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The University of Stavanger invites applicants for a PhD Fellowship in Innovation in Public Services at the Faculty of Social Science, Department of Social Studies. The position is vacant from Spring 2022.
This is a trainee position that will give promising researchers an opportunity for academic development through a PhD education leading to a doctoral degree.
The person hired will be admitted to the PhD program in social sciences. The education includes relevant courses amounting to about six months of study, a dissertation based on independent research, participation in national and international research environments, relevant academic communication, a trial lecture and public defence. Read more about the researcher education at UiS on our website.
The appointment is for three years with research duties only or four years with both research and 25% compulsory duties. This will be clarified in the recruitment process.
Research topic
The person hired will carry out their research within the overarching theme: Trust and negotiations in digital service innovation in the public sector.
Digitalization in the public sector is often regarded as a driver for transformation in public administration with the aim of creating public value. In this way, digitalization has become a key tool for renewal and service innovation, either in the form of new services or streamlining of existing services. Especially for service innovations, there is a requirement that a new or changed service does not become a one-time delivery but can be delivered to many customers. This requires that knowledge and routines are built in connection with the production and delivery of the service. Furthermore, managers and employees with user or customer contact together with suppliers of digital technology and solutions are particularly key players for service innovations.
Digitalization of public services and administration is relevant in various parts of public administration (national, regional and local level). Implementation of digital solutions can be a result of general national policy to be implemented regionally or locally by reform. Digitalization can also take place as a result of inspiration from other contexts with a desire to test similar solutions in one´s own organization.
This call is open to various motivations for digitalization. It is desirable that you as a candidate choose a service area / field within the public sector that plans to conduct digitalization, is in process of doing so, or has completed digitalization or digital transformation in its services. We are particularly interested in exploring and understanding how managers and employees in the service meet and respond to policy and/or digital solutions, and what opportunities they have for negotiating and translating this into solutions adapted to their organizational and institutional context. You can choose the approach and methods in your project.
Project proposal
As an applicant, you must prepare a preliminary project proposal for a doctoral project within the subject area, which explains the problem, relevance, theoretical and methodological approach. Your preliminary project proposal will be included in the application assessment.
During the first three months of the employment period, the project proposal will be further developed in cooperation with your supervisors and completed for the final project description.
Qualification requirements
We are looking for applicants with a strong academic background who have completed a five-year master degree (3+2) within social science (sociology, political science, management, social work) or similar, preferably acquired recently; or possess corresponding qualifications that could provide a basis for successfully completing a doctorate.
To be eligible for admission to the doctoral programmes at the University of Stavanger both the grade for your master’s thesis and the weighted average grade of your master’s degree must individually be equivalent to or better than a B grade.
Applicants with an education from an institution with a different grade scale than A-F should attach a confirmed conversion scale that shows how the grades can be compared with the Norwegian A-F scale
You can use these conversion scales to calculate your points for admission
Emphasis is also placed on your:
- motivation and potential for research within the field and good knowledge of relevant scientific literature
- has good knowledge of qualitative and / or quantitative methods
- your professional and personal skills for completing the doctoral degree within the timeframe
- ability to work independently and in a team, be innovative and creative
- ability to work structured and handle a heavy workload
- having a good command of both oral and written English
We offer
- varied duties in a large, exciting and socially important organisation
- an ambitious work community which is developing rapidly. We strive to include employees at all levels in strategic decisions and promote an informal atmosphere with a flat organisational structure.
- colleague-based guidance programme (NyTi) if teaching is a part of your position
- salary in accordance with the State Salary Scale, l.pl 17.515, code 1017, NOK 482 200 gross per year with salary development according to seniority in the position. From the salary, 2% is deducted as a contribution to the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund.
- automatic membership in the Norwegian Public Service Pension Fund, which provides favourable insurance- and retirement benefits
- favourable membership terms at a gym and at the SIS sports club at campus
- employment with an Inclusive Workplace organisation which is committed to reducing sick leave, increasing the proportion of employees with reduced working capacity, and increasing the number of professionally active seniors
- “Hjem-jobb-hjem” discounted public transport to and from work
- as an employee in Norway, you will have access to an optimal health service, as well as good pensions, generous maternity/paternity leave, and a competitive salary. Nursery places are guaranteed and reasonably priced
- relocation programme
- language courses: On this page you can see which language courses you may be entitled to (look up “language courses” under employment conditions)
Diversity
Being independent, involving and innovative are the university’s values. We consider diversity to be a resource in our working and learning environment, and we are keen to show respect for one another’s differences and backgrounds. Universal design must characterise of physical and digital learning environment, and the workplace will, if necessary, be facilitated for employees with disabilities.
If you find the position to be interesting, we encourage you to apply, regardless of gender, disability, cultural background or any periods of unemployment.
Kontaktinformasjon
More information on the position can be obtained from head of department Morten Tønnessen, tel: 51834149, Associate Professor Ann Karin Tennås Holmen, tlf. 90583880 e-mail: annkarin.holmen@uis.no or Associate Professor Hulda M. Gunnarsdottir, tlf. 51831521 e-mail: hulda.m.gunnarsdottir@uis.no.
Information about the appointment procedure can be obtained from HR advisor , Christina Storm, tlf. 51831753, e-post: christina.storm@uis.no
Application
To apply for this position please follow the link “Apply for this job”. Your application letter, relevant education and work experience as well as language skills must be registered here. In your application letter, you must state your research interests and motivation for the position.
The following documents must be uploaded as attachments to your application:
- project proposal (3-5 pages)
- CV with a full summary of your education and experience
- publications or other relevant research work
- references, certificates/diplomas and other documentation that you consider relevant
Applications are evaluated based on the information available in Jobbnorge at the application deadline. You should ensure that your application shows clearly how your skills and experience meet the criteria which are set out above.
The documentation must be available in either a Scandinavian language or in English. If the total size of the attachments exceeds 30 MB, they must be compressed before upload.
Please note that information on applicants may be published even if the applicant has requested not to be included in the official list of applicants – see Section 25 of the Freedom of Information Act. If your request is not granted, you will be notified.
UiS only considers applications and attachments registered in Jobbnorge.
General information
The engagement is to be made in accordance with the regulations in force concerning State Employees and Civil Servants, and the acts relating to Control of the Export of Strategic Goods, Services and Technology. Candidates who by assessment of the application and attachment are seen to conflict with the criteria in the latter law will be prohibited from recruitment to UiS.
Employment as PhD Fellow is regulated in “Regulations concerning terms and conditions of employment for the posts of post-doctoral research fellow and research fellow, research assistant and resident”.
Your qualifications for the position, based on documentation registered in Jobbnorge, will be assessed by an internal expert committee. Based on the committee’s statement, relevant applicants will be invited to an interview before any recommendations are made. References will also be obtained for relevant candidates. More about the hiring process on our website.
The appointee will be based at the University of Stavanger, with the exception of a stay abroad at a relevant centre of research.
It is a prerequisite that you have a residence which enables you to be present at/available to the academic community during ordinary working hours.
The position has been announced in both Norwegian and English. In the case of differences of meaning between the texts, the Norwegian text takes precedence.
