Research Assistant

vor 1 Monat


Bern, Schweiz Universität Bern Universität Bern Vollzeit

**Research Assistant**
**50 - 70 %**:
Centre for Development and Environment (CDE), University of Bern
Start of employment: 01.06.2023 or earliest convenience, limited for 1 year

As the University's competence hub for sustainability transformations, the Centre for Development and Environment (CDE) fosters interdisciplinary research, implementation and teaching concerned with transformation and sustainable development. We shape our research agenda in long-standing North-South partnerships, our emphasis being on transformative science and transdisciplinary approaches. Research is at the core of our activities. However, we also have a strong record of both, hands-on implementation, education for sustainable development as well as science-policy-society engagement.

Duties

Within the SNSF-funded Biodiversa+ project INSPIRE (INtegrated Spatial PlannIng across REalms for biodiversity conservation and human development in a context of change) we are offering a 1-year research assistant position. INSPIRE aims at creating a unified decision-support framework that addresses simultaneously multiple challenges that have limited the effectiveness of conservation action in the past. The research assistant has the following duties:

- Set up a project website in accordance with the provisions (if any) of the funding agencies.
- Assist in conducting literature reviews and formatting project reports.

**Requirements**:

- MSc related to conservation or natural resource management
- Experience in organizing a stakeholder workshop and setting up websites
- Organizational talent
- Ease in communicating with international policy makers
- Keen interest in conservation topics, especially Natura2000
- Excellent command of English, additional languages are an asset

We offer
- A learning space for competences in sustainability science and global development
- A well-networked, globally active, interdisciplinary team
- Insights into a broad range of research and implementation projects
- Perspectives to engage with partners from academia, civil society, the private sector and public administration
- Employment terms commensurate with the guidelines of the Canton of Bern
- A flexible model of annual worktime

Application and Contact

Please send your letter of motivation, CV with academic/professional certificates, and two references together as
- single PDF

Application deadline:

- 15. Mai 2023



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