The Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe (SHARE) at the Mannheim Research Institute for the Economics of Aging (MEA), University of Mannheim, is looking for a

Senior Researcher (TV-L E14)

to supervise the research department "Survey Management".

Applicants should hold a doctorate in economics or social sciences and have a strong background in social research, preferably in health or labour economics, and survey methodology. Practical experience in conducting a large-scale survey is desirable. We expect general project management skills, a sound knowledge of quantitative methods for the analysis of complex data, fluency in English and a good working knowledge of German. The appointment is for an initial period of 2 years.

FOR DETAILS SEE THE ATTACHED DOCUMENT.

The application deadline is June 30, 2010. Please send your application with the usual documents to the following address (preferably via e-mail): Eva Schneider MEA -- Universität Mannheim L13, 17 68131 Mannheim schneider@mea.uni-mannheim.de

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Christof Wolf Sprecher der Sektion Methoden der Empirischen Sozialforschung der Deutschen Gesellschaft für Soziologie

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