{"data":{"id":228684,"slug":"databasansvarig-till-statsvetenskapliga-institutionen","type":"job","title":"Database Manager for the Department of Political Science","description":"University of Gothenburg meets society's challenges with diverse knowledge. 58,000 students and 6,800 employees make the university a large and inspiring workplace. Strong research and attractive education programs attract researchers and students from around the world. With new knowledge and new perspectives, University of Gothenburg contributes to a better future.\nThe Department of Political Science is an international academic environment that welcomes students, researchers, and staff from around the world. Our research concerns topics such as political institutions, elections, public opinion and democracy, international and European politics, environmental policy, corruption, and political ideas. We organize a large number of research seminars and workshops annually within the department's various research areas. We offer education at all levels in both Swedish and English. Approximately 1,400 students study with us, and we have about 170 employees.\nMore information about the department is available at http:\/\/www.pol.gu.se\nThe Department of Political Science is now seeking a Research Assistant for the research project \"The Local Quality of Government (Lo-QoG) dataset: A hub for local societal indicators across Europe\" \/ (Local data across Europe: a platform with local indicators for corruption risks and societal phenomena)\nThis is a temporary position at 100% full-time for 6 months.\nJob Responsibilities\nAs a database manager, you will work on the next phase of the LoQoG project together with the data team. The focus is on collecting and preparing data at the municipal level in EU member states. The main objective is to integrate statistical data with previously collected geographic data to compile a comprehensive database.\nYour responsibilities:\nIdentify and collect municipal-level data across various subject areas from actors such as national statistical offices and European databases, to be integrated with existing geographic data.\nReconcile results with legislative documents and official registers, and verify licensing requirements for various data sources.\nCommunicate with national authorities and data providers to obtain missing information or clarify questions regarding data quality.\nEstablish technical documentation (metadata) and prepare materials for reports and presentations for the project's stakeholders.\n\nYou will be part of the department's research support team, which consists of just over twenty people who contribute to the department's various research projects. The research support team holds regular brief meetings.\nQualifications\nWe are seeking a candidate with at least a bachelor's degree in political science or a related field. Our ideal candidate is a highly motivated person with an interest in political science and data management. The position requires basic knowledge of quantitative methods and data handling.\nIt is an advantage if you have experience with large-scale data collection projects, knowledge of R and\/or Python, and experience working with spatial data (geodata), as the project involves the integration of geospatial data and large statistical datasets.\nThe role requires you to be solution-oriented, proactive, and thorough. You need to be able to identify and correct discrepancies in large datasets independently. We believe you have the ability to work both independently and as part of a team, while maintaining a research-focused mindset. A structured and meticulous approach to data documentation and reporting is essential for the role.\nWe are looking for someone with excellent English skills, both spoken and written. Additional language skills in European languages are highly desirable.