Graduate Teaching Assistant, Austria

The world is changing at an ever-faster pace. At the Johannes Kepler University Linz, we work on technologies and the ideas of tomorrow on a daily basis. At the same time, we educate over 24,000 young people to meet the demands of today’s job market. In short, we are Upper Austria’s largest institution for education and research. Are you interested in being a part of shaping the future at Austria’s most attractive campus university? We currently have a job opening starting 01/16/2025 for a:

Graduate Teaching Assistant (must hold a Diploma/Master’s degree) for a 
30-hour/week (part-time), temporary position at the Department of Work, Organizational, and Media Psychology

Duties of the position

• Participation in a third-party funded research project (Linz Institute of Technology) on work-related stress research, in which psychological methods for stress prevention are combined with biopsychological methodology (endocrine and physiological stress parameters).
• Working on your own dissertation project.
• Inclusion in the tasks of the chair (including teaching)

Required selection criteria

• Completed diploma/master’s degree in psychology
• Interest in methods of biopsychological stress research
• Good knowledge of statistics and methods
• Experience in interpreting and evaluating objective stress markers is an advantage
• Very good knowledge of German and English, both spoken and written (German level C1, English level B2+)
• Ability to work independently, high personal commitment, communication and cooperation skills (also interdisciplinary)

Benefits 

• On the basis of full-time employment (40 hours/week) the minimum salary in accordance with the collective agreement is € 3,578.80gross per month (14 x per year, CA Job Grade: B1)
• Stable employer
• Attractive campus environment with good public transportation connections
• Attractive continual educational opportunities
• State-of-the-art research infrastructure
• Dynamic research environment
• Broad range of on-campus dining services/healthy meals (organic food at the cafeteria)
• Exercise and sports classes (USI)

Organisation/Company –Johannes Kepler University

Research Field – Psychological sciences

Researcher Profile First Stage Researcher (R1)

Country – Austria

Application Deadline –3 Nov 2024 – 23:59 (Europe/Vienna)