Youth Works Hub has collected 14 research and science jobs for 2026 in Germany, Ireland, Malta, Austria, Bulgaria and the United Kingdom. The batch includes 13 jobs and 1 PhD position at an observatory, universities, research institutes, a cultural institution and a European innovation community for water. The roles suit graduates, PhD holders and experienced professionals who want to work in research, science and the teams that support it.
According to Youth Works Hub's review, deadlines run between 11 November and 21 November 2026, and every listing is open to applicants from many countries. Before applying, prepare a Europass CV and read how to apply for the opportunities listed on our platform.
Each role has its own angle:
🇮🇪 Ireland: a newly created Collections Coordinator role at a national cultural institution at Dublin Castle.
🇲🇹 Malta: fisheries data management, GIS products and dashboards for a fisheries agency in Marsaxlokk.
🇧🇬 Bulgaria: a Varna-based hub manager connecting Black Sea stakeholders to a pan-European ecosystem for water, marine and maritime systems.
🇩🇪 Germany: an initial 36-month doctoral position running large-scale field experiments on water efficiency, with no teaching obligations.
🇩🇪 Germany: a junior research group leader post in wealth inequality research with up to two PhD positions.
🇩🇪 Germany: a 3-year director role heading SPARKHub, a platform that helps researchers reduce the environmental impact of their work.
🇬🇧 United Kingdom: a senior architect role applying LLMs and semantic search at the Wellcome Genome Campus.
🇦🇹 Austria: a Vienna-based hub manager for the Central & Danube region, with a focus on hydropower and flood and drought resilience.
The batch combines permanent, indefinite, fixed-term and temporary contracts. Six listings state a salary, including €41,201/year for the Collections Coordinator role at Chester Beatty and from £4,395/month net for the Senior Solutions Architect role at EMBL-EBI.
📅 Deadlines: 11 Nov (1) · 13 Nov (4) · 15 Nov (3) · 16 Nov (1) · 17 Nov (1) · 20 Nov (3) · 21 Nov (1) 🌍 Countries: 🇩🇪 Germany (7) · 🇮🇪 Ireland (3) · 🇦🇹 Austria · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · 🇲🇹 Malta · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom
In This Batch
- 📅 11 Nov · 🇮🇪 Ireland · Job
- 📅 13 Nov · 🇲🇹 Malta · Job
- 📅 13 Nov · 🇮🇪 Ireland · Job
- 📅 13 Nov · 🇧🇬 Bulgaria · Job
- 📅 13 Nov · 🇮🇪 Ireland · Job
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · PhD Position
- 📅 15 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
- 📅 16 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
- 📅 17 Nov · 🇬🇧 United Kingdom · Job
- 📅 20 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
- 📅 20 Nov · 🇦🇹 Austria · Job
- 📅 20 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
- 📅 21 Nov · 🇩🇪 Germany · Job
What's in this batch:
13 Jobs · 1 PhD Position · 6 Countries
🏛️ Jobs
1. 🇮🇪 Collections Coordinator 🏛️ Chester Beatty Job in Dublin, Ireland 🗂️ (€41,201/year)
📅 Deadline: 11 November 2026
📍 Dublin, Ireland · 👥 Relevant third-level degree, 3+ years' relevant experience · ⏳ Permanent, full-time · 💶 €41,201/year
The Collections Coordinator role at Chester Beatty is a newly created, permanent, full-time job in Dublin at a national cultural institution at Dublin Castle with a world-famous collection of manuscripts, prints, miniature paintings and early printed books. The coordinator acts as executive assistant to the Head of Collections and supports administration across Archives, Conservation, Curatorial, Education and Registration. The role needs a relevant third-level degree and at least three years in or closely with a museum collections environment or as an Executive Assistant.
