Research Assistant with Bachelor's degree (f/m/d)

Tutorials for international first semester students of the master programs of the Faculty of Civil Engineering

Institution

Faculty of Civil Engineering

Our Profile

In winter semester 2024/2025 the Faculty of Civil Engineering would like to provide a support program for its international first-semester students of the English-language Master’s programs or majors again. For this purpose we are looking for 5 students as tutors who will support the new students over a period of 6 months during their start into their studies.

Your Profile

• You are committed, reliable, communicative and fluent in English.
• You have completed a Bachelor’s degree and are enrolled in the consecutive course. You have already studied at the Faculty of Civil Engineering for at least one semester in one of the English-language Master’s programs Civil Engineering (focus on Advanced Computational Methods in Civil Engineering), Transportation Engineering and Mobility (focus on Railway Systems Engineering) or Sustainable Management – Water and Energy.
• You may need a residence and work permit valid in the period 2024-10-01 to 2025-03-31.

Your Duties and Responsibilities

• You help new students of the English-language Master’s programs in Civil Engineering (focus on Advanced Computational Methods in Civil Engineering), Transportation Engineering and Mobility (focus on Railway Systems Engineering) or Sustainable Management – Water and Energy to find their way around RWTH Aachen University and their studies over a period of 6 months.
• You support the students to get to know each other and especially to form learning groups.
• You take care (e.g. in teams of 2 tutors) of a group of first-semester students of the mentioned study programs or majors and organize various activities. You provide students with contact persons in the faculty for questions and problems.
• You regularly exchange information with the faculty administration about your activities and about the questions and problems of the new students.
• You will attend a training session by faculty staff at the beginning of the job.

What We Offer

The position is to be filled by 10/1/2024 and offered for a fixed term up to March 31, 2025.
The fixed-term employment is possible as it constitutes one of the fixed-term options of the Wissenschaftszeitvertragsgesetz (German Act on Fixed-term Scientific Contracts).
This is a part-time contract position.
The standard weekly hours will be 5 hours.
The salary is based on the RWTH Guidelines for Student and Graduate Assistants.
The position corresponds to a pay grade of 15.20 € per hour.

About us

RWTH is a certified family-friendly University. We support our employees in maintaining a good work-life balance with a wide range of health, advising, and prevention services, for example university sports. Employees who are covered by collective bargaining agreements and civil servants have access to an extensive range of further training courses and the opportunity to purchase a job ticket.
RWTH is an equal opportunities employer. We therefore welcome and encourage applications from all suitably qualified candidates, particularly from groups that are underrepresented at the University. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment and will not be discriminated against on the basis of national or ethnic origin, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, religion, disability or age. RWTH is strongly committed to encouraging women in their careers. Female applicants are given preference if they are equally suitable, competent, and professionally qualified, unless a fellow candidate is favored for a specific reason.
As RWTH is committed to equality of opportunity, we ask you not to include a photo in your application.
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