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Scientist (f/m/diverse) at the SOEP

Job offer of October 14, 2024

Reference code

SOEP-17-24

Position

Scientist (f/m/diverse) at the SOEP

Closing Date

17.11.2024 23:59

The Socio-Economic Panel (SOEP), a research-driven infrastructure based at DIW Berlin, is one of the largest and longest running multidisciplinary panel studies worldwide, and currently surveys around 30,000 people in nearly 15,000 households. SOEP aims to capture social change and thus handles a constant stream of new and diverse topics and tasks. Its data collection and generation adhere to the concept of the survey or data life cycle.

Subject to funding approval by the funding body and starting as soon as possible, DIW Berlin is looking for a

Scientist (f/m/diverse)

(full-time, part-time possible).

The Leibniz Lab Pandemic Preparedness: One Health, One Future addresses the most urgent questions about how to deal with future pandemics. It combines expertise from various disciplines with practical knowledge in order to develop evidence-based strategies that strengthen the pandemic resilience of society and science in the long term. The sub-project of the Leibniz Lab, in which the advertised position is located, aims to prepare statistical methods that bring together decentralized health databases efficiently and in compliance with data protection regulations.

Your responsibilities

  • Review and evaluation of existing health data in Germany, in particular administrative and survey data to identify trends for health strategies, with a focus on infectious diseases and relevant personal and contextual characteristics
  • Review and evaluation of current (statistical) methods for data matching for the development of a synthetic database of individual health data
  • Development and implementation (in R) of a proprietary statistical method to create an individual-level synthetic database to increase the accuracy and relevance of health data for research and policy
  • Communication between the German Institute for Economic Research (DIW) and the project's cooperation partners to support effective collaboration and knowledge exchange in health research

Your qualifications

  • Completed Master's degree in social sciences or economics with a focus on empirical social research or a related field
  • A PhD is an advantage
  • Very good knowledge of quantitative analysis of empirical data
  • Very good programming skills in R
  • Sound knowledge of new methods of statistical learning (e.g. mice method) and computational statistics
  • Very good knowledge in dealing with SOEP data or comparable survey data as well as in dealing with administrative data sets
  • Knowledge of public health

What we offer

Ein spannendes Forschungsumfeld und eine starke Forschungsgruppe, einschließlich aller Vorteile der internationalen Netzwerke des DIW Berlin sowie die Integration eigener Forschung im Rahmen des Sozio-oekonomischen Panels.

A job at a research institute with around 300 colleagues, where diversity, equal opportunities, and a healthy work-life balance guide all areas of work. Flexible work schedules tailored to your needs as well as remote work are key parts of our work culture.

An exciting and varied job where you will gain deep insights into a research institute as well as national and international science systems. At DIW Berlin, you will have the perfect opportunity to gain further subject-specific training at an institute where science and politics intersect.

DIW Berlin supports your professional and personal qualification and advancement via internal and external career development opportunities and annual performance reviews.

You are paid according to the collective agreement for the public sector (Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes, TVöD Bund), which includes an annual bonus as well as a company pension with VBL Ost.

The office is located in the middle of Berlin-Mitte convenient to public transportation. As a DIW Berlin employee, you are eligible for a reduced VBB-Firmenticket that is partially subsidized.

This is a fixed-term position limited to 31st December 2025, with the possibility of a permanent contract. Remuneration is paid according to TVöD Bund, salary group 13.

Application and information

We value diversity and welcome all applications regardless of gender, disability, nationality, or ethnic or social origin. If you’re interested in the position, we are excited to hear from you!

Please apply online by 17.11.2024 quoting the reference number SOEP-17-2024 and including a cover letter, CV, copies of degree certificates, and references. Please do not include a photo. If you have any questions about the online application, contact recruiting@diw.de.

In-person interviews are planned to take place in the 49th and 50th calendar weeks.

You can find more information about DIW Berlin on our website, www.diw.de. Please contact Prof. Dr. Sabine Zinn (szinn@diw.de) for more information on the specific tasks and responsibilities of this position.

Sabine Zinn

Acting Director SOEP and Division Head Survey Methodology and Management in the German Socio-Economic Panel study Department

DIW Berlin


Founded in 1925, DIW Berlin (the German Institute for Economic Research) is one of the leading economic research institutes in Germany. The Institute analyzes the economic and social aspects of topical issues, formulating and disseminating policy advice based on its research findings. DIW Berlin is part of both the national and international scientific communities, provides research infrastructure to academics all over the world, and promotes the next generation of scientists. A member of the Leibniz Association, DIW Berlin is independent and primarily publicly funded.

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