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2. 🇲🇹 Executive Officer (Fisheries Research) 🐟 Aquatic Resources Malta Job in Marsaxlokk, Malta 🌊 (€34,616/year)
📅 Deadline: 13 November 2026
📍 Marsaxlokk, Malta · ⏳ Full-time, indefinite contract · 💶 €34,616/year
The Executive Officer (Fisheries Research) post at Aquatic Resources Malta is a full-time position on an indefinite contract in Marsaxlokk, supporting the research, sustainable development and education department of a fisheries agency. The officer helps design and run data management, analysis and reporting, coordinates databases, GIS products and dashboards, and represents the agency at meetings in Malta and abroad.
3. 🇮🇪 Executive Officer - Operations Team 🎓 Trinity Business School Job in Dublin, Ireland 🗂️ (€34,363-€52,754/year)
📅 Deadline: 13 November 2026
📍 Dublin, Ireland · 👥 Highly organised, proactive, service-focused · ⏳ Permanent, 35 hours per week · 💶 €34,363-€52,754/year
The Executive Officer - Operations Team role at Trinity Business School is a permanent position in Dublin, working 35 hours per week and reporting to the Operations Manager. The officer works with the operations team, colleagues across the school, college offices and external stakeholders. The role suits a highly organised, proactive and service-focused person who can manage competing priorities, and international applicants are welcome.
4. 🇧🇬 Regional Hub Manager Black Sea 🌊 EIT Water Job in Varna, Bulgaria ⚓
📅 Deadline: 13 November 2026
📍 Varna, Bulgaria · 👥 Commercial, entrepreneurial and diplomatic capabilities
The Regional Hub Manager Black Sea role at EIT Water is a senior position based in Varna, leading business development, relationships and the ecosystem of a European innovation community for water, marine and maritime systems across Armenia, Bulgaria, Georgia, Moldova, Romania, Türkiye and Ukraine. The manager connects Black Sea stakeholders to a pan-European ecosystem, with a focus on shipping decarbonisation, eco-innovation, marine ecosystem health and skills development. The role calls for commercial, entrepreneurial and diplomatic capabilities.
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5. 🇮🇪 Online Learning Support Officer 💻 Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine Job in Dublin, Ireland 🎓 (€47,848-€59,847/year)
📅 Deadline: 13 November 2026
📍 Dublin, Ireland · ⏳ Temporary specific purpose contract, 35 hours per week · 💶 €47,848-€59,847/year
The Online Learning Support Officer role at Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine is a temporary specific purpose contract in Dublin, 35 hours per week, supporting the online learning technologist of the medical school across its online learning portfolio. The officer works with academics and clinicians to develop teaching modules and helps colleagues create learning content with AI tools. The role also contributes to teaching and research in medical education.
6. 🇩🇪 Head of Contracts and Procurement 📑 ESO (European Southern Observatory) Job in Garching, Germany 🔭
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Garching, Germany · ⏳ Three-year fixed-term contract
The Head of Contracts and Procurement role at ESO (European Southern Observatory) is a senior leadership position at the astronomy organisation's headquarters in Garching near Munich, on a three-year fixed-term contract with duty trips to observatory sites in Chile. The head leads a department of around 20 procurement and contract management professionals across Germany and Chile, provides strategic leadership, builds partnerships with suppliers and drives digital transformation.
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7. 🇩🇪 Doctoral/Ph.D. Student in Economics 🔬 TUM Environmental Economics WETTER Project Job in Freising, Germany 💧
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Freising, Germany · 👥 Master's degree in economics or a related discipline · ⏳ Initial 36 months, extension possible
The Doctoral/Ph.D. Student in Economics position at TUM Environmental Economics WETTER Project is a doctoral position in Freising, for an initial 36 months with the possibility of extension, within a research project on water efficiency. The PhD researcher runs large-scale field experiments (RCTs) at the intersection of behavioural and environmental economics and joins a doctoral program with close supervision, mentoring and no teaching obligations. A very good Master's degree in economics or a related discipline is required, along with a strong background in econometrics and causal inference and fluent English.
