The Department of Public Health at the Faculty of Health at Aarhus University invites applications for a postdoc position in the field of Health Promotion and Prevention related to community interventions as of 1 August 2025 or as soon as possible thereafter. The position is a fixed-term, full-time position for 1½ years.
As a Postdoc at the Department of Public Health, you will be part of an internationally recognised department, where we work together to promote public health through research into areas that can prevent, treat and alleviate disease. We are involved in broad collaboration both internally and externally. We share our knowledge with citizens, decision-makers, business and industry, practitioners and other researchers – in municipalities, in the regions and both nationally and internationally. The department either contributes to or is responsible for teaching in medicine, public health science, sport science, optometry and nursing. At the Department of Public Health, you will have approx. 200 colleagues, including ninety academic staff members and a corresponding number of PhD students. We work closely with one another across different fields of study and prioritise a healthy work environment. The general tone among colleagues is informal.

TERMS OF EMPLOYMENT

• Appointment as a postdoc requires academic qualifications at PhD level.
• Further information on the appointment procedure can be found in the Ministerial Order on the Appointment of Academic Staff at Universities.
• The appointment is in accordance with the Danish Confederation of Professional Associations (Akademikerne).
• Remuneration is in accordance with the above, and the Salary agreement catalogue for staff at Health.
• The yearly base salary for a fulltime postdoc is between DKK 484.214,84 and DKK 538.720,20 depending on the years of working experience after achieved MSc degree. The base salary includes a position related supplement and pension (17.1 %). Additional supplement(s) for special qualifications can be negotiated. Authorisation supplemement(s) will be granted, if relevant for the position. Your local eligible trade union representative at Aarhus University negotiates your salary on your behalf.
• Researchers recruited from abroad are offered a special researcher tax scheme with a lower tax rate.
• Further information on qualification requirements and job description can be found in the Ministerial Order on Job Structure for Academic Staff

• Contributing to research publications through data collection, analysis, and dissemination
• Conducting research of high international quality, including publication
• Collecting and acquiring data for monitoring and evaluating local community development in the involved Danish municipalities (and later more municipalities) in collaboration with the research leader from the department institute
• Participating in the facilitation of workshops in local communities
• Assisting and participating in ongoing capacity-building actions in the municipalities involved after the workshops have been conducted (including attending meetings, responding to emails, and supporting local community volunteers with their initiatives)
• Participate in the feasibility testing, evaluation phase and implementation of the research project together with the research leader