To support the Council in general and in particular the Development Committee,
ICSSPE is offering a position as Sport Science Research Manager.
Job description
• The Sport Science Research Manager closely cooperates with ICSSPE’s Executive
Director and the ICSSPE Development Committee, which is the organisation’s forum for interdisciplinary exchange and cooperation and which is charged with enhancing ICSSPE’s profile. The Development Committee develops the working programme of the
organisation, which includes the planning and implementation of events and the
production of multi-disciplinary scientific publications;
• Production of literature reviews and other evidence-based outputs in multi-disciplinary projects;
• Editing of multi-disciplinary publications;
• Designing and writing grant applications for external project funding;
• Marketing of sport science research;
• Organisation of scientific and technical events;
• Representation of ICSSPE in project meetings in- and outside of Germany;
• Part-time position (29,44h/week);
• Workplace is the Executive Office;
• The Sport Science Research Manager reports to the Executive Director.
Salary
The salary is derived from remuneration level 13 for civil servants in Berlin.
Required qualifications and competences
• Master degree in Sport Science or similar relevant fields;
• Good knowledge of current developments and discussions in sport, sport science, physical
education and physical activity;
• Expertise in multi-disciplinary research in the fields of sport science, physical education and
physical activity;
• Expertise in the application of current research methods;
• Ability to edit publication manuscripts according to scientific protocols;
• Evidence of working successfully in multi-cultural groups and settings;
• Experience in organising events;
• Excellent communication skills, verbally and in writing, in English and German;
• Experience in report writing;
• Experience in grant writing;
• Experienced user of Microsoft Office and common editing programmes;
• Interest in working in a multi-cultural setting;
• Desire to take part in team work and responsive to the needs of other team members and
supportive for the benefit of the overall performance of the team;
• Willing to work outside office hours
The application should contain
• A cover letter;
• A CV;
• Evidence of expertise and experience such as degree certificates, references, work
examples, etc.
and should be submitted in English or in German in one PDF, not exceeding 5 MB before 15th of August 2021.
If the announcement has sparked your interest and you can identify with ICSSPE’s vision, mission and values, please send your application to
Detlef Dumon
Executive Director
ddumon@icsspe.org