About us:

The Avedis Donabedian Foundation (FAD) is a non-profit organization with the mission to contribute to improving quality of care and outcomes for individuals and communities, through generating and disseminating knowledge and implementing innovative solutions in health and social care. For over 35 years, FAD has been involved as partner or coordinator in diverse research projects, developing robust evaluation processes for research and practice, designing evidence-based interventions and implementing them in real-life settings, and contributing to policy development. These activities have involved multiple stakeholders and successful coordination of high-budget projects, demonstrating expertise in delivering impactful, large-scale initiatives.

The Avedis Donabedian Research Institute, affiliated to the Autonomous University of Barcelona (UAB), was established in 2006 and is managed by FAD as an independent legal entity. Its current research strategy is focused on interdisciplinary applied research on quality, efficiency, sustainability and equity of health and social care services, patient safety, patient empowerment and self-management of chronic conditions, new models of care such as integrated, person-centered care, evaluation of patient outcomes, experience and satisfaction with health and social care services, and the development, evaluation and implementation of complex health interventions, including digital health, healthcare professional training and adoption of best practices. Our research team’s methodological expertise spans a broad range of topics, including implementation science, health intervention development, behavior change, advanced quantitative methods (causal, multilevel, and Bayesian modeling), mixed methods, participatory research and stakeholder engagement, evidence synthesis, and user-centered design.

The Avedis Donabedian Foundation (FAD) is officially recognized as a research institute in Catalonia by AGAUR (Catalan Agency for University and Research Grants) and is a member of the Research Network in Primary Care and Health Promotion (RICAPPS).

Job description:

The candidate will join several ongoing projects at national and international level within the person-centered care and innovation for better care research lines, which include the following (among others):

 

BUILD: https://build-project.eu/

Project: Research project funded by Horizon Europe seeking to involve older adults with complex care needs, formal and informal carers, communities, and policy-makers in the creation of person-centered integrated care (PC-IC) solutions. It aims to develop a comprehensive framework and toolbox to facilitate implementation of participatory co-design methodologies and community engagement strategies for socially including and sustainable PC-IC solutions.

FAD role: leading the identification of promising policy and governance practices in long-term care and development of policy recommendations for PC-IC

 

LIVERATION: https://liveration.eu/

Project: pragmatic randomized phase III trial of the use of radiofrequency in liver resection surgery for the reduction in local recurrence in colorectal liver metastases and hepatocellular carcinoma, funded by Horizon Europe Mission on Cancer, Diagnosis and Treatment.

FAD role: leading the task of patient-reported experience and patient-reported outcomes evaluation in 7 countries of Europe, as well as the development of Living Labs and decision aids for patients with liver cancer.

 

ENABLE: https://enableadherence.eu/

Project: European Network promoting best practices and technologies on medication adherence, following from the ENABLE COST Action, which included activities to raise awareness, assess and address training needs of diverse stakeholders, showcase evidence-based technologies for medication adherence support, and explore implementation barriers and reimbursement policies across European countries. ENABLE is organized as a not-for-profit partnership aiming to promote training, research and sustainable adoption of best practices and technologies supporting medication adherence.

FAD role: Leading partner of the ENABLE network.

 

Key responsibilities:

• Coordination of and contribution to several research projects (see examples above)
• Participation in the preparation of project proposals for national and international calls
• Review and synthesis of scientific literature.
• Supervision and/or support in research participant recruitment (e.g. contact with centers, logistical tasks), design and implementation of questionnaires and forms for quantitative data collection, conducting fieldwork for qualitative data collection.
• Data analysis (quantitative, qualitative, mixed) and results reporting for different audiences.
• Preparation of manuscripts and support in the preparation of scientific reports and documents.
• Coordination with project partners (e.g. research institutions, government, private organisations) for reaching project objectives in established timelines.

 

Required qualifications:

 

Education:

• Training and qualifications: PhD, preferably in health sciences (medicine, nursing, psychology, etc.) or social sciences (sociology, political science, anthropology, etc.) 

Experience:

·        Research experience in clinical or health-related projects (e.g. health psychology, health services research, pragmatic clinical trials) – the position is open to both early-career and mid-career researchers

Knowledge, skills, abilities:

• Literature review methodologies and conducting review studies, including critical analysis of literature
• Qualitative methods, e.g. performing interviews and moderating focus groups, data analysis and interpretation
• Quantitative methods, e.g. questionnaire selection, design and validation, data analysis and interpretation
• Preparation of scientific reports and documents
• Teamwork, time management, communication, empathy, assertiveness.
• Languages: it is considered essential to have an excellent command of English, written and spoken (minimum C1)

 

Preferred qualifications:

Education and experience:

• Research experience with patient population
• Experience and/or training in accreditation, person-centred care and other areas of quality of care

·        Experience working in interdisciplinary projects

·        Experience working in international collaborations

Knowledge, skills, abilities:

• Evaluation and implementation designs in healthcare
• Selection or adaptation of theoretical frameworks to different research objectives and contexts
• Moderation and coordination of working groups, including meeting management
• Languages: a good command of Spanish and Catalan,, written and spoken, will be valued.

Other:

• Flexibility to make short-term trips (in the Spanish and European geographical area)
• Interest in person-centered care, implementation science, PROMs and PREMs evaluation

 

Offer

·       Start Date: Immediate

·        Contract type: full-time or part-time

·  Contract duration: 1-year fixed-term contract, with perspectives of indefinite contract after performance evaluation

·        Salary & benefits: Negotiable depending on the candidate's profile.

·    Integration into a multidisciplinary team with experience in managing research projects in health services and quality of care.

·     Support in and opportunities of developing own academic profile and research trajectory

·      Support in and opportunities of developing leadership of projects in the field of quality of care at European and national level.

 

Workplace:

Hybrid position with two in-person days at the FAD office (Provença 293, principal, 08037, Barcelona, Spain).

 

Required Documentation

·        Curriculum Vitae

·        Motivation letter

 

The deadline for receiving applications is Nov 15, 2025

 

Interested candidates are invited to send a letter of motivation and CV to carriazu@fadq.org with the reference FAD 2025 Postdoctoral Researcher.