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Stillingstittel:
Post Doc position in sport psychology: The development of a psychological protocol

Stillingsbeskrivelse:
Jobbnorge ID: 161177

The position

The Department of coaching and psychology has a vacant three-year postdoc fellowship within the field of sport psychology focusing on the development of a psychological recovery protocol for athletes. The predefined postdoc project will focus on identifying important individual and environmental factors influencing optimal psychology recovery in athletes in competitive sports, using psycho-social and psychophysiological assessment and monitoring tools, and determining key variables to ensure adequate recovery from training and competition.

This predefined project will be based out of the sport psychology laboratory at the NIH and will make use of cutting-edge technology to assess and train athletes' ability to recover and perform at an optimal level on a consistent basis. The project will make use of contemporary psycho-social and psychophysiological theoretical and methodological perspectives. More specifically, the aim of the proposed project will be to develop an evidence-based protocol that will ensure the learning of key psychological skills required to ensure optimal recovery in high-level sport athletes. This project will, among other things, aim to investigate and identify the links between key self-regulations skills, psychological dispositions and psychophysiological processes influencing recovery in athletes. The research project will also investigate the value of using new technological advancements in the monitoring of psychological recovery, bridging the gap between research and practice in high-level sports.

The successful candidate will have completed a PhD in sport science, with an emphasis on psychological and cognitive processes influencing athletes' ability to train and perform. The candidate will also demonstrate competence and experience in conducting research using advanced quantitative and qualitative methodology. The project will include, the development of a theoretical model and recovery protocol, using of bio-neurofeedback to monitor recovery processes and states in athletes.

The predefined project will be under the supervision of Professor Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre and the candidate is expected to work in close collaboration with staff at the Sport Psychology Laboratory at the NIH, and Professor Penny Werthner at the University of Calgary. This Post-doc project will lead to multiple publications in peer-reviewed journals. The successful candidate must demonstrate competence in both oral and written English as well as in a Scandinavian language. Additionally, the successful candidate will be involved in the planning, implementation and development of lectures at the bachelor and master levels within the Department of Coaching and Psychology at NIH. Past experience with teaching at the University level is required to actively participate in and contribute to the academic community.

 

Competence requirements and selection process

The applicant must be qualified for a Postdoc fellowship position at NIH (completed a PhD degree in sport psychology or related field). We seek a sharp, determined and self-driven candidate with a strong interest in athlete training, recovery and performance.

The successful candidate should have knowledge about contemporary theories and perspectives in motivation, self-regulation, recovery and exhaustion in sports. The candidate should also demonstrate experience in conducting and publishing research within the field of sport psychology. The successful applicant will need to demonstrate a strong interest for the integration of technology within sport psychology interventions. He or she will also have the ability to work independently and as part of a research team, with the support of a supervisor and a research team. The position will entail collaboration with various institutions and organizations. Therefore, communication skills and collaborative experience will be emphasized in the evaluation of candidates. Finally, demonstration of written and oral skills in English and a Scandinavian language is required.

 

Working conditions

• Salary is offered according to the Norwegian State pay scale, employment code 1352, Post-doc research fellow. The appointment will be made according to terms applying to civil servants.
• The Postdoc research fellowship period is 3 years, and it includes 25% teaching duties and student-supervision responsibilities.
• The working place is the Department of Coaching and Psychology at the NIH.
• The NIH is a member of the Norwegian State Pension Fund.

NIH personnel and recruitment policy aims at taking into account the diversity of the Norwegian population to the greatest possible extent. It is an explicit aim to search for age and gender balance and to recruit competent applicants with minority background. Women and persons with minority background are encouraged to apply.

Applications will be handled according to the relevant regulations as defined in the Norwegian Open Files Act.

Selected candidates will be interviewed. The public workforce must reflect the diversity of the Norwegian population to the greatest possible extent. NIH personnel policy objective is to achieve a balanced age and gender mix. The clause of exemption gives the right, but not the obligation, to refuse access to documents relating to employment in the public service, see Freedom of Information Act § 25. In our recruitment system, applicants will be given the opportunity to request to be exempt from public access, but it is up to the employer to determine whether the request shall be approved or not. If the applicant's desire to be exempt from public access is not approved by the employer, the applicant will be notified so that he can withdraw the application.

Contacts

Interested applicants are advised to contact the academic community in preparing the application. Further details can be obtained by contacting:

• Head of department and Professor of sport psychology, Pierre-Nicolas Lemyre, tel. +47 23 26 24 22, email: nicolas.lemyre (at) nih.no

Contact administration:

• Jan Wangen, tel. +47 23 26 20 56 (HR-departement), email: jan.wangen (at) nih.no

The application

The application with attachments must be submitted to our electronic recruitment system using the "søk her" button in the announcement at the latest by 20.12.2018

The Norwegian School of Sport Sciences has an agreement for all employees, aiming to secure rights to research results and intellectual property.

The application must include:

• Application letter
• CV (summarizing education, positions and academic work)
• Copies of educational certificates and grades
• Names, email and telephone number of 2-3 referees (describe relation to applicant)
• A list of scientific publications and abstract of the PhD thesis

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