The Alfred Wegener Institute Helmholtz Centre for Polar and Marine Research (AWI) is a member of the Helmholtz Association (HGF) and funded by federal and state government. AWI focuses on polar and marine research in a variety of disciplines such as biology, oceanography, geology, geochemistry and geophysics thus allowing multidisciplinary approaches to scientific goals.
Background The Staff Unit International Cooperation serves the international cooperation of the AWI and represents the institute as partner in international projects dealing with research coordination or infrastructure development within the EU. Among the projects coordinated by this Unit is The Polar Research Infrastructure Network (POLARIN,
www.eu-pola... [Vollständig anzeigen] ), an Horizon Europe funded project that started in March 2024 and it is funded with 14,6 M€ over 5 years involving 52 partners from European and non-European countries.
POLARIN is an international network of polar research infrastructures and their services, aiming at addressing the scientific challenges of the polar regions. The network includes a wide array of complementary and interdisciplinary top level research infrastructures: Arctic and Antarctic research stations, research vessels and icebreakers operating at both poles, observatories, data infrastructures and ice and sediment core repositories. POLARIN will provide integrated, challenge-driven, and combined access to these infrastructures to facilitate interdisciplinary research on complex processes.
Tasks We are looking for a Student Assistant to support us with the communication tasks that large international collaboration projects such as POLARIN entail.
Some examples of tasks include (but are not limited to):
- Creating series of posts in social accounts (Facebook, X, others)
- Drafting news articles for the website/social accounts
- Assistance in event organisation (e.g., workshops, meetings)
Requirements - Fluent English (written and oral)
- Enrolled in university programme on natural or social sciences
- Basic ICT and digital literacy (e.g., ability to use office software such as MS Word, Powerpoint, Excel, web-based tools such as search engines, cloud services)
- Interest in polar regions and related science themes
- Team-minded
Further Information We offer a dynamic international environment and the opportunity to learn about international cooperation in polar regions.
The place of employment will be Bremerhaven, 27570, but the actual work can be home-based provided a stable and fast internet connection.
Work time: Flexible ca. 30 hours/month depending on the candidate’s availability.
Start: as soon as possible
You are interested?
Then please send us your application with Cover letter an CV (with all documents merged into one PDF file) by e-mail to: Dr. Verónica Willmott ( veronica.wi... [Vollständig anzeigen] ).
vacancy will remain open until a suitable candidate is found; however, the first round of applications will be reviewed two weeks after publication of the vacancy on the institute’s website.
For further information please contact Dr. Verónica Willmott (( veronica.wi... [Vollständig anzeigen] )., +49 471 4831-2148.