability to work in a team and with strict deadlines paying close attention to details.
- Full proficiency in both English and Spanish (verbal and written). Catalan is a plus.
- Strong IT knowledge (user level).
- Excellent communication and writing skills.
- High degree of service orientation.
- High degree of autonomy.
Additional information:
- Experience in the management of training programmes in Academia will be a plus.
- Proven experience in a scientific organisation will be an asset.
- Practical experience in survey design and data analysis will also be advantageous.
- PhD in a life-sciences related field will be a plus.
Working Conditions
- Contract duration: Permanent
- Target start date: Mid-June 2023
- Estimated annual gross salary: Salary is commensurate with qualifications and according to the pay scales regulated at VHIO collective agreement.
Application:
Potential candidates should submit a curriculum vitae and a motivation letter addressed to Imma Falero to selecciorrhh@vhio.net, including the reference “Ref. 40-2023” in the subject line of your email.
About VHIO:
Under the leadership of Josep Tabernero, the Vall d’Hebron Institute of Oncology (VHIO), has established itself as a comprehensive cancer center of proven excellence internationally. It is also thanks to VHIO’s optimal organizational structure based on a purely multidisciplinary and translational model that VHIO talents continue to anticipate and tackle the many unresolved questions in combatting this multifaceted and heterogeneous disease.
Located within the Vall d’Hebron Barcelona Hospital Campus, our researchers closely collaborate and interact with Vall d’Hebron physician-scientists. Translational science and clinical research are therefore tightly connected which promotes superb interaction and teamwork which, in turn, accelerates the bench-bedside-bed cycle of knowledge. This privileged environment affords VHIO direct access to patients as well as the entire spectrum of oncology professionals who care for them, and a second-to-none appreciation of how cancer science can translate into more powerful, targeted treatments and better practice for the care of patients.
VHIO’s pioneering model and programs, coupled with its belief in combining strengths through cross-border collaborations, continue to spur advances in reversing cancer resistance, halting metastatic spread, and more effectively treating even the most undruggable tumor types.
VHIO’s translation toward precision oncology: https://www.vhio.net
Vall d’Hebron Institute Oncology (VHIO) endorses the Requirements and Principles of the European Charter for Researchers, the Code of Conduct for the Recruitment of Researchers promoted by the European Commission and follows Equal Opportunities policies.
On 10th April 2018 VHIO was awarded the “HR Excellence in Research” logo. Our Institute was consequently granted permission to use the HR Excellence in Research Award logo as demonstration of its stimulating and favourable work environment in line with the Charter & Code.
