As an assistant, you will primarily support the data analysis process. Alongside the PhD students, you will examine what working conditions workers experience in performing the form of online crowdwork known as ‘microworking’, how they experience those conditions and the extent to which conditions relate to worker wellbeing. While there may be opportunities to assist with other project elements, they will be considered on a non-interference basis.

Concerning your research support tasks, your job will look like this:

• You will be trained on the existing codebook, research design and approach, and then given a percentage of interviews to code first to establish intercoder reliability.
• You will be responsible for reviewing and editing interview transcriptions for accuracy.
• You will conduct qualitative coding and analysis of crowdworker interviews (approx. 160), guided by a Straussian grounded theory approach and using CAQDAS (Atlas.ti).
• You will participate and contribute to biweekly discussions on coding progress; the necessity for these discussions will be re-assessed as needed, and these sessions can be conducted remotely.
• On a non-interference basis with the coding process, you may have opportunities to contribute to the project webpage, newsletter, and other project elements.  

Regarding the general research support, you will work with professors and collaborators within the Department of Organizational Dynamics in the Digital Society. Specifically, you will work as a part of the research team of the ERC Consolidator Grant project, "The ghostworker's wellbeing: an integrative framework". We are an international research team of four, two professors and two PhD students, from diverse backgrounds in communications, labour studies and sociology. See https://www.ghostwork.org for more information and relevant publications.

• You have completed at least a bachelor's degree (or are soon to graduate), preferably in communications, sociology, or a related social sciences field (for example, psychology, anthropology).
• Good knowledge of qualitative methodologies and experience with qualitative data analysis; training in qualitative data analysis is not required but is highly desirable.    
• You have experience working with CAQDAS, such as Atlas.ti or NVivo; again, training is not required but is highly desired.
• You are precise and have demonstrable analytical skills and qualities.
• You have excellent English proficiency (both oral and written).

An internationally oriented and varied job in an enthusiastic team, with good working conditions in accordance with the Collective Labor Agreement for Dutch Universities (CAO NU).

The start date of this position is August 1st and you will be based at Organizational Dynamics in the Digital Society in Woudestein Campus, Rotterdam. The position is for 0,9 FTE and limited to 6 months . The salary is dependent on your experience and knowledge and ranges from a minimum of € 2402 to a maximum of € 2889 gross per month on a fulltime basis, in accordance with scale 5 of the CAO-NU. In addition, we offer an 8% holiday allowance, an end-of-year payment of 8.3%, and a very generous paid leave scheme. Furthermore, EUR is affiliated with ABP for the pension provision, and we offer partially paid parental leave, fully paid extended birth leave for partners, a personal career budget, work-life balance coaches, discounted collective health insurance, and more. As an employee, you can also use EUR facilities such as the University library and receive a discount on subscriptions for the Erasmus sports center.

Erasmus University Rotterdam aspires to be an equitable and inclusive community. We nurture an open culture, where everyone is supported to fulfill their full potential. We see inclusivity of talent as the basis of our successes, and the diversity of perspectives and people as a highly valued outcome. EUR provides equal opportunities to all employees and applicants regardless of gender identity or expression, sexual orientation, religion, ethnicity, age, neurodiversity, functional impairment, citizenship, or any other aspect which makes them unique. We look forward to welcoming you to our community.

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