\nEmployment\nThis is a temporary position for 6 months at 100% full-time. You will be part of the research support team at the Department of Political Science.\nStart date: as soon as possible.\nContact Information for the Position\nQuestions about job duties and the project should be directed to mailto:erica.metheney@gu.se\nQuestions about the employment and recruitment process can be directed to Assistant Administrative Manager, Head of Research Support mailto:linda.forsberg@gu.se and Human Resources Officer mailto:Helena.Jensen@gu.se.\nTrade Union Representatives\nTrade union representatives at University of Gothenburg can be found here: https:\/\/www.gu.se\/jobba-hos-oss\/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare\nApplication\nYou apply for the position through University of Gothenburg's recruitment portal by clicking the \"Apply\" button. As an applicant, you are responsible for ensuring that your application is complete in accordance with the job announcement and that it is submitted to the university no later than the application deadline.\nWe ask that you write your application in English as it may be reviewed by English-speaking staff. The selection process will likely include interviews, work tests, and reference checks.\nYour application should include:\nA cover letter (maximum 2 pages) describing why you are interested in the position, how you can contribute to the research project, and how you meet the criteria above\nA CV\nA written text in English that demonstrates academic writing in some way\nA Python script that demonstrates your skills in data curation and data management at an intermediate level\nA list of two or more references who can be contacted for recommendation letters\nYour grades from your bachelor's degree and any master's degree\n\nApplications must be received by: 2026-10-14\n\nThe university actively works for a work environment with equal conditions and values the qualities that diversity brings to the organization. The university applies individual salary setting. According to the National Archives' regulations, the university is required to retain application documents for two years after the employment decision. If you as an applicant specifically request to have your documents returned, they will be sent back after the two-year period has elapsed; otherwise they will be discarded. To staffing and recruitment companies and to you who are job ad sellers: University of Gothenburg uses contracted ad agencies in connection with recruitment of personnel. We politely but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies as well as job ad sellers.","language":"sv","is_translated":true,"title_original":"Databasansvarig till statsvetenskapliga institutionen","description_original":"G\u00f6teborgs universitet m\u00f6ter samh\u00e4llets utmaningar med m\u00e5ngsidig kunskap. 58 000 studenter och 6800  medarbetare g\u00f6r universitetet till en stor och inspirerande arbetsplats. Stark forskning och attraktiva utbildningar lockar forskare och studenter fr\u00e5n hela v\u00e4rlden. Med ny kunskap och nya perspektiv bidrar G\u00f6teborgs universitet till en b\u00e4ttre framtid. \nStatsvetenskapliga institutionen \u00e4r en internationell akademisk milj\u00f6 som v\u00e4lkomnar studenter, forskare och personal fr\u00e5n hela v\u00e4rlden. V\u00e5r forskning handlar om \u00e4mnen s\u00e5som politiska institutioner, val, opinion och demokrati, internationell och europeisk politik, milj\u00f6politik, korruption och politiska id\u00e9er. Vi anordnar \u00e5rligen ett stort antal forskningsseminarier och workshops inom institutionens olika forskningsomr\u00e5den. Vi erbjuder utbildning p\u00e5 alla niv\u00e5er p\u00e5 b\u00e5de svenska och engelska. Totalt studerar omkring 1\u00a0400 personer hos oss, och vi \u00e4r ungef\u00e4r 170 anst\u00e4llda.