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26.10.2021 10:32 Uhr
Public Relations Officer (50%, up to TV-L E14)
Abteilung: Lehr- und Forschungseinheit für Physische Geographie und Erdsysteminteraktionen
Zeitraum:
01.12.2021 bis 30.11.2024
Bewerbung an: Pongratz, J.
The Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität Munich is one of the largest and most renowned universities in Germany. The chair for Geography and Land Use Systems at the Department of Geography carries out fundamental and applied research on the human impact on climate via land use. It will lead, the synthesis, transfer and coordination project for the BMBF (Federal Ministry of Education and Research) funding line on Carbon Dioxide Removal (CDR). See https://www.fona.de/de/massnahmen/foerdermassnahmen/co2-entnahmemethoden-cdr.php for details.
To limit global warming in line with the Paris Agreement's goals, greenhouse gas neutrality needs to be reached within the next few decades. This will likely require CDR in addition to emissions reductions. Projects in the BMBF program on terrestrial, geological and material-based CDR and a parallel program on marine CDR methods aim to provide a systematic and comprehensive science basis of potentials, implementability, risks and side-effects in the Earth system of various CDR methods and pathways, and will investigate feedbacks with other Sustainable Development Goals. The CDR program aims to enhance the research capacities in Germany for CDR, strengthen the links between research and other stakeholders, and provide an adequate science basis for political decision-making in research- and climate-policy.
In the synthesis, transfer and coordination project the following position is available for three years:
Public Relations Officer (50%, up to TV-L E14)
The Public Relations Officer ensures an objective, comprehensive and prudent information flow of the program's results to the public in target-group specific formats. The Officer will work closely with the Program Manager, Transfer Manager, and Graphics Communications Designer.
Specific tasks comprise
- coordination and writing of press releases on the program's key results
- regular communication with the individual joint projects of the program to identify and adopt key results for public outreach
- establishment and maintenance of a network of media representatives interested in the topic
- development and implementation of a social media concept, generating input for various social media channels
- updating content for the program's website and internal communications platform
- maintenance, together with the PR officer of the marine CDR program, of a news portal
(https://www.climate-engineering.eu/news.html), integration of media observation, generation of a weekly newsletter
- coordination with the PR work of the marine CDR program and the PR offices of the partner institutions
- support for an external science journalist on the creation of specific PR formats
The Public Relations Officer's position requires
- a MSc or PhD university degree (preferably in environmental or climate sciences)
- experience of several years in science communications
- experience with creating content for various media formats, including social media
- excellent German and very good English skills in speech and writing
- capability to work independently and in a team in a structured and goal-oriented way
- very good organizational skills.
Knowledge of the German and international research landscape around climate and CDR is advantageous.
The Public Relations Officer will become a member of a dynamic team around research, coordination and transfer of the CDR synthesis project and many other projects at the chair for Physical Geography and Land Use Systems. Wide opportunities for collaboration exist, e.g., with the newly founded Munich Science Communication Lab.
The position is offered for three years starting December 2021 or soon thereafter.
Your work place will be located in central Munich and is easy to reach by public transport. We offer an interesting and responsible position with good opportunities for vocational training and career development.
Payment will be in accordance with TV-L, up to level E14. Handicapped persons with comparable qualifications receive preferential status. We encourage female candidates to apply.
Please send an application outlining your fit for the position (including a cover letter, a curriculum vitae, copies of scientific degrees, and the names and contact information of two references) by e-mail (one PDF-attachment with max. 5MB only including all documents) with subject "CDR-Press-2021" to climate.jobs@geographie.uni-muenchen.de. For further information please contact Prof. Dr. Julia Pongratz (julia.pongratz@lmu.de).