University assistant predoctoral

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University assistant predoctoral

34 Faculty of Law

Job vacancy starting: 01/01/2025 | Working hours: 30.00 | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc)

Limited contract until:

Job ID: 3198

Explore and teach at the University of Vienna, where more than 7,500 academics thrive on curiosity in continuous exploration and help us better understand our world. Does this sound like you? Then join our accomplished team!

The Institute of Corporate and Business Law is looking for a university assistant prae doc with an interest in corporate and/or business law and/or competition law to support teaching and research.

The Institute is part of the Faculty of Law. The Institute is responsible for teaching and research in the field of corporate and commercial law. The position is advertised for 4 years, whereby the employment relationship is initially limited to 1.5 years and is automatically extended to a total of 4 years, unless the employer submits a declaration of non-extension after a maximum of 12 months.

Place of work: Faculty of Law, Institute for Corporate and Commercial Law (Prof. Dr. Friedrich Rüffler, LL.M.), Schottenbastei 10-16, 1010 Vienna.

Duration of the fixed-term contract: 4 years, employment level: 30 hours/week.

The range of your responsibilities include:

• Collaboration in research, teaching and administration
• Assisting with examination activities
• Contributing to publications and scientific articles
• Completion of a dissertation agreement within 12-18 months is expected
• Possibility to write a dissertation
• Participation in and independent teaching of courses
• Studental supervision

• Completed degree in law
• Special interest in corporate and/or company law and/or competition law (intended dissertation in one of these subjects)
• Above-average academic success (at least in the field of civil and corporate law)
• Experience in working with databases
• Very good written and spoken German language skills
• Very good written and spoken English language skills

Your personal requirements:

• High level of written and oral communication skills
• Didactic qualification
• Ability to work in a team
• Advantageous: Experience in the university sector

Inspiring working atmosphere: You are a part of an international academic team in a healthy and fair working environment.

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

Internal further training & Coaching: Opportunity to deepen your skills on an ongoing basis. There are over 600 courses to choose from – free of charge.

Fair salary: The basic salary of EUR 3578,80 (on a full-time basis) increases if we can credit professional experience.

Equal opportunities for all: We welcome every additional/new personality to the team!

• With your scientific curriculum vitae and letter of motivation
• With your summary of research interests and your ideas for a prospective doctoral project proposal
• Master Degree / Diploma
• Degree certificates

Friedrich Rüffler

friedrich.rueffler@univie.ac.at

We look forward to new personalities in our team!
The University of Vienna has an anti-discriminatory employment policy and attaches great importance to equal opportunities, the advancement of women and diversity. We lay special emphasis on increasing the number of women in senior and in academic positions among the academic and general university staff and therefore expressly encourage qualified women to apply. Given equal qualifications, preference will be given to female candidates.

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​Application deadline: 11/15/2024