NeuroSmog combines four scientific teams in the fields of pollution assessment, child psychology, neuroimaging and epidemiology with the common goal of determining the impact of ambient air pollution on the developing brain in school age children.

Offer job for the Child Psychology Team Leader

Institute of Applied Psychology

Faculty of Management and Social Communication

Jagiellonian University in Krakow

 

NeuroSmog: Determining the impact of air pollution on the developing brain

Project is carried out within the TEAM-NET programme of the Foundation for Polish Science.

NeuroSmog combines four scientific teams in the fields of pollution assessment, child psychology, neuroimaging and epidemiology with the common goal of determining the impact of ambient air pollution on the developing brain in school age children. Using MRI scans and in-depth psychological testing of cases of ADHD and a control group selected from the general population, he NeuroSmog project endeavours to investigate the effects of air pollution on behavioural and neural changes in school-age children.

 

The appointed candidate will have following key responsibilities: 

·      coordinating and line managing a new child psychology team, set up to deliver the objectives of the NeuroSmog project;

·      advisory of establishing Child Psychology team;

·      carrying out psychological studies in school-age children in southern Poland through a network of state/local clinics and population data registers

·      planning and coordination of recruitment process of participants from ADHD and control group;

·      coordination of diagnostic process (in ADHD and control group), including liaising with the neuroimaging, environmental epidemiology and exposure assessment teams;

·      coordinating the process of collecting and coding data from psychological research

·      participation in planning of statistical analysis of the collected psychological data

• conducting state-of-the-art psychological analysis and report findings in high impact peer-reviewed journals and international conferences

 

The post is a fixed-term appointment for 4 years (part-time job, ½ time) and will be made to the Jagiellonian University in Krakow. 

The gross salary will be 480 000 PLN of full remuneration cost (gross income with all costs of employer), i.e. expected net salary at 282 720,00 PLNafter all deductions) per annum, which would provide for a comfortable standard of living in Kraków, where the cost of

living is considerably lower than the European average.

 

Benefits include:

·     ample research funding for psychological test, database access, software, conferences and collaborative travel,

·     access to a professional laboratory of research methods and diagnostic techniques in the field of child psychology

·     a half-time job for 4 years (1/2 time for 4 years)

·     employment at the Faculty of Management and Social Communication of the Jagiellonian University in Krakow, Poland- Institute of Applied Psychology  

·     competitive salary + funds for starting and running a research team (total funding for remuneration of the senior scientists is 748 800 PLN, total funding for remuneration of practitioners is 559 030 PLN, total funding for remuneration of PhD students and MSc students is  417 600 PLN).

 

The competition may be entered by a person who meets all of the following criteria jointly

1.    PhD in psychology

2.    Certified Clinical Psychologist

3.    Scientific achievements in the field of clinical psychology and / or neuropsychology, including topics related to ADHD

4.    Experience in managing research teams

5.    Experience in coordinating the organizational activities of employees

6.    Experience in organizing / coordinating trainings and / or postgraduate studies related to psychology of children and youth, and in particular clinical psychology

7.    Documented diagnostic and therapeutic experience in the field of neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents, with particular emphasis on ADHD

Required languages: Polish (good), English (good)

 

To apply, please send scientific CV of the candidate, copies of diplomas certifying education, list of publications, copies of documents certifying: experience in managing research teams, experience in coordinating the organizational activities of employees, experience in organizing / coordinating trainings and / or postgraduate studies related to psychology of children and youth, and in particular clinical psychology, documented diagnostic and therapeutic experience in the field of neurodevelopmental disorders in children and adolescents, with particular emphasis on ADHD, to Prof.Bernadetta Izydorczyk, NeuroSmog Managing Commitee member, bernadetta.izydorczyk@uj.edu.pl. Enquiries are welcome, and should be sent to the same email address. Deadline for applications is August 20, 2019. Interviews are planned. Candidates will be informed about further stages of recruitment by email.