To realize these ambitions, Research Support Office at CBS provides professional and service-oriented support to departments and researchers to secure more funding for research.

CBS is looking for two research advisers with experience in external funding from a university, foundations, or other related environments. You will be part of a dynamic and interdisciplinary team in the Research Support Office (RSO), collaborating to attract European and Danish public and private research funding. As a research adviser focusing on external funding, you will work closely with CBS researchers to secure the necessary funds for research projects that promote significant scientific breakthroughs and seek solutions relevant to society.

The CBS Research Support Office (RSO) – consists of a head of office, a secretariat coordinator, and 10 research advisers. CBS RSO is highly specialized and divided into specialized teams. In RSO, we help each other and maintain an open and informal tone. We focus on competence, team development, and knowledge sharing, and you will have good opportunities to influence and organize your workday. You will join a team where we also prioritize community and social interaction.

Primary tasks:

• Advise CBS researchers on opportunities and conditions for external funding of research projects.
• Support external funding activities, including preparing budgets, providing technical and administrative input to applications. Review of applications to ensure that form and content are competitive and meet the requirements of the funding body.
• Support strategic and cross-cutting initiatives within external funding activities.
• Contribute to the development of RSO’s own strategic initiatives and process measures.
• Manage contact with national and international foundations.
• Advise CBS departments on external funding and handle management tasks for the directorate.

Qualifications: We are looking for the right person who:

• Has knowledge of the current national and international research funding landscape
• Has experience in advising researchers, preferably from a university or similar environments.
• Is good at analyzing and advising researchers on the path from complex research ideas to convincing applications.
• Has experience preparing budgets from scratch and based on the financial guidelines of the foundations.
• Is good at communicating and has good collaboration skills and enjoys working with many different stakeholders across the organization.
• Enjoy working in teams
• Is interested in new digital tools and the development of processes that can simplify task handling and administrative processes and will bring new ideas into our daily workflows.
• Basic understanding of Danish is a requirement

We work with many deadlines and are periodically very busy. Therefore, it is necessary that you can focus, prioritize, and work intensively up to deadlines.

Salary and employment conditions: Employment and remuneration are in accordance with the current agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the AC organizations. The employment is 37 hours per week, and the position is desired to be filled as soon as possible, with a start no later than April 1, 2025.

Additional information: If you want more information about the position, you are welcome to contact the head of office for RSO, Jane Finnerup Johnsen, phone: 28936924.

Application deadline: The application deadline is February 13, 2025. The first interview will be on Tuesday, February 18, 2025, and the second interview on Monday, February 24, 2025. There can be a test between the first and second interviews.

All interested parties, regardless of age, gender, disability, race, religion, or ethnic background, are encouraged to apply for the position.

We welcome applications in both Danish and English.

You apply for the position online by opening the link “apply online,” where you fill out the application form and attach the application along with exam papers and CV.