The climate needs bright minds. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. It is one of the world's leading research institutions in its field and offers natural and social scientists from around the world an inspiring environment for excellent interdisciplinary research.
For the working group “Forest and Ecosystem Resilience”, the Research Department Climate Resilience at PIK is offering a
Student assistant position FER (m/f/d)
(Position number: 24-2023 SHK FER)
starting as soon as possible.
The position is funded for 10 months with the possibility of extension. The renumeration is calculated according to the requiremenst of the TdL. The current hourly rate for a student assistant with a Bachelor's degree is 12,72 €. This is a part-time positions with a weekly working time of 10 hours per week. Appointment is conditional on approval by the funding agency.
Key responsibilities:
- support of the coordination and data management of the projects CASCADES and PROCLIAS
- support the reporting of the CASCADES and PROCLIAS projects incuding a synthesis of cascading climate impacts
- support the organisation of the final CASCADES conference including working on the book of abstracts and helping with the reporting from the plenary sessions
- editing documents, creating overviews, managing reference systems for scientific publications
- support workshop organisation and documentation of workshop outcomes on the project homepages
- develop homepage content together with researchers from PROCLIAS (blog posts, technical reports)
- prepare slides for project meetings and other project presentations
- performing literature research on ‘climate hotspots outside of Europe’
You are a Bachelor or Master student (and have):
- studying forest science/ecology/biology/geo-ecology/geography/global change management/ or other related fields
- excellent English and German communication skills
- excellent command of MS Office tools, video conferencing and web-based file-sharing systems
- very good organisational and time-management skills
- knowledge and interest in climate change impact, adaptation and resilience as well as in modelling would be an advantage
We expect:
- the ability to work independently and on your own initiative
- structured and goal-oriented thinking
- capacity to familiarise yourself quickly with new topics
- creativity and openness to new approaches
- reliability, engagement, and a high level of motivation
- willingness to travel for work (project meetings, workshops etc.) and take part in further training
- capacity for teamwork
- organisational talent.
We offer:
- the chance to be part of a creative, interdisciplinary team,
- a stimulating working environment in an internationally recognised research institute on Potsdam's beautiful, historic Telegrafenberg campus, a short commuting distance from Berlin,
- flexi-time and mobile working (up to 40% of your hours),
- a collective pay scheme and associated benefits as well as a subsidized travel card.
PIK values equality and diversity. We encourage applications without photo. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic and social origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, care responsibilities, or age. PIK seeks to increase the share of women in scientific positions and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. In cases of equal qualification and within the given legal scope, women will be given preference. PIK also encourages applications by parents returning from parental leave.
Please apply by 10.07.2023 directly using our application form.
Application documents should comprise a letter of motivation and a CV. Please upload only one pdf file.
For further information or to discuss the position please contact Dr. Christopher Reyer by email reyer@pik-potsdam.de.
