Do you want a role where your work truly makes a difference? With us, you become an important part of an international knowledge environment where you support cutting-edge research and education. You get secure terms of employment, generous benefits, and excellent opportunities to develop in your professional role, while contributing to something greater.
Do you want to be part of developing an exciting environment where elite sports, higher education, research, and innovation meet?
Luleå University of Technology is one of Sweden's elite sports-friendly educational institutions (EVL) and offers elite student-athletes the opportunity to combine academic studies with a continued commitment to their sports career. The university has strong research and development environments in sports technology, performance development, and sports medicine.
We are now seeking a development-oriented person who wants to contribute to strengthening the university's work with dual careers while developing the connection between elite sports, education, and research.
About the position
The position combines three areas of responsibility:
operations management and coordination for EVL,
coaching responsibility within cross-country skiing,
and work on research and development issues in collaboration with LTU's research environments.
The role involves working operatively close to elite student-athletes and their daily lives, while strategically contributing to developing LTU's elite sports environment through broad collaboration with students, coaches, teachers, researchers, the sports movement, national sports federations, municipalities, regions, and external partners.
Job responsibilities
EVL COORDINATION
Coordinate and develop LTU's work as an Elite Sports-Friendly Educational Institution.
Support elite student-athletes in combining elite sports commitment and studies.
TRAINING AND PERFORMANCE DEVELOPMENT
Responsible for planning, training, and follow-up for elite-oriented students in cross-country skiing.
Act as a link between elite athletes, coaches, federations, and the university's research environments.
RESEARCH, DEVELOPMENT & EXTERNAL COLLABORATION
Contribute to and participate in R&D projects in sports, performance, and technology.
Initiate and drive collaboration projects with external stakeholders.
Participate in resource acquisition, external funding, and strategic partnerships.
Qualifications
We are looking for you with:
an academic degree in a relevant field, such as sports science, technology, physiology, sports medicine, or another field deemed equivalent by the employer,
documented experience in elite sports or performance development, for example as an active athlete, coach, leader, researcher, development manager, or equivalent,
good understanding of elite athletes' conditions and dual careers,
experience leading, coordinating, or developing operations,
good ability to build relationships and collaborate with various stakeholders,
excellent communication and organizational skills,
good ability to work independently and drive development work from idea to implementation.
For this position, it is important that you can move between practical sports activities and an academic environment. You need to understand the daily life of elite sports and at the same time see how research, measurement, analysis, and innovation can contribute to long-term performance development.
Meritorious qualifications
It is meritorious if you have:
experience in research and/or development work in elite sports,
experience in cross-country skiing at elite or development level,
experience as a coach in cross-country skiing or another endurance sport,
experience working with elite student-athletes or dual careers,
experience in project management and externally financed projects,
experience in collaboration between academia, the sports movement, and external partners,
experience in testing activities, performance analysis, data collection, or methodology development in sports.
Personal qualities
We are looking for a person who is responsible, organized, and development-oriented. You have good collaboration skills, build trust, and can establish long-term relationships with students, coaches, researchers, and external partners.
You need to thrive in a role where you alternate between operative work close to active athletes and more strategic work with operations development, collaboration, and projects. You are proactive, analytical, and have a genuine interest in developing environments where elite sports, education, and research strengthen each other.
Great emphasis will be placed on your personal qualities.
What we offer
With us, you get the opportunity to help further develop a unique environment where elite sports, higher education, research, and innovation meet. You become an important part of LTU's continued work as an elite sports-friendly educational institution and get the opportunity to contribute to the development of future support for elite student-athletes.
The position offers good opportunities to influence the continued direction of operations and to contribute to a growing research and development environment in sports, performance, and technology, with particular relevance for winter sports and endurance sports.
Scope and location
The employment is a permanent full-time position located in Luleå. Trial employment may be applied. Position filling occurs by agreement.
Additional information
For more information, contact Department Head for Student, Researcher and Education Support Jennie Hägg Wilhelmsson 0920-49 1746, [email protected] or Professor Andreas Almqvist, Machine Elements, and Operations Manager for the Center for Sports and Performance Technology, 0920-49 2407, [email protected].
Union representatives
SACO-S Diana Chroneer, 0920-49 20 37 [email protected] and OFR-S Marika Vesterberg, 0920-49 1721 [email protected]
Application
We prefer that you apply for the position via the application button below, where you attach a personal letter, CV, and degree certificate. Please mark your application with the reference number below. Both the application and degree certificate must be written in Swedish or English.
Reference number: 4205-2026
Application deadline: August 24, 2026Do you want a role where your work truly makes a difference? With us, you become an important part of an international knowledge environment where you support cutting-edge research and education. You get secure terms of employment, generous benefits, and excellent opportunities to develop in your professional role, while contributing to something greater.
Do you want to be part of developing an exciting environment where elite sports, higher education, research, and innovation meet?
Luleå University of Technology is one of Sweden's elite sports-friendly educational institutions (EVL) and…