DRESDEN-concept Career Offers

• Determination of the most appropriate statistical algorithms for assigning soil fauna species to ecological groups
• Collation of available morphological and behavioural traits most appropriate for classifying species/taxa into such groups
• Construction of (together with Edaphobase developers) software routines to aggregate taxon-specific observational data into ecological groups at the (spatial) site level
• Use of general dissimilarity models or similar algorithms to determine spatial changes in these groups as well as the environmental drivers of such changes
• Interpretation and assessment of the species distribution models developed in Task Area 1 to explain the spatial distribution of these ecological/functional groups in relation to major environmental conditions
• Working closely together with Task Area 3 to implement the developed statistical procedures in an automated, online soil-biodiversity assessment platform
• Preparation of project reports together with the partner institutions
• Representation and presentation of the project, i.e. at conferences, in scientific publications, etc.

• Completed PhD in the field of in Biodiversity Modelling, Macro-Ecology, Soil Ecology or related field
• Extensive experience in biodiversity (distribution) data analysis and modelling
• Experience in the species ecology and associating species to ecological or functional groups
• A knowledge of soil invertebrate fauna is advantageous
• Solid publication record and excellent written and oral presentation skills in English
• Willingness to travel (project meetings)
• Familiarity of and ability to work in an interdisciplinary and international team as well as willingness and ability to assume responsibility
• Outstanding command of statistical programming languages (i.e. “R” and similar)

• A vibrant research community in an open, diverse and international work environment
• Scientific excellence and extensive professional networking opportunities
• Salary and social benefits in accordance with the collective agreement for the public sector (TVöD-Bund) including 30 days of paid holiday leave, company pension scheme (VBL)
• We support a good work-life balance with the possibility of part-time employment, mobile working and flexible working hours
• Numerous company health management offerings
• Employee discounts with well-known providers via the platform Corporate Benefits
• An employer subsidy for the "Deutschland-Ticket Jobticket"

We look forward to receiving your application documents (including cover letter, CV, diplomas/transcripts, etc.), which you can submit via our online-application-system: https://www.hzdr.de/db/Cms?pNid=490&pLang=en&pOid=74112