Application requirements: Cover letter (max. 700 words) explaining the candidate’s relevant experience in relation to the responsibilities of the position;
Curriculum vitae including research and project experience, participation in quantitative or survey research, analytical tools used, experience in national or international teams, publications, conference presentations and other research achievements;
Copy or other confirmation of the doctoral degree;
Contact details of one or more persons who may provide references concerning the candidate’s research, project-management or organisational experience.
Preference is given to referees with experience in leading research projects or research teams.
Job description: The successful candidate will join the team responsible for the Polish implementation of the European Social Survey (ESS) and for selected activities within the ESS-Innovate project.
Approximately 75% of working time will be devoted to ESS activities and approximately 25% to ESS-Innovate.
Main responsibilities related to ESS (approx. 75%): Support the ESS National Coordinator for Poland in organising, coordinating and implementing the survey;
Plan, organise, supervise and report selected stages of survey implementation, independently or in cooperation with other team members;
Contribute to successive stages of the ESS survey life cycle, including documentation, sampling documentation, questionnaire translation and verification, adaptation of research instruments to the Polish context, preparation of fieldwork and respondent materials, monitoring of fieldwork, preparation and quality control of data for deposit, methodological documentation, contextual data and implementation reports;
Prepare scientific publications based on ESS data;
Cooperate with the ESS Headquarters / Consortium Team and participate in national consortium meetings, international working groups and other forms of research cooperation;
Contribute to conferences, seminars, workshops, dissemination activities and promotion of the use of ESS data.
Main responsibilities related to ESS-Innovate (approx. 25%): Contribute to the development, testing and evaluation of an AI-based tool for coding occupational information to ISCO-08, including training materials, training for ESS national teams, analysis of discrepancies between AI and manual coding, adjudication of discrepant cases, and synthesis of test and validation results;
Contribute to work on improving the accessibility of ESS materials for persons with low literacy and reading-comprehension skills, including identification of relevant organisations and experts in Poland, preparation of qualitative research materials, recruitment and conduct of in-depth interviews, and analysis and synthesis of the Polish study results.