🧪 About the Role:
The Max Rubner-Institut is seeking a researcher to contribute to nemo kids/family, a national monitoring initiative on nutrition and food consumption among children, adolescents, pregnant, and breastfeeding individuals in Germany. The project supports evidence-based policymaking through large-scale representative online surveys.

📍 Location: Karlsruhe, Germany
🏢 Institution: Max Rubner-Institut (MRI)
🕒 Position Type: Full-time, fixed-term until 31 December 2026
📅 Application Deadline: 25 June 2025
🔢 Reference Number: 048/2025
🚀 Start Date: As soon as possible

🛠 Key Responsibilities:
• Develop questionnaires on determinants of eating habits and food consumption
• Support planning and coordination of national online surveys
• Collaborate with internal and external research partners
• Analyze and interpret data; draft reports and publications
• Contribute to refining long-term study designs

👩‍🎓 Required Profile:
• Master’s or Diploma in Nutritional Sciences, Public Health Nutrition, or a related field (with a good grade minimum)
• Expertise in nutrition science, ideally in nutritional epidemiology
• Experience with human studies and survey-based data collection
• Excellent written and spoken German
• Desirable:
o Scientific publication and statistical analysis experience (SPSS or R)
o Good to excellent English skills
o Strong communication and teamwork abilities

🎁 What’s Offered:
• Full-time contract (39 hrs/week) until 31 Dec 2026
• Salary according to public sector (TVöD Bund), pay group 13
• Flexible hours, part-time options, and remote work (up to 60% in Germany)
• 30 vacation days + up to 12 days of time compensation per year
• Paid leave on Dec 24 and 31
• Annual bonus, pension scheme (VBL), and financial benefits
• Professional training and health programs
• Free parking, subsidized public transport ticket (Deutschlandticket), and discounted canteen meals
• Family-friendly, inclusive, and diverse working environment

📩 How to Apply:
Submit a complete application including cover letter, CV, academic and professional certificates. Incomplete applications may be excluded from consideration.

📞 Contacts:
• Scientific inquiries: Dr. Antje Damms, +49 (0) 721 6625 214
• Administrative inquiries: Patricia Schmidt, +49 (0) 431 609 2230