The 'Munich Center for the Economics of Aging' (MEA) at the Max Planck Institute for Social Law and Social Policy offers a full time position as

Survey Methodologist (m/f/d)

in the SHARE project at the earliest possible date. The position is limited to a two-year contract, with the possibility of extension conditional on funding. SHARE, the 'Survey of Health, Ageing and Retirement in Europe' is a large international social science panel study. The data combines extensive cross-national information on socio-economic status, health and family relations of Europe's elder population.

Your tasks will include:

• Being a liaison to survey agencies and country teams in SHARE for communicating field monitoring results
• Help with the conceptual development of routines to monitor fieldwork in all SHARE countries
• Collecting, processing and documentation of paradata that occur during data collection
• Provide assistance for evaluating sampling designs and weighting schemes
• Coordination, process definition and documentation of several data linkage projects in different SHARE countries
• Conduct own (substantial and/or methodological) research with SHARE data, in particular regarding data linkage in SHARE

The ideal candidate would bring the following qualifications:

• University degree in social sciences, demography, statistics, economics, public health, epidemiology, data science or a related field (with or without PhD)
• Extensive knowledge of quantitative data analysis and statistical software, preferable Stata (or R, SPSS); good knowledge of Microsoft Office applications
• Experience in methodological issues (e.g. nonresponse, data linkage, machine learning approaches) and/or fieldwork monitoring
• Experience with large-scale (cross-national) surveys
• Strong proficiency in English, good knowledge of German desirable
• Track record of self-organized and highly proactive working style
• Team player mentality with proven management experience
• Interest in own research on substantive or methodological topics (willingness to pursue a PhD for pre-doc applicants desirable)

We welcome both pre- and post-doc applicants. Compensation will be in accordance with German TVöD and the relevant experience of the candidate. A generous benefits package complements this attractive job in an international, team-oriented research endeavour. SHARE is an equal opportunities employer and encourages applications from women and men, including disabled people, from all cultural backgrounds and ethnic origins.

Please submit a complete application quoting reference number 07-19 in one single pdf file (CV, cover letter, copies of degrees and certificates) no later than 25 April 2019 to Michael Bergmann (bergmann@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de and hr@mpisoc.mpg.de)

For further information, please visit our website at http://www.share-project.org or contact Michael Bergmann (bergmann@mea.mpisoc.mpg.de).