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Postdoctoral Researcher in Occupational Health Research on Measuring Return to Work Amsterdam UMC in Netherlands
Degree Level
Postdoc
Field of study
Questionnaire Development
Funding
Paid postdoctoral employment at Amsterdam UMC Research BV for 12 months with intention to extend to a total of two years. Salary scale 10: €3,724 to €5,867 gross per month for full-time employment, plus 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Additional benefits include holiday hours, public transport reimbursement, mileage allowance, bike scheme, and pension accrual.
Deadline
Expired
Country
Netherlands
University
Amsterdam UMC

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Amsterdam UMC is recruiting a Postdoctoral Researcher for an international project on occupational health, return to work, employment status, and outcome measurement. The project aims to develop a practical, valid, and internationally comparable measurement instrument that can be used in intervention studies and systematic reviews.
You will work within an international consortium led by Amsterdam UMC, with partners from the University of Bologna, the University of Manchester, and INAIL. The role combines methodological research, qualitative and cognitive interviewing, instrument development, pilot testing, project coordination, and dissemination. The work sits at the intersection of occupational health, psychometrics, evidence synthesis, and work participation research.
Key activities include mapping existing definitions and measurement methods, conducting interviews with workers and stakeholders, drafting a prototype instrument with questions/definitions/instructions/coding manual, pilot testing among workers absent from work or returning to work, and evaluating feasibility, clarity, comprehensibility, and preliminary measurement properties.
Eligibility highlights: a completed PhD in occupational health, health sciences, epidemiology, psychology, rehabilitation, public health, or a related field; experience with qualitative and/or quantitative research methodology; strong analytical and scientific writing skills; excellent English communication; and the ability to work independently while coordinating within an international team. Experience with psychometrics, COSMIN, questionnaire development, cognitive interviewing, pilot testing, return-to-work research, literature reviews, evidence synthesis, or stakeholder involvement is an advantage.
Funding and conditions: this is a paid postdoctoral employment position at Amsterdam UMC Research BV. The appointment is initially for 12 months with the intention to extend to 2 years. Salary is scale 10, €3,724–€5,867 gross per month for full-time work, plus an 8.3% end-of-year bonus and additional employment benefits.
Location: Amsterdam UMC, location AMC, Amsterdam, Netherlands.
Deadline: deadline tomorrow / rolling review; apply as soon as possible. The preferred starting date is 1 September 2026.
Funding details
Paid postdoctoral employment at Amsterdam UMC Research BV for 12 months with intention to extend to a total of two years. Salary scale 10: €3,724 to €5,867 gross per month for full-time employment, plus 8.3% end-of-year bonus. Additional benefits include holiday hours, public transport reimbursement, mileage allowance, bike scheme, and pension accrual.
What's required
Completed PhD in occupational health, health sciences, epidemiology, psychology, rehabilitation, public health or a related field; experience with research methodology and qualitative and/or quantitative research; interest in developing, evaluating and implementing measurement instruments; strong analytical skills; excellent scientific writing and communication skills in English; ability to coordinate activities and collaborate effectively in an international research team; proactive, organised and collegial working style. Advantageous experience includes psychometrics, COSMIN methodology, questionnaire development, cognitive interviewing, pilot testing, return to work/work participation research, literature reviews, evidence mapping/synthesis, core outcome set development, systematic reviews, intervention research, or stakeholder involvement.
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