\nMer information om institutionen finns p\u00e5 http:\/\/www.pol.gu.se\nStatsvetenskapliga institutionen s\u00f6ker nu en bitr\u00e4dande forskare till forskningsprojektet \u201dThe Local Quality of Government (Lo-QoG) dataset: A hub for local societal indicators across Europ\u00e9\u201d \/ (Lokala data \u00f6ver Europa: en plattform med lokala indikatorer f\u00f6r korruptionsrisker och samh\u00e4lleliga fenomeN) \nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r ett vikariat med en omfattning av 100% under 6 m\u00e5n. \u00a0\nArbetsuppgifter\u00a0\nSom databasansvarig kommer du att arbeta med n\u00e4sta fas av LoQoG-projektet tillsammans med datateamet. Fokus ligger p\u00e5 att samla in och f\u00f6rbereda data p\u00e5 kommunniv\u00e5 i EU:s medlemsl\u00e4nder. Det huvudsakliga m\u00e5let \u00e4r att integrera statistiska data med tidigare insamlad geografisk data f\u00f6r att sammanst\u00e4lla en omfattande databas.\nDina arbetsuppgifter:\nIdentifiera och samla in data p\u00e5 kommunniv\u00e5 inom olika \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5den fr\u00e5n akt\u00f6rer s\u00e5som nationella statistikbyr\u00e5er och europeiska databaser, f\u00f6r att kunna integreras med befintlig geografisk data.\nSt\u00e4mma resultat med lagstiftningsdokument och officiella register, samt verifiera licenskrav f\u00f6r olika datak\u00e4llor.\nKommunicera med nationella myndigheter och dataleverant\u00f6rer f\u00f6r att inh\u00e4mta saknad information eller klarg\u00f6ra fr\u00e5gor r\u00f6rande datakvalitet.\nUppr\u00e4tta teknisk dokumentation (metadata) samt f\u00f6rbereda material till rapporter och presentationer f\u00f6r projektets intressenter.\n\nDu kommer att ing\u00e5 i institutionens forskningsst\u00f6d, vilket best\u00e5r av ett drygt tjugotal personer som bidrar till institutionens olika forskningsprojekt. Forskningsst\u00f6det har regelbundna kortare m\u00f6ten.\nKvalifikationer\u00a0\nVi s\u00f6ker en kandidat med minst en kandidatexamen i statsvetenskap eller ett relaterat \u00e4mnesomr\u00e5de. V\u00e5r idealkandidat \u00e4r en starkt motiverad person som har ett intresse f\u00f6r statsvetenskap och datahantering. F\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen kr\u00e4vs grundl\u00e4ggande kunskaper i kvantitativa metoder och datahantering.\nDet \u00e4r meriterande om du har erfarenhet av storskaliga datainsamlingsprojekt, kunskaper i R och\/eller Python samt erfarenhet av att arbeta med spatial data (geodata), d\u00e5 projektet innefattar integration av geospatiala data och stora statistiska dataset.\nRollen kr\u00e4ver att du \u00e4r l\u00f6sningsorienterad, proaktiv och noggrann. Du beh\u00f6ver kunna identifiera och korrigera avvikelser i stora datam\u00e4ngder p\u00e5 ett sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt s\u00e4tt. Vi ser att du har f\u00f6rm\u00e5gan att arbeta b\u00e5de sj\u00e4lvst\u00e4ndigt och i team, samt att du bibeh\u00e5ller ett forskningsinriktat tankes\u00e4tt. Ett strukturerat och noggrant f\u00f6rh\u00e5llningss\u00e4tt till datadokumentation och rapportering \u00e4r avg\u00f6rande f\u00f6r rollen.\nVi s\u00f6ker n\u00e5gon med utm\u00e4rkta kunskaper i engelska, b\u00e5de i tal och skrift. Ytterligare spr\u00e5kkunskaper i europeiska spr\u00e5k \u00e4r mycket meriterande.\nAnst\u00e4llning\u00a0\nAnst\u00e4llningen \u00e4r ett vikariat om 6 m\u00e5nader. 100 % av heltid, du kommer att ing\u00e5 i forskningsst\u00f6det vid Statsvetenskapliga institutionen.\nStartdatum: s\u00e5 snart som m\u00f6jligt.\nKontaktuppgifter f\u00f6r anst\u00e4llningen\u00a0\nFr\u00e5gor kring arbetsuppgifterna och projektet l\u00e4mnas av mailto:erica.metheney@gu.se\nFr\u00e5gor om anst\u00e4llningen och anst\u00e4llningsf\u00f6rfarandet kan st\u00e4llas till bitr\u00e4dande administrative chef, chef forskningsst\u00f6d mailto:linda.forsberg@gu.se samt personalhandl\u00e4ggare mailto:Helena.Jensen@gu.se.