Engagement Specialist, Research Platforms

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Do you want to be part of building LUT University's next research success story? We are seeking two engagement specialists who are dedicated to connecting people, enabling flagship research collaborations, and communicating research impact. As an engagement specialist, you will help our research platforms expand their research and impact - both in Finland and internationally.
We are launching four new strategic research platforms that combine cutting-edge research from multiple disciplines. You will work as an engagement specialist for one of them - either Business and Society or Digital Revolution. These platforms are strategic flagship initiatives: they generate new projects, strengthen international networks, and make our research more visible and engaging. They are more than project groups - they are meeting places where experts from different fields come together, exchange ideas, and create new knowledge.

What Your Work Will Be Like
Your work will be varied. You might be organising meetings, workshops, or joint initiatives to strengthen networks and collaboration, supporting project follow-up, or developing partnerships that help the platform reach new audiences.

You will collaborate closely with the platform director, supporting both day-to-day coordination and strategic development. You will support and monitor the implementation of collaborative projects, ensuring that networking activities and outcomes align with the university's research strategy.

You will increase visibility and foster connections through communication. You will help researchers and partners share their results and successes clearly and meaningfully, and you will ensure that the platform's activities and impact are visible and understood across the right networks. You will build bridges between research, people, and impacts.

What We Expect From You
To succeed in this role, you need strong community-building and collaboration skills. You are a natural networker and facilitator who brings people together and inspires them to work towards common goals. You have solid organisational abilities and experience in research coordination, collaboration projects, or science communication support.

You can translate complex ideas into clear messages and communicate confidently with different audiences.

You are proactive and service-minded, and you enjoy working with people. You are motivated by helping others succeed and by supporting high-quality research. You will work mainly in English in a highly international environment.

A relevant master's degree is required, and a doctoral degree or experience in doctoral research is considered an advantage.

What We Offer You
You will join LUT's Post-Award Research Services, a team supporting the university's flagship research platforms and projects in strengthening their collaboration, networks, and visibility. This position offers a unique opportunity to work at the intersection of research coordination, impact management, and strategic networking, - helping to make research more connected and influential.

You can be based in either Lahti or Lappeenranta, and LUT offers a modern hybrid work model that combines flexibility with regular on-site collaboration across both campuses. The position follows the university's 36.25-hour work week for expert and support staff. The hours are flexible, supporting work-life balance.

The position is full-time. The salary is based on the university salary system's pay scale for other expert and support staff, requirement level 10. The starting salary is approximately EUR 3,300-4,000 per month, depending on your experience and qualifications. The position starts with a six-month trial period.

If you are eager to help strengthen LUT's research communication, collaboration, and visibility, we encourage you to apply
Interested?
Please submit your application through the link below by
26 November 2025 at 23:59
(Finnish local time, UTC +3). We will review applications on a rolling basis, and the positions will be filled once suitable candidates are found.

For more information
about the position, call Julia Vauterin-Pyrhönen, senior funding advisor, phone: or Tanja Grönlund, director of Research and Innovation Services, phone on 6 November between 10:00 and 11:00, 13 November between 10:00 and 11:00, 17 November between 9:00 and 10:00 or 24 November between 14:00 and 15:00. You can also contact them by email at julia.vauterin- or

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LUT University seeks solutions to global issues with its expertise in technology, business, and social sciences. LUT is a trailblazer in promoting the energy transition and the regenerative use of natural resources and helps build resilient communities, industry, and businesses through data, research, and education. LUT's campuses are in Lappeenranta and Lahti, Finland, but its impact is global.

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