Junior Professor of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment

Organisation/Company Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz Research Field Psychological sciences » Psychology Researcher Profile Established Researcher (R3) Positions Other Positions Final date to receive applications 25 Mar 2026 - 23:59 (Europe/Berlin) Country Germany Type of Contract Temporary Job Status Full-time Hours Per Week 40 Is the job funded through the EU Research Framework Programme? Not funded by a EU programme Reference Number 00326-02-W1-nk Is the Job related to staff position within a Research Infrastructure?

No

Johannes Gutenberg University Mainz (JGU) is one of the largest universities in Germany. Thanks to its location in the Rhine-Main science region, the university can unfold to its full potential and showcase its innovative power and dynamism. Its status as a comprehensive university allows for multidisciplinary learning and teaching and has great potential for internationally renowned, interdisciplinary research. Almost all of its institutes are located on a single campus close to the Mainz city center – creating a lively academic culture for researchers, teaching staff, and students from every continent.

Institute of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Media, and Sports invites applications for the position of

Junior Professor of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment

Beginning as soon as possible.

Salary grade W 1 LBesG | Civil servant with a fixed-term contract

The junior professor is organizationally assigned to the Department of Personality Psychology and Psychological Assessment, but performs its research and teaching tasks independently and autonomously.

Tasks and expectations:

We are looking for a personality (m/f/d)

• An internationally visible research profile in the field of personality psychology and/or psychological assessment as it can be expected in an early career stage. Publications in international journals are expected.
• Experience in acquiring and implementing third-party funded projects is an advantage.
• In terms of teaching, the junior professor will contribute to the personality psychology and psychological assessment curriculum for the bachelor's and master's degree programs in Psychology and psychotherapy.
• The courses are taught in German, the necessary language skills must therefore be available.
• A willingness to participate in academic self-administration is expepected
• In addition to the general requirements according to public services law, applications must meet the requirements stipulated in § 54 of the Hochschulgesetz of Rhineland-Palatinate.

The state of Rhineland-Palatinate and JGU are committed to close personal mentoring of students and therefore expect teaching staff to have a strong presence at the university. A cooperative, team oriented and proactive work attitude, strong communication skills, and the willingness to assume responsibility – including further professional development in accordance with JGU’s leadership guidelines – is also expected.

Junior professors are appointed as civil servants for a period of six years. In the fourth year, the junior professor’s performance level will be evaluated in order to provide orientation for the following three years.

JGU firmly supports making family and career compatible and promotes its employees’ further professional development with an extensive human resources development offer.

JGU is a place of diversity and welcomes qualified applications from people with different backgrounds.

JGU aims to increase the number of women in research and teaching and therefore encourages female researchers to apply.

People with severe disabilities and people with disabilities who are treated equally in accordance with Section 2 (3) SGB IX will be given preferential consideration if they are suitable.

Selection process

Please apply via the Johannes Gutenberg University application portal, which you can access using the following link:

Here you can digitally upload your documents, including your CV, certificates, list of publications and a description of previous teaching activities and qualifications up to and including 25.03.2026
. In addition to the usual documents, we ask for a brief explanation of how the applicant has already pursued the goals of transparent, replicable and open science and would like to pursue them in the future (Open Science Statement).

Number of offers available 1 Company/Institute Institute of Psychology at the Faculty of Social Sciences, Media, and Sports Country Germany State/Province Rhineland-Palatinate City Mainz Postal Code 55128 Geofield