First Superintendent for the Unit for Environmental Research and Monitoring

PhD in a relevant subject area (biology, chemistry, ecotoxicology, or statistics) with documented extensive experience in statistical data processing within environmental contaminant research and/or environmental contaminant monitoring. You must be well acquainted with statistical methods such as multivariate and non-parametric methods, modeling and simulation analyses, as well as master spatial statistics and have solid experience with R. You are highly experienced in reporting and publishing results from scientific investigations, and we would prefer if you have experience supervising students, doctoral students, and post docs. You have experience acting as a resource person regarding statistics in a working group and are accustomed to collaborating both internally and with other agencies and international organizations. You will be a project manager within environmental contaminant monitoring, and therefore experience in project management is a merit. You are a strong researcher with documented experience in obtaining external research funding. You speak fluent English and (preferably) also Swedish/Scandinavian or have a strong desire to learn.

The application documents shall consist of a PDF and include: - Application with CV/list of merits. - Publication list of all scientific works, with the five most significant marked. - Account of experience in research and laboratory work. - Brief account of current research and ideas for future research activities. - Other documents or information that the applicant considers to be of importance. - Contact details for at least two references. Your main task is to perform statistical analyses of environmental contaminant data, which includes e.g., evaluation of temporal/spatial trends and other types of patterns, as well as simulation for optimization of sampling strategies within our extensive environmental monitoring program. We are currently working on replacing our current statistics program with the R software package for statistical analyses and graphics. You will be the unit's statistical expert and assist other researchers with advice and help with analyses of different types of biological data. You will conduct your own research within the subject area and also initiate your own studies within environmental contaminant research. Additional tasks include supervising doctoral students and guest researchers, as well as actively participating in the unit's work. Naturhistoriska riksmuseet has a large and active research department. The Unit for Environmental Research and Monitoring studies changes in natural processes. We monitor concentrations and effects of environmental contaminants in our environment, we follow the occurrence of pollen in the air and birds' migration patterns, as well as follow the population development of seals and white-tailed eagles. The unit is responsible for the collection, sampling, and storage of material for studies of environmental contaminants within the Swedish environmental monitoring, and conducts monitoring of the health status of seals, otters, white-tailed eagles, and porpoises. We are responsible for one of the world's oldest environmental sample banks, which contains more than 350,000 samples including, among others, sandeel eggs and fish from the Baltic Sea and the West Coast, as well as tissue samples from seals, breast milk, reindeer, Statens Vilt (certain birds of prey, bear, wolf, otter, and other species). Most of our time series were initiated between the 1960s and 1980s.