🌍 Focus Area:
The trainee will support research on climate change and health, with a focus on adaptation in the healthcare sector using routine and environmental data.

🏢 Institution: BARMER Institute for Health System Research (bifg)
📍 Location: Berlin or Wuppertal
📅 Start date: 1 October 2025
🕒 Duration: 12 months (until 30 September 2026)
📝 Application deadline: 07 August 2025
💼 Employment type: Full-time (38 hrs/week), part-time possible

🔧 Key Tasks:
• Participate in research projects and interdisciplinary teams
• Support study design, data analysis, and scientific publications
• Conduct systematic literature reviews (German/English)
• Contribute to internal/external presentations, events, and working groups

🎓 Profile:
• Bachelor’s or Master’s degree in a health and environment-related field
• Some experience with empirical research and publishing
• Skills in R and SQL/databases preferred
• Fluency in German (C1+) and very good English
• Motivated, communicative, and willing to travel occasionally

🎁 Benefits:
• Strong focus on work-life balance and flexible working models
• Supportive team culture, development opportunities, and corporate benefits
• Equal opportunities employer – applications from women and persons with disabilities especially encouraged
• The annual gross salary for the trainee position is at least €46,000

🔗 More about the institute: www.bifg.de