Usability Tester / UX Researcher (m / w / d) bis zu 7.000€ brutto

The Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (UFZ) with its 1,100 employees has gained an excellent reputation as an international competence centre for environmental sciences. We are part of the largest scientific organisation in Germany, the Helmholtz association. Our mission: Our research seeks to find a balance between social development and the long-term protection of our natural resources.

The job

We are looking for a motivated candidate for a PhD Researcher (f / m / x) on the effects of stressors on aquatic food webs.

The tasks are part of the Collaborative Research Centre (CRC) 1439 on multiple stressors affecting streams and rivers. The successful candidate is expected to take responsibility for a subproject on food web analyses and to coordinate the work within a team of collaborating researchers within the CRC.

• Planning and performing food web analyses of invertebrate communities in natural streams and in mesocosms.
• Food web analysis by state-of-the-art techniques including stable isotope analysis and stomach content analyses.
• Planning and performing mesocosm experiments on the effects of stressors on food webs.
• Data analysis with statistical and model tools.
• Publication of the data in international journals. The work should be used for an own graduation as PhD.

We offer

• Excellent supervision and optimal professional and interdisciplinary qualification through our HIGRADE graduate programme.
• The freedom to master even the most demanding challenges between basic research and practical application.
• The opportunity to work in interdisciplinary, international teams and benefit from a wide range of perspectives.
• First-class integration into national and international research networks to work together on global challenges.
• Excellent research infrastructure and research data management to optimally support your work.
• A wide range of options for balancing care responsibilities and work through our family office.
• Competent support and advice for international colleagues arriving at the UFZ from the ‘International Office’.
• A workplace in a vibrant region with a high life quality and social and cultural diversity.

Your profile

• Master's degree in environmental sciences with a focus on aquatic ecology.
• Own working experience in the following research fields is highly beneficial:
• Quantification of stream invertebrates.
• Food web analyses with the help of stable isotope analyses.
• Publication in international journals.
• Willingness to work in a research team and willingness to travel between the working location in Magdeburg and the field sites at the Emscher catchment.
• Driving licence.