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The University of Rostock offers a diverse, varied and challenging position in a tradition-conscious, yet innovative, modern and family-friendly university in a lively city by the sea.

At the Faculty of Agricultural and Environmental Sciences, Chair of Landscape Ecology, subject to allocation of funds, we are offering two positions starting on 2025-04-01 on a temporary basis for the duration of the project "WETSCAPES 2.0", ending on 2028-12-31:

Technical Assistant (m/f/d) - Landscape Ecology

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Start date
as of 2025-04-01
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Working hours
 full-time with 40 hours
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Remuneration up to pay group 9b TV-L, if the personal and pay scale requirements are met
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Location Rostock
Tender number
 P 27/2025
Limitation limited until 2028-12-31
Application time 2025-03-03

Please do not hesitate to contact us for further information:

HR department:

Anja Kunert
Phone number: 0381/498-1296
E-mail: anja.kunert@uni-rostock.de

Department:

Dr. Anke Günther
Phone number: 0381/498-3225
E-mail: anke.guenther@uni-rostock.de

Technical experts have a central role within WETSCAPES 2.0, which is an interdisciplinary research project, that is relying on comprehensive data sets as obtained from multiple experimental field sites. Technical experts are fully integrated into the research teams and are responsible for the installation and maintenance of electronic field equipment, including data storage.

THESE ARE YOUR TASKS:

  • preparing, setting up and maintaining the network for recording environmental parameters in fens in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern
  • adapting the measurement technology for the automatic transmission of sensor data to determine environmental parameters (e.g. soil/air temperatures, water level, irradiation)
  • administration of data transmission and integration into the existing research data structure
  • collaboration in field measurements
  • accurate and comprehensible documentation of data collection and processing steps
  • participation in project meetings

THIS MAKES YOU A GOOD FIT:

  • completed training as a technical assistant in relevant specialist areas or comparable training
  • experience in technical work in the field
  • experience in the supervision of scientific field technology is desirable
  • proficiency of written and spoken German with a basic knowledge of English OR proficiency of written and spoken English
  • minimal level of physical ability to conduct field work in peatlands
  • ability to drive university cars (German class B driver's license or equivalent)
  • communication and teamwork skills for work in interdisciplinary working groups

WE AS AN EMPLOYER:

Equal opportunities are important to us. We welcome applications from suitable severely disabled people or people from traditionally underrepresented groups. We welcome applications from people of other nationalities or with a migration background.

WE OFFER YOU:

FURTHER INFORMATION:

The experience level is determined individually, taking into account your previous professional experience.

If you would like to work part-time in this position, this is possible subject to the requirements of the position.

The temporal limitation of the employment relationship is based on § 14 Teilzeit- und Befristungsgesetz.

We look forward to receiving your application (cover letter, CV, degree certificate stating your final grade) by 2025-03-03 at the latest. Only applications received via our homepage will be considered. To do this, please send us your documents using the ‘Online-Bewerbung’ button at the end of a vacancy. Unfortunately, we cannot accept e-mail applications.

Incomplete application documents may not be considered in the further course of the selection process.

Unfortunately, application and travel costs cannot be covered.

Become part of the team

WETSCAPES 2.0 combines expertise from the University of Greifswald, the University of Rostock, the IGB Berlin, GFZ Potsdam, the Ludwig-Maximilians-University München, the MPI for Biogeochemistry Jena and the Humboldt University Berlin. WETSCAPES 2.0 focuses on the functional unterstanding of rewetted fens, including coastal peatlands, in Mecklenburg-Vorpommern. The rewetting of previously drained and often agriculturally used fens lead to the development of novel ecosystems that differ form natural peatlands and are largely unexplored. The planned monitoring, experimental and modeling research emphasizes biogeochemical, hydrological and biological processes, focusing on water and matter fluxes within and beyond the peat body and their associated microbiological and biological drivers. In addition to site-level studies, the role of rewetted fens in the broader landscape is investigated. For more detail about the overarching research questions, specific topics, training program and contact persons please visit http://www.uni-greifswald.de/wetscapes2. We look forward to receiving your application!

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