Center for Retailing

The role 

Center for Retailing is a unit with high educational and research ambitions and the right candidate for the role should be willing to contribute with first class administrative support and be able to professionally communicate with students, faculty, staff and partner companies. 

We offer an exciting, fast-moving environment, with supportive colleagues and researchers at the forefront of their fields. In this role, you will be working closely together with the Office and Program Manager and gain experience and knowledge from an international work environment filled with talented, innovative, and ambitious people. 

Job Description

Your tasks linked to the Bachelor Program in Retail Management and Center for Retailing include: 

  • Support to students, teachers, and visiting partner companies,
  • Planning, coordination, and execution of activities related to the educational activities conducted at the center (e.g., course scheduling, update course pages, report grades, administrate exams),
  • Taking ownership over office services to make sure that things run smoothly on a day-to-day basis, 
  • Planning, coordination, and execution of activities related to the research activities conducted at the center (e.g., host lunches and events, booking of trips and hotels),
  • Planning, coordination, and execution of activities related to the center (e.g., order catering, office supplies, and literature, etc).

Besides that, we also view it as an important part of your role to contribute to the development of processes and routines in collaboration with other parts of the organization. 

Qualifications

Requirements 

  • Experience from similar work tasks,
  • Good computer skills, chiefly with office programs,
  • Excellent written and oral skills in English,
  • Excellent written and oral skills in Swedish.

Meritorious 

  • An interest in and understanding of higher education,
  • Experience from working in Office 365,
  • Experience from student administrative systems such as Digi Exam, Canvas and Ourkund,
  • Experience from scheduling, preferably in TimeEdit,
  • Experience from an international setting.  

As a person you 

Are service-minded and enjoy working with administrative tasks and providing excellent support for our students, faculty, staff, and partner companies. You enjoy taking ownership over your work and are orderly with attention to detail. Since we are working as a team to achieve high standards and ambitious goals it comes naturally for you to collaborate and see your contribution to the bigger picture. 

Terms

This is a part-time, 50 percent, permanent position located in Stockholm. There might be possibilities for extended employment. Since availability is key in this role, we want you to be here physically four days a week. A 6-month probationary period will be applied. Preferred starting date as soon as possible with the consideration of any period of notice.  

Other

Please include your desired salary in your application. 

About Center for Retailing 

The Center for Retailing (CFR) sets out to provide high-level academic education in retailing, supported by world-class research and close collaborations with the retail industry. Our vision is to be an established member of the top tier European business schools and to be recognized as a global benchmark for industry collaboration and for thought leadership in retailing. Through our teaching, research, and industry collaboration we strive to develop the future of retail.

The Center for Retailing team consists of a Professor, nine Faculty members, five PhD students, one Office & Program Manager and one Center Administrator (vacant). 

Type of employment Permanent position
Contract type Part-time
First day of employment Preferred starting date as soon as possible with the consideration of any period of notice
Salary According to agreement
Number of positions 1
Full-time equivalent 50%
City Stockholm
County Stockholms län
Country Sweden
Reference number 2021/81
Contact
  • Sara Rosengren, Professor & Center Director, Sara.Rosengren@hhs.se
  • Karl Strelis, Office & Program Manager, Karl.Strelis@hhs.se
  • Edvin Stenmark, HR Business Partner, Edvin.Stenmark@hhs.se
Published 21.Dec.2021
Last application date 12.Jan.2022 11:59 PM CET

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