Scientific project assistant predoctoral

Scientific project assistant predoctoral

The University of Vienna is a community of almost 11,000 individuals, including approximately 7,700 academic staff members, who passionately pursue answers to the profound questions that shape our future. We are currently seeking a Scientific project assistant predoctoral.

Faculty: 45 Faculty of Philological and Cultural Studies

Job vacancy starting: 01.10.2026 | Working hours: 30,00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)

Limited contract until: 01.10.2028

Job ID: 6050

Your personal sphere of influence:

We are looking to strengthen our team at the newly established Cluster of Excellence EurAsian Transformations. The Cluster involves more than 30 researchers from four academic institutions. Major contemporary issues including diversity, mobility, identity, and cultural interaction are investigated through interdisciplinary research spanning numerous languages, regions, and historical periods.

To support the Cluster's digital research ecosystem, we are seeking a project staff member who will contribute to the coordination and further development of Digital Humanities activities, research data management, and digital research infrastructures across the Cluster. Working closely with the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities, the successful candidate will contribute to sustainable infrastructures, interoperable workflows, and shared standards.

Your future tasks:

• Coordinating Digital Humanities and research infrastructure activities across the Cluster.
• Supporting the development of the Cluster's metacatalogue and related digital services.
• Advising researchers on research data management, FAIR principles, metadata, and interoperability.
• Facilitating collaboration between Cluster projects, the University of Vienna, and the Austrian Centre for Digital Humanities and Cultural Heritage.
• Contributing to shared standards, documentation, and sustainable digital workflows.
• Organizing workshops, training activities, and consultation formats for researchers, doctoral candidates, and students.
• Supporting the integration of Digital Humanities methods into teaching and training activities.
• Contributing to the long-term strategic development of the Cluster's digital research ecosystem.

This is part of your personality:

• Completed Master's degree in Digital Humanities or a relevant humanities discipline with a strong Digital Humanities component.
• Experience or demonstrated interest in research data management, digital research infrastructures, or Digital Humanities methods.
• Familiarity with FAIR principles, metadata standards, interoperability, and sustainable digital workflows.
• Good organizational and communication skills.
• Ability to work independently and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary research environment.
• Very good written and spoken English; knowledge of German is an advantage.
• Experience with semantic technologies, knowledge organization, ontologies, or Digital Humanities training activities is desirable.

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Flexible working hours and partial remote work.

Inspiring working atmosphere: An international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

Good public transport connections: The workplace is easily accessible by public transport.

Internal further training and coaching: More than 600 free courses are available.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3.776,10 on a full-time basis increases if professional experience can be credited.

It is that easy to apply:

• With your scientific curriculum vitae or letter of intent.
• With your summary of research interests.
• Master Degree or Diploma.
• Via the job portal using the Apply now button.

If you have any questions, please contact:

Melanie Malzahn, melanie.malzahn@univie.ac.at

Application deadline: 14.08.2026