Technical Assistant (m/f/d) Krill stock assessment in the Southern Ocean

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.

Technical Assistant (m/f/d) Krill stock assessment in the Southern Ocean (KrillBIS)

Background

KrillBIS is a BMEL-funded project led by Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer. The aim of KrillBIS is to investigate how a species-specific stock assessment approach in relation to krill’s plasticity to predicted climate change scenarios can improve our understanding of krill population dynamics in the future and to provide a new management approach for the krill fishery in the Southern Ocean.

Tasks

• Net sampling of krill and analyses of krill samples according to CCAMLR protocols.
• Maintain and operate an up-to-date krill database
• Providing support for publications and presentations with figures and visualization of data.
• Collecting and analyzing biogeochemical samples, including Chla and POC
• Collecting and analyzing krill samples for body lipid content, C and N content, enzyme activity, qPCR, and respiration measurements.
• Performing experiments with krill in the laboratory and at sea.
• Website design and maintenance
• Supervising students in the laboratory

Requirements

• Technical degree in biological technical assistant or biological laboratory technician, or equal qualification such as Bachelor of Science in Global Environmental Sciences, Biology or Ecology, Aquatic Sciences or Marine biology, or Biological Oceanography
• Expertise in sampling and analyzing krill according to CCAMLR protocols
• Expertise in the required analytical techniques.
• Experience in ship expeditions in the Southern Ocean.
• Expertise in performing experiments with marine organisms

Desirable skills and knowledge

• Strong team player skills
• Excellent communication skills in English, both written and oral

Further Information

For further information please contact
Prof. Dr. Bettina Meyer
(bettina.meyer@awi.de, +49(471)4831-1378)
The position is limited to 3 years, expected starting date September 1st, 2019. The salary will be paid in accordance with the German Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVöD Bund), up to salary level

9b
. The place of employment will be
Bremerhaven.

This characterizes us

• our scientific success - excellent research.
• collaboration and cooperation - intra-institute, national and international, interdisciplinary.
• opportunities to develop – on the job, aiming at other positions and beyond AWI.
• a culture of reconciling work and family – audited, and even more than that.
• our outstanding research infrastructure – ships, stations, aircraft, laboratories and more.
• an international environment – everyday contacts with people from all over the world.
• having an influence – fundamental research with social and political relevance
• flat hierarchies – freedom and responsibility.
• exciting topics – also in technology, administration and infrastructure.

Equal opportunities for women and men are an integral part of our personnel policy. Therefore, we encourage women to apply.
Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.

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