Senior Officer of DI’s Scientific Programs

Position: 
Staff
Location: 
Budapest
Status: 
Full-time
Unit: 
CEU Democracy Institute
E-mail: 
[email protected]
Open for Employee Referral
Application deadline: 
Open until filled
Starting date: 
As soon as possible

The Democracy Institute (DI) at the Central European University (CEU) invites applications for a Senior Officer of DI’s Scientific Programs position. The successful candidate will play a strategic role in providing continuous support for executive-level professional work, creating the conditions of sustainable operations, and expanding DI’s transnational and multidisciplinary research projects which explore the multifaceted challenges confronted by democratic societies and politics in the Global North and Global South. In addition, she/he will have a pivotal role in advancing DI’s academic mission and fostering internal and external collaboration.  

 

About DI   

The CEU Democracy Institute is a young research center of excellence structured into six thematic Working Groups (De- and Re-Democratization, Democracy in History, Environment in Democracy, Inequalities and Democracy, Media and Technology and the Rule of Law) and its digital platform the Review of Democracy. All of the Working Groups host multiple junior and senior visiting fellows, our researchers are associated to international research consortia such as Horizon Europe, ERC etc. We produce cutting-edge research outputs, incubate new research grant proposals and develop hybrid outreach activities (conferences, workshops, public lecture series) to disseminate and debate the newest research findings with academics, policymakers, NGOs, social movement activists, and the general public. DI is currently developing a new portfolio of large-scale interdisciplinary international research and educational projects with partner institutions from both the Global North and Global South.  

 

Your duties and responsibilities: 

• Support the Director in strengthening collaboration between Working Groups across DI’s current portfolio of research projects, to maximize research impact through collective efforts; 
• Support the Director in developing and implementing an innovative, dialogic academic performance tracking and assessment process (mechanism) to maximize DI's research impact and support the DI's long-term sustainability as a research incubator for collaborative inter-disciplinary research on democracy; 
• Support the Director and Working Group Leaders in exploring new collaborative research projects with academic institutions, think tanks and civil society actors (from concept development to funding application); 
• Support the Director and the Working Group leaders in the dissemination of research results more broadly, with an emphasis on innovative, collaborative cross-platform formats;  
• Support the Director and the Working Group leaders in developing and implementing impactful and sustainable dissemination and outreach with strategic partners. 

 

Your skills and qualifications: 

The successful candidate will have a PhD in humanities or social sciences with demonstrated experience in conducting and coordinating social science research projects. Prior experience with project management, coordination and fundraising at higher education institutions and/or non-profits is a plus. We are looking for a highly dynamic, autonomous individual with outstanding communication and organizational skills who is capable to propose and implement a long-term vision for institutional growth. 

 

What we offer 

We offer a competitive salary as well as a dynamic and international academic environment.
The initial contract has a duration of one year. 

How to apply

Applicants need to submit: 

• CV 
• Cover letter  

Please send your complete application package to [email protected] including the job code in the subject line: 2023/072 

CEU is strongly committed to the promotion of gender equality and equal opportunities within our institution. Previous training, work experience and/or engagement with matters of equality, diversity and inclusion at the organizational level will be an asset.

Central European University does not discriminate on the basis of—including, but not limited to—race, color, national and ethnic origin, religion, gender and sexual orientation in administering its educational policies, admissions policies, employment, scholarship and loan programs, and athletic and other school-administered programs.

About CEU

One of the world’s most international universities, a unique founding mission positions Central European University  as both an acclaimed center for the study of economic, historical, social and political challenges, and a source of support for building open and democratic societies that respect human rights and human dignity. CEU is accredited in the United States and Austria, and offers English-language bachelor's , master's and doctoral  programs in the social sciences, the humanities, law, environmental sciences, management and public policy. CEU enrolls more than 1,400 students from over 100 countries, with faculty from over 50 countries.  

In 2019, CEU relocated from Hungary to Austria as the Hungarian government revoked its ability to issue US-accredited degrees in the country. As a result, CEU offers all of its degree programs in Vienna, Austria; and retains a non-degree, research and civic engagement presence in Budapest, Hungary, through its CEU Democracy Institute , the Institute for Advanced Study , the CEU Summer University  and The Vera and Donald Blinken Open Society Archives (OSA) , and its Hungarian language public educational programs and public lectures.  

For more information, please visit https://www.ceu.edu/ .

CEU is an equal opportunity employer.

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