PostDoc for Stakeholder Dialogue and Project Management (d/f/m)
- Employer
- Helmholtz Association of German Research Centres
- Location
- Oldenburg
- Closing date
- 12 Nov 2024
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- Discipline
- Earth Science
- Job Type
- Postdoctoral
- Employment - Hours
- Full time
- Duration
- Fixed term
- Qualification
- PhD
- Sector
- Academia
Job Details
Scientific / postdoctoral posts
Job description:PostDoc for Stakeholder Dialogue and Project Management (d/f/m)
Background
The manifold human interventions in coastal marine ecosystems, for example through shipping, the construction of wind turbines, fishing, nutrient input or tourism, are increasingly leading to conflicts between the users of marine resources and nature conservation objectives. These conflicts have recently been exacerbated by the ambitious expansion targets for offshore wind farms (OWF) associated with the energy transition.
In this societal context, the project ´CREATE´ in the sustainMare research mission of the German Marine Research Alliance is developing solution-oriented knowledge for better marine protection, the resolution of conflicts of interest and the efficient marine monitoring necessary to achieve nature conservation goals. In particular, ´CREATE´ pursues three objectives: 1) The co-creation and transfer of non-invasive monitoring strategies to monitor the marine environment, 2) The assessment of the biodiversity and connectivity of marine protected areas (MPAs) in the context of multiple uses, and 3) The co-creation of socially acceptable marine conservation measures and MPAs, associated governance structures and marine education measures. 'CREATE' addresses these goals through a transdisciplinary approach in which concrete products are co-developed together with relevant stakeholders and transferred to them. This takes place in the context of three real-world labs
in the North and Baltic Seas
The advertised position will be responsible for managing the collaboration with stakeholders in close cooperation with scientists from eleven research institutions and universities and the HIFMB Transfer Office for Marine Biodiversity Change as well as scientific project coordination.
Your Tasks
- Project-wide stakeholder management
- Supporting the CREATE scientists in the stakeholder dialog
- Leading the project management
- Management of the project's organisational, public relations and transfer tasks - Support for scientific project coordination
- Transdisciplinary exchange of research approaches and results
- Participation in, organisation, co-management and moderation of project meetings and workshops
- Public relations and knowledge transfer (including maintenance of the website, creation of fact sheets and newsletters)
- Quality management: ensuring compliance with scientific quality standards and carrying out quality controls and audits
- Preparation of interim and final reports and publications
- Management and implementation of a final evaluation of the project
Your Profile
- PhD in the field of environmental/natural sciences, social sciences, or related disciplines
- Very good experience in project management
- Very good and efficient communication skills
- Very good knowledge of German and English
- Experience in public relations and knowledge transfer
- Publications in scientific journals
Preferred Qualifications and Skills
- Experience in marine or socio-ecological related work and transdisciplinary research is an advantage
- Experience in stakeholder management and dialog is an advantage
Further Information
The AWI is characterized by
The AWI is characterized by
- our scientific success - excellent research
- collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary
- opportunities to develop – on the job and towards other positions
- an international environment – everyday contact with people from all over the world
- flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile working up to 50% of regular working hours
- health promotion and company fitness with Hansefit and Wellhub
- support services and a culture of reconciling work and family
- occupational pension provision (VBL)
AWI values diversity and actively promotes gender parity, as well as an open, inclusive environment that provides equal opportunities. We are convinced that diverse teams and a variety of perspectives enrich our work and our daily collaboration. In a continuous process of learning and reflection, we aim to ensure that all our employees can be themselves and feel a sense of belonging. We welcome applications from qualified people regardless of binary and non-binary genders, race and nationality, ethnic and social background, religion, age, physical abilities, neurodivergence, sexual orientation, and other identities.
Applicants with disabilities will be given preference when equal qualifications are present.
AWI fosters work-family compatibility in various ways and has received several awards as a result of this commitment. And as a new international member of our team, you can be sure that we will help you settle in. Our Family Office and International Office will be glad to support you, even before you start at AWI.
This research center is part of the Helmholtz Association of German Research Centers. With more than 42,000 employees and an annual budget of over € 5 billion, the Helmholtz Association is Germany's largest scientific organisation.
Company
The Helmholtz Association contributes to solving major challenges to assure the future of our society. With more than 39,000 people on staff in 18 national research centres, the Helmholtz Association is Germany’s largest scientific organization. The name Helmholtz stands for concerted research in which networks form the key principle behind inquiring thought and action. Concerted research is efficient and flexible.
The profile of the Helmholtz Association
The Helmholtz Association performs cutting-edge research which contributes substantially to solving the grand challenges of science, society and industry. To succeed in meeting these responsibilities, Helmholtz concentrates its work in six research fields: Energy, Earth and Environment, Health, Key Technologies, Matter, as well as Aeronautics, Space and Transport. Within each of these fields, research programs are developed by our scientists and regularly evaluated by renowned international experts. Their evaluation forms the basis for the programme-oriented funding that is allocated to Helmholtz research. Within the six research fields, Helmholtz scientists cooperate with each other and with external partners – working across disciplinary, organizational and national borders.
Promoting young academics
Helmholtz scientists, a high-performance infrastructure and modern and efficient research management are the ingredients to the Helmholtz Association‘s success and global impact.
Promoting young researchers is a major priority for the Helmholtz Association. Its qualification schemes for young researchers are geared mainly towards PhD students, postdocs and young managers. The Helmholtz Association has set high standards for its talent management. Its strategy begins with targeted recruitment of highly qualified staff at all levels, followed by comprehensive support aimed at further developing their potential. Ensuring equal opportunities is an essential element in all talent management activities undertaken by the Helmholtz Association.
The Helmholtz Graduate Schools and Research Schools at almost all Helmholtz Centres provide doctoral students with the general and specific skills and training they need, as well as ample opportunity to network with other working groups. The period following a doctorate is decisive in determining the direction and success of a scientific career. For this reason, we are about to establish Career Centers for postdoctoral researchers in the Helmholtz centres and a mentoring programme for especially gifted PostDocs in order to foster career orientation. This equips young researchers with the skills they need to go on to head a Helmholtz Young Investigators Group, for example. As a Young Investigator Group leader, junior scientists can independently set up their own group to conduct research in their specialist field.
Within its talent management strategy, the Helmholtz Association pays special attention to the increased recruitment of talented female scientists both from Germany and abroad. To this end, there are currently two funding programs supporting this policy ‘Funding of first-time appointments of excellent women scientists (W2/W3)’ and ‘Funding to recruit top-level international women scientists (W3)’.
The increasing complexity of the content, structures and framework conditions of scientific work today requires researchers to organise their projects, their employees and, of course, themselves in a highly professional and effective way. In response to these demands, we have set up the Helmholtz Management Academy to provide junior leaders in science with professional management training. Furthermore, the Helmholtz network provides a platform for the alumni of the Helmholtz Management Academy and Mentoring programme to come together and share their experiences of leadership, career development and lifelong learning.
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