Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d)

Job advertisement

Vacancy ID: 183/2024

Closing date: 2024-09-15

Friedrich Schiller University is a traditional university with a strong research profile rooted in the heart of Germany. As a university covering all disciplines, it offers a wide range of subjects. Its research is focused on the areas Light—Life—Liberty. It is closely networked with non-research institutions, research companies and renowned cultural institutions. With around 17,000 students and more than 10,000 employees, the university plays a major role in shaping Jena’s character as a cosmopolitan and future-oriented city.

The Institute of Psychology at the Faculty of Social and Behavioural Sciences seeks to fill the position of a Postdoctoral Researcher (m/f/d), commencing earliest 15.11.2024. We offer a full-time position (40 hours per week) ideally for a longer period (2 years with possibility to extend up to 4 years).

As a new team member, you will support our Department of Biological Psychology and Cognitive Neuroscience (BPCN) and make a valuable contribution to the success of our research and teaching activities. Our department is primarily concerned with processes of perception and memory. Both basic neuronal mechanisms of visual/acoustic perception and their explanatory approaches such as predictive processing, as well as specific perceptual processes, as in the case of human faces, are investigated. For this purpose, new data are regularly collected in TMS, EEG, fMRI, eye-tracking and behavioural experiments.

Your responsibilities:

• Develop, coordinate, manage and publish research projects within the field of cognitive neurosciences.
• Publication of research results in international journals.
• Development of your own qualification project (habilitation or equivalent).
• Contributions to international conferences.
• Largely independent planning and implementation of courses amounting to 4 course hours.
• Supervision of BSc. and MSc. Theses.
• Support of the professorship in administrative tasks, e.g. teaching, exams, their planning and organisation of conferences.

Your profile:

• University degree with focus on psychology or cognitive neurosciences.
• An excellent Ph.D. degree in the field of psychology or cognitive neurosciences.
• Experience in the planning, implementation/programming of experiments and evaluation of their respective data with one or more of the above-mentioned methods with human participants.
• Programming skills (Python; Matlab).
• Knowledge in machine learning methods is an advantage.
• Very good command of written and spoken English (knowledge of German is an advantage but not a prerequisite).
• Good academic record, including publications.
• Experience in teaching undergraduate students is an advantage.
• Organisational skills.

We offer:

• Regular scanning times at a research-specific 3T MR scanner (PRISMA), high-resolution EEG, TMS and neuronavigation systems, state-of-the-art eye-tracker- and excellent infrastructure for behavioural testing.
• Dynamic, interdisciplinary and international research environment.
• Independent work with one of the largest employers in Thuringia.
• Participation in diverse experimental and theoretical research with a strong interdisciplinary character.
• A secure job at a modern and at the same time traditional university covering all disciplines.
• Flexible working hours (flexitime and, if applicable, teleworking).
• A comprehensive further and continuing education programme and individual qualification and development measures.
• A Graduate Academy for doctoral candidates and postdocs.
• A family-friendly working environment with a variety of offers for families: University Family Office ‘JUniFamilie’ and flexible childcare (‘JUniKinder’).
• University health promotion and a wide range of university sports activities.
• Attractive fringe benefits, e.g. capital formation benefits (VL), Job Ticket (benefits for public transport), and an occupational pension (VBL).
• Remuneration based on the provisions of the Collective Agreement for the Public Sector of the Federal States (TV-L) at salary scale E 13 — depending on the candidate’s personal qualifications—, including a special annual payment in accordance with the collective agreement.
• 30 days of vacation per calendar year plus two days off on December 24 and 31.

In principle, the job is also suitable for part-time employment. The extent to which a part-time request can be granted, in particular with regard to the location and scope of the part-time work, will be assessed on the basis of the needs of the service.

Candidates with severe disabilities will be given preference in the case of equal qualifications and suitability.

Are you eager to work for us? Then please apply until 15.09.2024 at the latest using our online form.