Key Facts

Remote From:

Oregon (USA)

Category: Administrative Assistant

Internships

Entry-level / graduate

English

Hard Skills

Project Coordination MAXQDA Questionnaire Design Data Collection Focus Group

Other Skills

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Teamwork
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Physical Flexibility
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Communication

Roles & Responsibilities

Enrolled in a Master's degree programme in social sciences
Solid knowledge in the fields of radicalisation and extremism
Familiar with qualitative data collection and analysis methods
Initial experience in conducting and analysing interviews or focus groups

Requirements:

Planning and conducting qualitative expert surveys among various actors
Analysing the collected data using qualitative research methods
Documenting project results and disseminating them within the consortium and at conferences
Coordinating research activities with the consortium and managing donor reporting

Berghof Foundation

About Berghof Foundation

The Berghof Foundation is an independent, non-profit organisation working to prevent political and social violence and to achieve sustainable peace around the world. While we consider conflict to be an integral and often necessary part of life, we believe that violence in conflict is not inevitable. Our vision is a world in which people maintain peaceful relations and overcome violence as a means of political and social change. We have over 45 years of experience in conflict research, peace support and peace education. We work with like-minded partners around the world. Local needs guide our engagement. By combining our regional experience with thematic expertise on cutting-edge issues, we strive to create the conditions for conflict stakeholders and actors to constructively engage with one another and ultimately peace.

Founded: 2018

Company size: 51 - 200

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Job description

Your mission

For our project focused on negotiation training and process support to resistance and liberation movements (RLMs) in transition in our Negotiation and Mediation Support Department, we are looking for a Project Manager (all genders).
Overview of the position:
Hours: Part-time (12-14 hours per week)
Starting date: 01st September 2026

Duration: 1 year, with the possibility for extension
Location: Berlin, Germany and/or remote
Department: Conflict Transformation Research department

As a working student (all genders), you will be part of our team for conflict transformation research and work closely with the researchers. Your task is to support a sub-project realised by the Berghof Foundation as part of the research consortium ‘MOTRA. Monitoring and Transfer Platform Radicalisation’. The aim of MOTRA is to systematically monitor radicalisation trends in Germany and to strengthen the related knowledge transfer.

You will support the following main tasks for the project

Planning and conducting qualitative expert surveys (interviews and questionnaire surveys) among actors from science, security authorities and prevention practice.
Analysing the collected data using qualitative research methods
Documentation of project results and their dissemination within the consortium , at national and international conferences and in practice
Coordination of research activities with the consortium , professional exchange and data integration
Donor reporting

Your knowledge, experience & skills

You are enrolled in a Master's degree programme and are studying a social science subject with solid knowledge in the fields of ‘radicalisation’ and ‘extremism’
You are familiar with methods of qualitative data collection and analysis and have initial experience in conducting and analysing interviews and/or focus groups and in working with the MAXQDA analysis software (or comparable tools)
Experience in working with online questionnaires is an advantage

What you can expect from us

Flexible working hours (by arrangement)
Flexibility in terms of office and mobile working solutions
A good working atmosphere in an interdisciplinary, committed team
The opportunity to contribute and develop in various areas
A modern office in a central location
Salary: 16 € per hour

Application procedure

The position will be filled in Berlin or remotely (readiness to attend occasional on-site meetings is required). for an initial period of 1 year.

Application procedure: Please submit your CV and cover letter as well as certificates, references (letters or contact details) and a short text written by you (term paper, excerpt of bachelor thesis, article contribution or similar) via our online application system by 13.07.2026.
We welcome diversity and are happy to receive applications from people regardless of their ethnic, social and national origin, gender, religion, age, disability, sexual orientation and marital status.

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