Dear List Members,

I would like to share the following position with you. If you know anyone who is interested feel free to forward it.  

Regards,

Jillien Braun

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The research group Genebank Documentation as part of the Federal ex situ Genebank for Agricultural and Horticultural Crop Species at the IPK is an important project partner of the large European research project INCREASE which aims to develop new approaches for the conservation of the biodiversity of cultivated legumes. In addition to setting up structures for data management and data transfer, an important task within the project is to support the partners in data collection and to successively consolidate this diverse data.

Your tasks:

• Development/further refinement of data exchange formats
• Supporting the project partners in the preparation and import of data into databases and repositories
• Be responsible for data management
• Participation in the conception of a web portal for common access to various project data sources

Your qualifications and skills:

• You have a master or PhD degree in the field of biology, computer science, bioinformatics, agricultural sciences or a comparable discipline.
• You ideally have experience in biodiversity research or with genetic resources.
• You are familiar with the transformation and analysis of larger, heterogeneous data sets.
• Maybe you have experience in joint projects on European level.

You fit to us:

• … if you are a highly motivated person.
• … if you have excellent communication skills in German and English.
• … if you are enthusiastic in solving scientific problems.
• … if you like to work in a team.
• … if you can bridge the gap between biology and computer science.

We offer you:

• … an international, interdisciplinary working environment.
• … working on a large project in a friendly and familiar atmosphere
• … a full-time position limited for 2 years or a part-time position with an adequately extended contract period, max. until 30.04.2026.
• … a salary in accordance with the German TV-L pay scale up to pay group E13.

What you need to know:

For us, your qualifications and strengths count. Therefore, everyone - independent from gender, origin, age, or possible disability - is welcome. The IPK is striving to increase the proportion of women in sectors where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages qualified women to apply. As an institution which has been awarded the Certificate for Career and Family (“berufundfamilie”), we offer family-friendly working conditions and flexible working hours. The IPK has set a goal to employ more people with disabilities. Qualified applicants with a disability will be given preference.

On the following link you can find the information on how to apply.