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The University of Vienna is a community of over 10,000 individuals, including approximately 7,500 academic staff members, who passionately pursue answers to the profound questions that shape our future. They represent individuals driven by curiosity and a relentless pursuit of excellence. With us, they find the space to try things out and unfold their potential. Are you inspired by their passion and determination? We are currently seeking a/an

University assistant predoctoral at the Faculty of Economics

37 Faculty of Business, Economics and Statistics

Job vacancy starting: 11/ 01/2025

Limited contract until: 10/31/2029

Job ID: 4591

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!

Your personal sphere of influence:

A PraeDoc university assistant position is to be filled at the Department of Business Analytics and Decisions starting from November 1st, 2025. The contract duration upon appointment is 4 years, with the employment initially being limited to 1,5 years and can automatically be extended to a total of 4 years, provided that the employer does not issue a non-extension notice within a maximum of 12 months.

Your future tasks:

You actively participate in research, teaching & administration, which means:

• You are involved in research projects and scientific studies in the area of Operations Research and Machine Learning
• We expect you to finalize your dissertation agreement within 12-18 months.
• You will work on your dissertation and its completion.
• You will independently conduct teaching activities within the scope of collective bargaining agreements, in the field of Production and Logistics.
• You will undertake administrative tasks in research & teaching.
• You will supervise students.
• You will participate in publications/ scientific presentations.

This is part of your personality:

• You have experience with exact and (meta-)heuristic solution methods in the field of Operations Research.
• You have a Master’s degree in industrial engineering, information systems, business administration and/or economics, computer science or a related field.
• Experience performing and publishing academic research at peer-reviewed conferences and journals is a plus.
• You are an experienced programmer, preferably using the Python programming language.
• Experience modeling and solving vehicle routing problems involving variable travel durations is a plus.
• Experience modeling and solving optimization problems involving maritime settings is a plus.
• You are a team player with excellent social/communication skills.
• You have excellent English language skills, both written and spoken.

What we offer:

Our employees enjoy flexible working hours and can partially work remotely.

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 3,714,80 (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!

It is that easy to apply:

• With your scientific curriculum vitae / letter of intent
• With your summary of research interests / ideas for a prospective doctoral project proposal (max. X p.)
• Master Degree / Diploma
• Via our job portal/ Apply now - button

If you have any questions, please contact:

Kevin Tierney

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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