8. 🇩🇪 ISI Junior Research Group Leader in Wealth Inequality Research 📊 LMU Munich Job in Munich, Germany 🎓
📅 Deadline: 15 November 2026
📍 Munich, Germany · 👥 PhD in sociology, economics or a related field · ⏳ Initial three years, extension option
The ISI Junior Research Group Leader in Wealth Inequality Research post at LMU Munich is a full-time research leadership role in Munich, also possible part-time, for an initial three years with an option for extension. The group leader builds and leads a junior research group with up to two PhD positions, supervises doctoral candidates and teaches one seminar per semester. A PhD in sociology, economics or a related field with a focus on wealth inequality is required, while German is an advantage.
9. 🇩🇪 SPARKHub Director 🌱 EMBO Job in Heidelberg, Germany 🔬 (From €5,408.54/month after tax)
📅 Deadline: 16 November 2026
📍 Heidelberg, Germany · 👥 PhD in the life sciences or a related field · ⏳ 3 years · 💶 From €5,408.54/month after tax
The SPARKHub Director role at EMBO is a 3-year leadership position in Heidelberg, heading SPARKHub, an international open access platform that helps researchers and organisations reduce the environmental impact of their work. The Director builds and guides a small team, oversees platform content and certification, and represents the initiative internationally. Candidates need a PhD in the life sciences or a related field and a strong understanding of research sustainability.
10. 🇬🇧 Senior Solutions Architect, Digital Experience & AI 🤖 EMBL-EBI Job in Hinxton, United Kingdom 🧬 (From £4,395/month net)
📅 Deadline: 17 November 2026
📍 Hinxton, United Kingdom · ⏳ 3-year fixed-term contract, renewable to 9 years · 💶 From £4,395/month net
The Senior Solutions Architect, Digital Experience & AI role at EMBL-EBI is a new senior position in the Digital Experience Team at the Wellcome Genome Campus in Hinxton, Cambridgeshire, on a 3-year fixed-term contract renewable to 9 years. The architect leads solution architecture for web applications, APIs, content platforms and AI-enabled services, applying LLMs, retrieval-augmented generation, intelligent agents and semantic search where they add value, while mentoring and leading the development team.
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11. 🇩🇪 Software Developer for the MediaDive Database 💻 Leibniz Institute DSMZ Job in Braunschweig, Germany 🧫
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Braunschweig, Germany · 👥 Master's degree in computer science, bioinformatics or a related field · ⏳ Full-time, initially 2 years
The Software Developer for the MediaDive Database post at Leibniz Institute DSMZ is a full-time role (39.8 hours per week) in Braunschweig, initially limited to 2 years, as part of the NFDI4Microbiota project. The developer maintains, expands and modernises the MediaDive web application, backend, RESTful API and database infrastructure for the world's largest database for cultivation media. Candidates need a Master's degree in computer science, bioinformatics or a related field and strong backend and frontend web development skills.
12. 🇦🇹 Regional Hub Manager Central & Danube 💧 EIT Water Job in Vienna, Austria 🔬
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Vienna, Austria · 👥 Commercial, entrepreneurial and diplomatic capabilities
The Regional Hub Manager Central & Danube role at EIT Water is a senior position based in Vienna, leading business development, relationships and the ecosystem for the Central & Danube region covering Austria, Czechia, Hungary, Serbia, Slovakia and Switzerland. The manager builds the regional member, partner and participant community and connects it to a pan-European innovation network for water, marine and maritime systems, with a focus on the water-food-energy nexus, hydropower, urban water cycles, sustainable aquaculture and flood and drought resilience. The role calls for strong commercial, entrepreneurial and diplomatic capabilities.
