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University Assistant (Praedoc)

20 Mar 2024

Job Information

Organisation/Company
Medical University of Innsbruck
Department
Human resources
Research Field
Psychological sciences » Psychology
Researcher Profile
First Stage Researcher (R1)
Country
Austria
Application Deadline
Type of Contract
Temporary
Job Status
Part-time
Hours Per Week
30
Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme?
Not funded by an EU programme
Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?
No

Offer Description

We are looking for a motivated and dedicated employee to support our team.

University Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics in Childhood and Adolescence,

30 hours/week, externally funded

with immediate effect, until 30.06.2025

Your area of responsibility

The research project with the acronym "Post-Covid" aims to record the long-term consequences of the Covid-19 crisis in children from the children's and parents' perspective. In this mixed-methods study, questionnaires are used to quantitatively investigate not only the possible psychological effects of the crisis on children, but also their skills and resilience. In the qualitative part, data on their resilience, well-being and post-traumatic growth will be collected using interviews and/or focus groups with children aged 8-12 years. This is a repeated cross-sectional design with a total of 3 measurement points.

Your tasks include

  • Developing your own research question and conducting quantitative surveys (online)
    • in Tyrolean kindergartens and schools
    • among children who are or will be undergoing psychological or therapeutictreatment due to the corona crisis and the current crisis situation
    • with patients of the child and adolescent psychiatry department in Hall Tirol
  • Data management, preparation and processing
  • Presentation of the results to scientific and non-scientific audiences
  • Data analysis and publication of the study results

Requirements

Research Field
Psychological sciences
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Skills/Qualifications

We are looking forward to

  • a master's or diploma degree in psychology or human medicine
  • very good knowledge of statistics
  • Interest and possibly experience in the application of qualitative methods
  • Interest in scientific work
  • Ability to work in a team and independently
  • Accurate and reliable way of working
Languages
GERMAN
Level
Good
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Excellent
Research Field
Psychological sciences » Psychology

Additional Information

Benefits

What you can expect

Located in the center of Tyrol, we offer the best general conditions at an attractive location, a value-oriented work environment, exciting and varied activities, the opportunity for professional and personal development as well as numerous (voluntary) additional company benefits.

  • Involvement in an innovative and successful interdisciplinary working group

    Independent work with international project partners in a large European project in a currently dynamically developing, socially highly relevant scientific field of work
  • Completion of a PhD program at the Medical University of Innsbruck (Institute of Psychology) is expected.

For the intended job group B1, GH 1, the minimum salary according to the collective agreement is currently € 37,577.40 gross per year for a 30-hour week and may possibly increase on the basis of the collective agreement regulations through the recognition of jobspecific previous experience and other salary components associated with the special features of the job.

Additional comments

Your application

Please send your application (incl. CV, letter of motivation, list of publications) digitally (as pdf-files) by 11.04.2024 to Priv.-Doz. Dr. Silvia Exenberger: silvia.exenberger-vanham@i-med.ac.at

 

Equal opportunities for all!

We offer our employees a fair working environment in which they can develop individually. We focus on diversity and equal opportunities, including by deliberately increasing the proportion of women in all professional groups, especially in management positions. We expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Personnel decisions are made on the basis of qualifications and not gender. In order to support working parents, we offer flexible working time models and childcare facilities.

Work Location(s)

Number of offers available
1
Company/Institute
University Clinic for Psychiatry, Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics in Childhood and Adolescence
Country
Austria
City
Innsbruck
Geofield

Where to apply

E-mail
silvia.exenberger-vanham@i-med.ac.at

Contact

City
Innsbruck
Website
Street
Innrain 52
Postal Code
6020
E-Mail
personal@i-med.ac.at