\nFackliga\u202forganisationer\u00a0\nFackliga f\u00f6retr\u00e4dare vid G\u00f6teborgs universitet hittar du h\u00e4r:\u202fhttps:\/\/www.gu.se\/jobba-hos-oss\/sa-blir-du-en-av-oss#kollektivavtal-och-fackliga-foretradare\nAns\u00f6kan\u00a0\nDu s\u00f6ker anst\u00e4llningen via G\u00f6teborgs universitets rekryteringsportal genom att klicka p\u00e5 knappen \"Ans\u00f6k\". Du som s\u00f6kande ansvarar f\u00f6r att ans\u00f6kan \u00e4r komplett i enlighet med annonsen och att den \u00e4r universitetet tillhanda senast sista ans\u00f6kningsdag.\u00a0\nVi ber dig skriva din ans\u00f6kan p\u00e5 engelska d\u00e5 den kan komma att granskas av engelskspr\u00e5kig personal. I urvalsprocessen kommer det sannolikt att bli aktuellt med intervjuer, arbetsprov och referenstagning.\nAns\u00f6kan ska inneh\u00e5lla:\nEtt ans\u00f6kningsbrev (max 2 sidor) som beskriver varf\u00f6r du \u00e4r intresserad av jobbet, hur du kan bidra till forskningsprojektet och hur du m\u00f6ter kriterierna ovan\nEtt CV\nEn skriven text p\u00e5 engelska som p\u00e5 n\u00e5got vis demonstrerar akademiskt skrivande\nEtt Python-skript som visar dina f\u00e4rdigheter inom datakurering och datahantering p\u00e5 medelniv\u00e5\nEn lista med tv\u00e5 eller fler referenser som kan kontaktas f\u00f6r rekommendationsbrev\nDina betyg fr\u00e5n grundutbildningen och eventuell masterutbildning\n\nAns\u00f6kan ska vara inkommen senast: 2026-10-14\u00a0\n\u00a0\nUniversitetet arbetar aktivt f\u00f6r en arbetsmilj\u00f6 med j\u00e4mst\u00e4llda f\u00f6rh\u00e5llanden och s\u00e4tter v\u00e4rde p\u00e5 de kvalit\u00e9er m\u00e5ngfald tillf\u00f6r verksamheten. Universitetet till\u00e4mpar individuell l\u00f6nes\u00e4ttning. Enligt Riksarkivets f\u00f6reskrifter \u00e4r universitetet skyldigt att f\u00f6rvara ans\u00f6kningshandlingar i tv\u00e5 \u00e5r efter tills\u00e4ttningsbeslutet. Om du som s\u00f6kande till en anst\u00e4llning s\u00e4rskilt beg\u00e4r tillbaka dina handlingar \u00e5ters\u00e4nds de n\u00e4r de tv\u00e5 \u00e5ren har f\u00f6rflutit, i annat fall kommer de att gallras ut. Till bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag och till dig som \u00e4r f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare: G\u00f6teborgs universitet anlitar upphandlad annonsbyr\u00e5 i samband med rekrytering av personal. Vi undanber oss v\u00e4nligen men best\u00e4mt direktkontakt med bemannings- och rekryteringsf\u00f6retag samt f\u00f6rs\u00e4ljare av jobbannonser.","available_locales":["en"],"price":null,"currency":"SEK","status":"active","noindex":true,"location":{"address":null,"full_address":null,"city":"G\u00f6teborg","country":"SE","latitude":57.7119231,"longitude":11.9822532},"metadata":{"region":"V\u00e4stra G\u00f6talands l\u00e4n","duration":"6 m\u00e5nader eller l\u00e4ngre","employer":"G\u00f6teborgs Universitet","postcode":"40530","positions":1,"profession":"Databasanalytiker","salary_type":"Fast m\u00e5nads- vecko- eller timl\u00f6n","employer_url":"https:\/\/www.gu.se\/","scope_of_work":"100\u2013100 %","working_hours":"Heltid","employment_type":"full_time","occupation_field":"Data\/IT","employer_workplace":"G\u00f6teborgs Universitet (GU)","experience_required":true,"employment_type_label":"Vanlig anst\u00e4llning"},"user_id":null,"is_sponsored":false,"views_count":0,"ai_views_count":1,"bot_views_count":2,"ai_vendor_counts":{"anthropic":1},"visibility":"public","submission_source":null,"submission_ai_name":null,"has_owner_email":true,"can_contact_owner":true,"phone":null,"owner_email":"erica.metheney@gu.se","images":[],"published_at":"2026-09-23T16:06:30+00:00","expires_at":"2026-10-14T23:59:59+00:00","created_at":"2026-09-24T03:54:30+00:00","updated_at":"2026-09-27T02:45:06+00:00"}}