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University assistant predoctoral 

34 Faculty of Law  

Job vacancy starting: 03/15/2025  | Working hours:  30,00  | Classification CBA: §48 VwGr. B1 Grundstufe (praedoc) 

Limited contract until: 03/14/2029

Job ID: 3406

The Department of Civil Law is looking to fill a position as university assistant ("prae doc") with Univ.-Prof. Dr. Dr. h.c. Christiane Wendehorst, LL.M. (Cantab.) starting March 15 2025. The employment contract for prae doc assistants is initially limited to 1.5 years and will be automatically extended to a total of 4 years, unless the employer declares non-renewal after 12 months at the latest. Interested persons with a degree in law and excellent academic results, especially in civil law and in the subsidiary subjects of private law, are invited to apply. You can expect a dedicated team that deals in research and teaching with civil law in its entire breadth and its corporate law aspects and very specifically with current legal issues and developments in the field of digitalization (e.g. current issues regarding artificial intelligence, data economics, platform regulation, data protection). The willingness to actively contribute to larger research and publication projects as well as to the preparation of courses in a team is required. Excellent command of German and English is required. 

This is what you do:

• Involvement in the department administration as well as in teaching and research administration
• Participation in publications / academic articles and research studies / presentations / research projects 
• Independent teaching of courses as defined by the collective agreement
• Supervision of students
• Involvement in the organisation of meetings, conferences, symposiums
• We expect the successful candidate to sign a doctoral thesis agreement within 12-18 months

Minimum requirements: 

• Completion of a law degree with above-average success
• High professional competence, methodological competence and didactic competence
• High ability to express yourself both orally and in writing as well as excellent command of written and spoken German and English
• IT user skills
• Ability to work in a team

Desirable qualifications are:

• Knowledge of university processes and structures
• Basic experience in research methods and academic writing Application documents

What we offer:

Work-life balance: Our employees enjoy flexible and family-friendly working hours.

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 in the center of beautiful Vienna 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 everyone: We look forward to diverse personalities in the team!

It is that easy to apply:

with the required documents

• Letter of motivation
• Academic curriculum vitae
• Short doctoral project proposal  (optional if available)
• List of publications (optional if available)
• Degree certificates (optional if available)

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If you have any questions, please contact:

Roberto Schille (roberto.luis.schille@univie.ac.at)  

Nadja Wedl (wendehorst.sekretariat@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: 10th of February 2025