For the recently established research programme „Climate Change Impacts on Alpine Mass Movements", we are looking for a
Scientific programme manager (80-100%)
You will be responsible for the coordination of the research among the twelve projects of the scientific programme and foster connections with important stakeholders. You will synthesise the results and promote knowledge transfer towards practical applications. Besides these coordinating tasks, you also will contribute to the successful completion of the programme with your own research on the effects of climate change on Alpine mass movements, in particular on cascading processes or other research topics connecting several of the individual projects. You will publish your results in scientific journals, present them at international conferences and acquire additional funding for specific topics of the programme.
You hold a Master's degree in Physics, Engineering, Environmental or Natural Sciences and have completed your studies with a Ph.D. You have successfully applied for and received research grants and you regularly publish in high-ranking scientific journals. You are fluent in spoken and written English; you have a sound knowledge of German, and ideally also of either French or Italian. You communicate easily with your peers as well as with the public and have an integrative personality. Finally, you are used to work independently, in a structured and efficient manner and you like operating within an interdisciplinary and practice oriented research environment.