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13. 🇩🇪 Regional Hub Manager Central & Baltic 💧 EIT Water Blue Economy Job in Berlin, Germany 🌊
📅 Deadline: 20 November 2026
📍 Berlin, Germany · 👥 Commercial, entrepreneurial and diplomatic capabilities
The Regional Hub Manager Central & Baltic role at EIT Water Blue Economy is a senior position based in Berlin, leading business development, relationships and the regional ecosystem across Estonia, Latvia, Lithuania, Germany and Poland. The manager is the primary regional point of contact, building the member, partner and participant community and connecting it to a pan-European innovation network for water, marine and maritime systems, with priorities including nature-based solutions, sustainable aquaculture and algae, multi-use offshore wind and marine spatial planning. The role requires strong commercial, entrepreneurial and diplomatic capabilities.
14. 🇩🇪 Document Control Assistant 📂 ESO European Southern Observatory Programmes Job in Garching, Germany 🔭
📅 Deadline: 21 November 2026
📍 Garching, Germany · 👥 Completed secondary education, 3+ years in technical documentation · ⏳ Initial one-year fixed-term contract, up to two years
The Document Control Assistant role at ESO European Southern Observatory Programmes is an on-site position in Garching near Munich, on an initial one-year fixed-term contract that can be extended but not beyond two years. The assistant makes sure documents for the Instrumentation, Technology Development and ELT Construction Programmes are formatted, signed, released and archived, and performs document quality control. Candidates need at least 3 years of experience managing technical documentation with an electronic document management system, along with completed secondary education and an excellent command of English.
Frequently Asked Questions
Who can apply for these research and science jobs in Europe?
Each of the 14 research and science jobs is open to applicants from many countries, and every listing sets its own qualifications. Thirteen listings are open to applicants from 195 countries, while the Executive Officer (Fisheries Research) post at Aquatic Resources Malta is open to applicants from 30 countries. Two roles ask for a PhD: the ISI Junior Research Group Leader post at LMU Munich (sociology, economics or a related field) and the SPARKHub Director role at EMBO (life sciences or a related field). The doctoral position at TUM in Freising and the Software Developer post at Leibniz Institute DSMZ ask for a Master's degree, while the Document Control Assistant role at ESO asks for completed secondary education and at least 3 years of experience. Trinity Business School states that international applicants are welcome. If a job means moving countries, check the visa requirements early.
Which research and science job deadline closes first?
The first deadline is 11 November 2026, for the Collections Coordinator role at Chester Beatty in Dublin, Ireland. Four listings close on 13 November 2026: the Executive Officer (Fisheries Research) post at Aquatic Resources Malta, the Executive Officer - Operations Team role at Trinity Business School, the Regional Hub Manager Black Sea role at EIT Water in Varna and the Online Learning Support Officer role at Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine. Three German listings close on 15 November 2026, at ESO, TUM and LMU Munich. The last deadline is 21 November 2026, for the Document Control Assistant role at ESO in Garching. Read our application tips before you start your application.
Do these research and science jobs state a salary?
Six of the 14 listings state a salary, and four of them are in Ireland and Malta. The Collections Coordinator role at Chester Beatty in Dublin lists €41,201/year, the Executive Officer (Fisheries Research) post at Aquatic Resources Malta lists €34,616/year, the Executive Officer - Operations Team role at Trinity Business School lists €34,363-€52,754/year and the Online Learning Support Officer role at Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine lists €47,848-€59,847/year. In Germany, the SPARKHub Director role at EMBO in Heidelberg lists from €5,408.54/month after tax, and in the United Kingdom the Senior Solutions Architect role at EMBL-EBI in Hinxton lists from £4,395/month net. To understand how listings reach our platform, read how we verify opportunities.
The roles fall into a few clear themes: water and marine innovation with three EIT Water regional hub roles and the fisheries research post in Malta, astronomy with two ESO roles in Garching, economics and wealth inequality research at TUM and LMU Munich, and digital and data work at EMBL-EBI, Leibniz Institute DSMZ and Trinity College Dublin School of Medicine. Dublin adds two administration roles at Chester Beatty and Trinity Business School, and the SPARKHub Director role at EMBO focuses on research sustainability.
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