About this position
Job position
We are looking for a Research Assistant to be part of the research team of the ERC Starting Grant project DEMOTRADEOFF: Reconciling Citizens with the Trade-offs of Democracy: Attitudes Toward Democracy Under Rising Politicization. Assist in the coding of variables and indices for the comparative survey of the DEMOTRADEOFF project. Preparation of the DEMOTRADEOFF survey dataset for public release.
Job position requirements (skills/languages/required experience)
Higher University Degree, Bachelor's Degree or Official Master's Degree.
Degree (BA) in Political Science or related discipline
Master (MA) in Institutions or related discipline
Advanced knowledge of R or Stata
English (Native or C2)
Involvement in support to research projects related to the DEMOTRADEOFF project
Benefits
11.322,51 € added to the Plus Campus corresponding amount and other salary supplements that may correspond. (Gross annual)
Eligibility criteria
- Academic record (50)
Completed Generic BA (15); Completed BA in Political Science or related discipline (25); Completed Generic MA (7); Completed MA in Political Science or related discipline (25)
- Experience (10)
Involvement in support to research projects related to the DEMOTRADEOFF project (10)
- Knowledge of relevant software (5)
Advanced knowledge of R or Stata (5)
- Languages (5)
Native English speaker or C2 certificate (5), English B2 certificate (2); English B1 certificate (1)
- Interview (30)
Motivation and suitability for the position (30)
The selection committee reserves the right to not fill this position if no suitable candidate is identified
Minimum score required to pass the selection process: 60
Selection process:
One single evaluation process based on documents submitted with the application and an interview of the candidates that receive a combined score higher than 60 in “academic record, experience, knowledge of relevant software, languages”, unless in application of the agreement of 1st of February 2019, the court proposes other actions, tests and/or interviews to be carried out.
To validate this request, you must validate the form that is accessed at the URL https://seleccio.uab.cat/
The application must include:
- CV including final average grades obtained in undergraduate and postgraduate studies.
- Copy of ID/Passport.
- Copy of degree certificates.
Any application that is not submitted in this way will not be included in the selection process.
Requirements
Research Field
Political sciences
Education Level
Bachelor Degree or equivalent
Research Field
Political sciences
Education Level
Master Degree or equivalent
Languages
ENGLISH
Level
Good
How to apply
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