Academic Research Supporter
Research Support Officer at the Department of Management, Society and Communication (MSC) at Copenhagen Business School in Frederiksberg.
We are looking for a skilled, experienced and dedicated Academic Officer to handle administrative tasks related to a broad portfolio of EU research projects within the fields of Renewable Energy, Urban Logistics and Sustainable Mobility, and Climate Resilience, and Women’s Health.
The employment will be for the limited period of 01 September 2025 till 31 August 2028.
You will become part of an international research team, where we take pride in providing excellent work to the department’s research environment. Therefore, the position requires that you are service-minded and can remain calm in a busy environment with many inquiries and a wide range of contacts.
MSC is located at Dalgas Have in Frederiksberg and has over 140 full-time employees working in research, teaching, and administration.
MSC has an extensive portfolio of externally funded projects that help strengthen the exploration and dissemination of new research ideas. Funding comes from various sources, including the Danish state, national and international foundations, EU funds, and collaboration agreements with other institutions.
If you are interested in learning more about the department and our research, you can read more here: https://www.cbs.dk/en/research/departments-and-centres/department-of-man...
Job Responsibilities
The primary tasks will include:
- Support for research activities in medium and large EU-funded projects, including follow-up on research applications and grants.
- Proposal and application writing.
- Awareness raising.
- Communication and event coordination.
- Follow-up with project managers and grant coordinators regarding projects and status.
- Insight into the projects’ finances, project details and research field.
- Business model analysis.
- Ad hoc tasks.
- Assisting with the timesheets.
- Onboarding meetings for new projects.
Qualifications
We expect you to have:
- A MSc degree within the field of Environmental and Natural Resource Economics.
- Experience with project management, coordination and financial administration in a public institution, preferably a Danish university.
- Experience working on EU-funded research projects within the fields of Sustainable Development, Renewable Energy and Climate Resilience, and Women’s Health.
- Strong communication and collaboration skills in English as well as in Greek.
- An interest in developing and improving administrative project processes.
- Experience with qualitative research (survey, interviews) and end-user engagement.
We value that you are:
- Independent, responsible, and service-oriented.
- Organized, adaptable, and solution focused.
- Structured, systematic, and detail oriented.
- Able to manage multiple tasks simultaneously and prioritize as needed.
- Skilled at building and maintaining good relationships with internal and external partners and colleagues.
Are You the One We’re Looking For?
If you can see yourself as our Research Support Officer, please send us your CV and a short, motivated application describing your interest in the position and why you are qualified.
Application deadline: June 25, 2025
We review applications and conduct interviews on an ongoing basis.
Salary and Terms of Employment
Employment and salary are in accordance with the applicable agreement between the Ministry of Finance and the relevant organization, with placement and salary depending on qualifications and experience. There will be an opportunity to negotiate personal supplements upon employment. The position is 37 hours per week.
Recruitment Process
Copenhagen Business School invites all qualified candidates to apply. A hiring committee will assess the applications an ongoing basis and invite a selection of qualified candidates for interviews.
One of CBS’s strategic goals is to promote diversity and inclusion in our organization. Therefore, we strive for a recruitment process that minimizes potential bias. We encourage applicants not to include photos or unnecessary personal information in their applications.
Further Information
For information about the position, please contact Project Manager, Assistant Professor Isabel Froes, ifr.msc@cbs.dk.
For information about the employment process please contact HR Coordinator, Rikke Petersen, rpe.msc@cbs.dk.
You apply for the position online by clicking the “apply online” link, where you fill out the application form and attach your application, diploma(s), and CV.
Closing date: 25 juni 2025.
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WE TRANSFORM SOCIETY WITH BUSINESS
CBS is a globally recognised business school with deep roots in the Nordic socio-economic model. Our faculty has a broad focus on societal challenges, and we have earned a reputation for high-quality disciplinary and interdisciplinary research and education.
We are located at Frederiksberg and have approximately 20,000 full and part-time students, 800 full-time faculty members, 200 PhD students and 700 administrative staff, and a full portfolio of bachelor, master, MBA/EMBA, PhD and executive programmes taught in English and Danish.
Our global profile carries the obligation to address critical challenges in our research and to develop the transformational capabilities of students, graduates and business leaders via our educational activities and opportunities for lifelong learning. Complex challenges call for joint action, and therefore our strategy focuses on strengthening current and starting new partnerships with other sciences, the business community, authorities and civil society.
CBS is working continuously on becoming a diverse and inclusive organisation, and we encourage all regardless of gender identity and expression, ethnicity, religious beliefs, LGBT+ -identity, cultural background etc. to apply.
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