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Job offer for Student Assistants in a research context

The Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine at the TUD Dresden University of Technology is looking to recruit

a Student Assistant (f/m/d)
as of 01.03.2026, initially limited until 31.08.2026

to support the research area of Public Mental Health as part of the DresdenStudy on Parenthood, Workand MentalHealth(DREAM), a cooperation project with the Clinic and Polyclinic for Psychotherapy and Psychosomatics.

The maximum working hours are 41.5 hours per month. Remuneration is in accordance with the pay scale for Student Assistants at TU Dresden.

DREAM is a longitudinal cohort study that focuses, among other things, on the relationships between parental work involvement, family role distribution, stress factors and their effects on peripartum and long-term mental and physical health. Couples are repeatedly surveyed from the period of pregnancy up to 7.5 years after the birth of the child. DREAM is supplemented by four sub-studies: _DREAMHAIR (hair cortisol examinations), _DREAMEPI (epigenetic examinations and stress tests), as well as the now completed sub-studies _DREAMTALK (qualitative interviews) and _DREAMCORONA (quantitative questionnaires). Further information on the study can be found here:

https://tu-dresden.de/med/mf/ipas/forschung/bereiche/fb_7/dream

We offer you:
- Flexible working hours
- A high degree of independence after extensive training
- Open error culture and contact persons at all times
- Collaboration in a pleasant, dynamic and open-minded team
- Workplaces at the Institute (only occasional tasks from the home office possible)
- Opportunities to write a thesis
- Insights into other studies in the research area, e.g. stress tests and telephone interviews
- Insights into various research project phases (from implementation of new measurement points to evaluation and publication)
- Participation in professional and research-oriented training and further education opportunities at the Institute of Occupational and Social Medicine

Possible areas of responsibility, which are assigned with comprehensive training and supervision:
- Support and maintenance of the subject administration
- Support in communication with respondents by telephone, e-mail and post
- Preparation of survey materials
- Coordination and dispatch of questionnaires and gifts for respondents
- Maintenance of the online databases (via REDCap) for respondent administration
- Data preparation and input
- Support in the creation of new calculation data sets and SPSS syntax work (e.g. for the creation of indices, questionnaire evaluations, merging of variables, etc.)

Your profile/requirements:
- Degree in psychology or comparable (Bachelor from 3rd semester or Master)
- Basic knowledge of psychological methods, including diagnostics and statistics as well as clinical psychology
- Very good IT skills
- Good knowledge of English
- Experience with statistical analysis programs, e.g. SPSS, and literature management programs, e.g. Endnote, is an advantage, but not a basic requirement
- Open and communicative demeanor, diligence, reliability and independence
- Basic immunization against MMR and tetanus due to employment at the Faculty of Medicine

Interested candidates please apply by 08.01.26 with meaningful documents including cover letter, CV and certificate of enrollment by e-mail to:

Luise Hewerer, M.Sc.
E-mail:
Medical Faculty of the TUD Dresden University of Technology
Institute and Polyclinic for Occupational and Social Medicine
Fetscherstraße 74 | 01307 Dresden
Telephone: 0351 458 89434