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Postdoc Performance Measurement of Sustainable and Climate-Resilient Healthcare Systems

On-site in Amsterdam·Full-time·Added 3 days ago (last checked 10 Nov)

Amsterdam UMC

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Our summary

Salary: €3,724 - €5,867 a month
Work mode: On-site, Amsterdam
Contract: Full-time
Languages: Dutch

This job advert was originally written in Dutch.

Requirements

What we're looking for

You have a PhD or are in the final stages of your doctoral trajectory and have built up expertise during your doctoral research in the field of performance measurement and evaluation of healthcare systems, environmental sustainability or climate resilience of healthcare, or a closely related research area.
You have demonstrable experience with methodological research, for example in the field of Health System Performance Assessment (HSPA), performance indicators, environmental sustainability, or climate resilience.
You have experience with developing or applying conceptual frameworks, indicators, and/or collecting and analyzing (international) data.
You have good knowledge of qualitative and/or quantitative research methods, preferably applied to indicator development, such as assessing data quality and comparability, normalization, and sensitivity analyses. You can work independently with relevant research software.
You have an affinity with both healthcare system performance and the environmental sustainability and climate resilience of healthcare.
You possess good collaboration skills and enjoy working in an international and interdisciplinary team.
You are willing to contribute to educational activities within the department.
You speak and write Dutch at a minimum of level B2.

Nice to have

Experience with international comparative research, developing and operationalizing indicator sets, collecting and harmonizing data from different countries and organizations, consensus methods, or measuring the ecological footprint is an advantage.

Languages

You have excellent command of English and good command of Dutch, both orally and in writing.

Pay & benefits

What you'll get

What do we offer you?

You will be employed by Amsterdam UMC Research BV.
A contract for a duration of 12 months, with the possibility of extension up to two years following a positive assessment and subject to available funding and the applicable employment conditions.
Classification in salary scale 10: € 3,724 to € 5,867 gross for a full-time employment (depending on experience). Additionally, you will receive an 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Calculate your net salary here.
Vacation hours: 194.4 hours per year for a full-time employment and the possibility to save up hours.
100% public transport reimbursement. Do you come by walking, cycling, or by car? Then you will receive a reimbursement of €0.21 per km (for the car, a maximum of 40 km one way applies).
Do you come by bike? Make use of our good bicycle scheme.
Pension accrual at BeFrank, a modern, understandable, and fairly priced pension.

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The role

As a postdoctoral researcher, you will contribute to the development, operationalization, and application of the integrated framework and the associated performance indicators. In doing so, you will work closely with researchers and other international project partners, including Yale University, which holds the scientific leadership for this component of GOV4CARE.

What you'll do

Systematically mapping, comparing, and synthesizing existing international frameworks for performance measurement, environmental sustainability, and climate resilience of healthcare systems.
Contributing to the development of the integrated conceptual and methodological framework and the two interconnected indicator sets for national (and, where relevant, subnational) levels and the level of healthcare organizations.
Identifying, selecting, and operationalizing relevant performance indicators, including developing indicator definitions, measurement protocols, and metadata.
Preparing and facilitating workshops and consensus rounds with the Strategic Co-Design Panel to prioritize indicators and validate data and metadata.
Contributing to the collection and harmonization of data on healthcare systems in 31 European countries, and assessing the availability, quality, and comparability of this data.
Contributing to the collection and harmonization of data at selected healthcare organizations, including hospitals, and testing the applicability and feasibility of the indicators in different organizational contexts.
Leading and contributing to the writing of scientific publications, methodological reports, and other research products.
Collaborating with researchers, policymakers, and other international partners within the GOV4CARE consortium.
Contributing to the education and supervision of students within the Department of Public and Occupational Health.
Contributing to the acquisition of new research funding.