Promovendus Healthy Pathways to Retirement

19 Mar 2024
Job Information

Organisation/Company

Amsterdam UMC

Research Field

Medical sciences

Researcher Profile

First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country

Netherlands

Application Deadline

2 Apr 2024 - 21:59 (UTC)

Type of Contract

Temporary

Job Status

Not Applicable

Hours Per Week

36.0

Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?

Not funded by an EU programme

Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Offer Description

Healthy ageing is under pressure because extension of paid working lives is not feasible for a substantial group of workers. The overall aim of the Healthpath project is to explain why some workers experience healthier pathways to retirement than others. Healthpath is an interdisciplinary mixed-method project, funded by a ZonMW Open Competition grant, combining quantitative and qualitative research.

Healthpath will address the following two key objectives 1); To investigate how individual vulnerabilities and the organizational (employer & sectoral) context interact as determinants of HPTR of older workers. 2); To identify barriers and facilitators of implementing sector-based and employer-based policies and practices to support HPTR of individual workers.

By using an interdisciplinary approach, we combine methods, theory and data from epidemiology, sociology and occupational health to understand why some workers do and others do not have a healthy pathway to retirement. Specific attention will be paid to interactions between characteristics of sectors, employers and workers.

We are looking for a PhD candidate in Healthpath to contribute to a new longitudinal study that will be set up specifically for the project. You will support the data collection and analysis of longitudinal data to investigate interactions between individual worker characteristics and characteristics of collective labour agreements and how these influence healthy pathways to retirement. During the first phases of the project, you will collaborate closely with a postdoc and the broader Healthpath team to design an excellent lonitudinal study that will be used further throughout the project. The data from this study will provide the backbone for a PhD project. You will perform longitudinal data analyses to investigate healthy pathways to retirement and will report about the results in international scientific journals and during international conferences.

As part of your development as a researcher, you will contribute to teaching students at VU and/or UvA (5%).

The period of your appointment for doctoral research is four years.

Requirements
Specific Requirements

• You have a professionally relevant background in health sciences, epidemiology, public health, sociology or a closely related discipline;
• Your education is equivalent to a four- to five-year bachelor's degree, completed with a master's degree;
• You are fluent in Dutch and English. A good command of the Dutch language is essential, as the data collection will take place in Dutch;
• It is a requirement that you live in the Netherlands for the duration of your PhD research.

Additional Information
Benefits

• A one-year contract (12 months) with the intention to extend for another 36 months
• Salary scale OIO: € 2,901tot € 3,677 bruto with a full time appointment (depending on education and experience).
• In addition to a good basic salary, you will receive, among other things, an 8.3% year-end bonus and 8% holiday allowance
• Calculate your net salary here (subject to conditions)
• Free and unlimited access to our online learning environment GoodHabitz
• Pension accumulation at ABP, of which we pay 70% of the premium
• A (partial) reimbursement of your public transport costs. Prefer to come by bike? Then we have a good bike scheme
• An active staff association and various fun (sports) activities and events throughout the year

Additional comments

If you have any questions about this position, please feel free to contact prof. dr. Martijn Huisman, via [email protected] .

For more information about the application procedure, please contact Chey Edwards, Recruitment Advisor, via [email protected] or via +31 6 214 87 245.

A reference check, screening and hiring test may be part of the procedure. Read here whether that applies to you. If you join us, we ask you for a VOG (Certificate of Good Conduct).

Internal candidates will be given priority over external candidates in case of equal suitability.

Acquisition in response to this vacancy is not appreciated.

Website for additional job details

https://www.academictransfer.com/339166/

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available

1

Company/Institute

Amsterdam UMC

Country

Netherlands

City

Amsterdam

Postal Code

1081HV

Street

De Boelelaan 1117

Geofield

Where to apply

Website

https://www.academictransfer.com/en/339166/promovendus-healthy-pathways-to-reti…

Contact

City

Amsterdam Zuidoost

Website

https://www.amsterdamumc.org/

Street

Meibergdreef 9

Postal Code

1105 AZ

STATUS: EXPIRED