The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research (Leibniz-IZW) in the Forschungsverbund Berlin e.V., a member of the Leibniz Association, aims to understand and, where possible, ‘improve’ the adaptive capacity of wild animals to cope with global change. To this end, it focuses on the diversity of lifestyles, diseases and mechanisms of evolutionary adaptation of mammals and birds, on the limits of these mechanisms in natural and anthropogenically influenced environments, and on conservation strategies that take these into account. The Institute fulfils this mission through long-term, application-oriented, interdisciplinary basic research in evolutionary ecology, ecological dynamics, evolutionary genetics, wildlife diseases, reproductive biology and reproductive management.
The IZW is seeking to appoint a
Bioinformatician (f/m/div) in full-time.
Responsibilities include:
- Developing pipelines to work with high-throughput sequencing data with long and short read lengths.
- Developing pipelines to work with omics data.
- Developing templates for the storage and management of big data sets compatible with FAIR standards.
- Assisting staff and students in all departments with bioinformatics analyses.
- Coordinating bioinformatics training of staff and students with bioinformaticians in individual departments (particularly Dept of Evolutionary Genetics, Dept of Wildlife Diseases).
- Contributing to the maintenance and administration of linux servers.
Requirements:
- A Master/Diploma of Science or PhD in bioinformatics or related disciplines;
- Broad experience to work with genomic, transcriptomic, epigenomic data and bioinformatics databases;
- Excellent programming and scripting skills (e.g. in bash, Python, Perl, R, Java, C++);
- High proficiency in linux systems;
- Ability to speak and write in English.
Advantageous skills:
- Experience of working with non-model systems;
- Knowledge of and experience with statistical analysis;
- Working experience in a scientific institution;
- Ability to work independently, but also to integrate in a group and with scientists in other departments;
- An interest in the conservation and biology of wildlife species, particularly wild mammals;
- A background in evolutionary biology and theory.
This is what we offer:
- An interesting and responsible position with room for manoeuvre in an international and dynamic scientific working environment in a beautiful location right next to the Tierpark Berlin-Friedrichsfelde.
- A comprehensive induction programme and a well-functioning team that will be happy to support you.
- Working on an equal footing between all those involved and respectful co-operation within the team.
- A full-time employment relationship of 39 hours per week in flexitime with part-time option.
- A salary in accordance with the public collective bargaining law TVöD (Bund), with an annual bonus payment, at level E13.
- Company pension scheme (VBL) and subsidised capital-forming benefits (VWL).
- Flexible working hours to allow scope for work-life balance.
- 30 days holiday per calendar year.
- Excellent connectivity with public transport, to underground stations Tierpark (U5) or Friedrichsfelde-Ost (S5, S7, S75), as well as three tram lines and several bus routes.
- Employer subsidy for the annual public transport ‘job ticket’.
- Free admission to the Tierpark (current agreement between Leibniz-IZW and Tierpark Berlin) from Monday to Friday.
The position will be preferably filled by the 1st July 2024 and is initially limited to 3 years.
We are looking for a creative and resilient personality with high motivation, flexibility and the willingness to contribute to solving scientific problems in many several disciplines.
We welcome people of any gender, origin, sexual orientation and religion; there is equal opportunity. Severely disabled persons will be given preferential consideration if they are equally qualified. The Leibniz Institute for Zoo and Wildlife Research is "Total-E-Quality" certified, actively supports the compatibility of work and family and promotes equality.
Enquiries or questions should be directed to Prof. Heribert Hofer (direktor@izw-berlin.de).
How to apply:
Go to Vacancies/Jobs on our homepage (www.leibniz-izw.de) and click on this advertisement and then on "Apply Online". Please send us your complete and informative application documents in this way, i.e. letter of motivation, CV and all relevant certificates. With fully prepared documents, your online application will take 10-15 minutes. Applications received by 15th April 2024 will be considered in any case. Re-entrants (f/m/div) are welcome!
We look forward to receiving your application!
