Research Technician in Digital Economy

Orkestra – Basque Institute of Competitiveness is a centre for analysis and debate on territorial competitiveness.

Orkestra was created in 2006 as part of Deusto Foundation at the University of Deusto. The Institute is the outcome of the convergence between various strategic, private and public strategies, aware that building competitive societies and companies is key to achieving prosperity and welfare.

One of the most important features of the economic and social change over the last decades and particularly in recent years is technological change, and especially, digitisation. This phenomenon is becoming the backbone of transformation towards a global economy 4.0 that reshapes all economic sectors and has an impact across society and on people. Faced with this scenario, the University of Deusto aims to contribute to interpreting the digital phenomenon through various instruments.

Since 2016, the Chair in Digital Economy has addressed the challenge of digitisation from a strategic perspective as an instrument to serve regional competitiveness. To this end, it proposes frameworks for joint reflection on digitisation and its impact to contribute to economic development and social progress in the region, both from an academic and transformative perspective, and in collaboration with the institutional, economic and social benchmark actors.

Further information: www.orkestra.deusto.es

 

Duties:

Collaborate in research projects in the field of Digital Economy and assist in the implementation of projects and drawing up of reports and presentations. The successful candidate will also assist in the development of the work and activities (Seminars/Conferences) carried out by the Chair in Digital Economy in its fields of knowledge.

He/She will carry out analyses related to the digital sector and their impact on other sectors, modelling and projections, oriented to results and in a team work environment.
Based on the candidate’s experience, skills and progress, higher levels of responsibility may be achieved in the projects.

Number of positions: 1

Location: Bilbao

 

Requirements:

• A Bachelor’s degree in Engineering, Economics or Business Administration and a good academic transcript. Doing a PhD degree or intending to do it in the next few years will be an advantage.
• An advanced level of English. A knowledge of other foreign languages will be an advantage.
• Having ICT and project management skills.
• Having knowledge and/or experience in the field of digital economy and in the development of research projects will be an asset.
• Skills related to the position offered: We seek a person with good interpersonal skills to work in a team, and oriented to planning and project-based work.

 

We offer:

Take up the position immediately. The contract offered for this position will be linked to a research project and the salary will depend on the candidate's experience and skills.