Research assistant RDM training and consulting (DSS-24)
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GESIS – Leibniz-Institute for the Social Sciences is an internationally active research institute, funded by federal and state governments and member of the Leibniz Association.
Starting the earliest possible date our Department Data Services for the Social Sciences, Team Archiving located in Cologne, is looking for a
Research assistant RDM training and consulting
(Salary group 13 TV-L, working time 100 %, fixed term until Sep. 30, 2026, parental leave replacement)The department Data Services for the Social Sciences offers sustainable infrastructures and services for data management, curation, and long-term preservation. Its mission is to foster FAIR data, open science, and reproducible research in the quantitative and computational social sciences. This includes archiving services with different curation levels for individual researchers, projects, and institutions, providing access to archived data, including access to sensitive data, the data registration agency da|ra, and data management trainings. The German Network of Educational Research Data (VerbundFDB) is an association of research data centres that jointly provide scientific infrastructure services for empirical educational research. Among other things, VerbundFDB provides a comprehensive range of training, information and consulting services.
Your tasks will be:
- Delivering training courses and workshops on research data management in educational research
- Advising projects and researchers on developing data management plans and addressing other research data management issues
- Contributing to the development of concepts, standards, and workflows for the joint data infrastructure of VerbundFDB
- Conducting research on research data management topics, preferably within the context of social sciences and educational research
Your profile:
- Completed master's degree, preferably in a social science or humanities discipline
- Extensive knowledge in research data management; practical experience in data curation and research data management is an advantage
- Experience in designing and implementing training programs
- Proficiency in written and spoken German and good English skills
Our Benefits:
- A fast-growing, international, and interdisciplinary work environment with close ties to regional and international research institutions in related fields
- Interdisciplinary team and diverse opportunities for networking and further training
- Flexible working hours and regulations for mobile working
- Very good conditions for reconciling work and family life, e.g. subsidies for childcare for children who have not yet attained the age of compulsory schooling
- Holistic company health management and discounted participation in the university's sports programme
- Generous support for your pension provision as a direct insurance policy
- Promotion of your skills through further training measures
Contact
For further information concerning the tasks please contact Reiner Mauer via phone +49 221 47694 429 or via E-Mail (reiner.mauer@gesis.org). If you have questions about the application process, please contact Franca Tosetti via E-Mail (franca.tosetti@gesis.org).
Interested?
Please apply via our Online-application portal.
Our reference number is: DSS-24
About us
GESIS is one of the world's leading social science infrastructure facilities, supporting researchers at all levels of their research projects with expertise and infrastructure services. We help ensure that socially relevant questions can be answered based on reliable data, the latest scientific methods and research information. We help with study planning and data collection, provide high-quality research data, support with data preparation and analysis, and finally with data archiving.
GESIS helps you gain further qualifications. We offer our employees a wide range of career opportunities in an appealing work environment with a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. With us, you will work in an international environment in the heart of Mannheim and Cologne and benefit from a flexible work environment as well as internal and external networks.
GESIS ensures compliance with the guidelines for the severely disabled and promotes professional equality between women and men. Full-time positions can also be filled on a part-time basis.
As a family-friendly employer, we have been certified by the “berufundfamilie” audit since 2010.
Further information on working at GESIS can be found here.
