The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver solutions for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture – together with society. ZALF is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). The institute maintains further locations in Brandenburg (Dedelow, Paulinenaue) as well as in Hesse (Giessen, Witzenhausen, and Geisenheim).

The Dimensionality Reduction group is looking for a student assistant to support processing of long-term monitoring data from automatic continuous logging systems (climate, soil and groundwater physical data).

We are offering a position for a period of 6 months up to 80 hours/months at our location in Müncheberg as

• structuring data from a large variety of files and formats in different stages of processing
• identifying redundant and outdated versions
• performing initial plausibility and quality checks
• preparing for upload to ZALF’s certified data repository

• enrolled student in a bachelor’s or master’s degree program, currently attending a German university, preferably in the field of life sciences
• independent, structured way of working and strong organizational skills
• good knowledge of common software programs (especially Microsoft Office)
• basic coding skills (Python, R, Matlab, or the like)
• written and spoken German or English skills required
• experience in processing large data sets and working with structured databases would be an asset

• an interdisciplinary working environment that encourages independence and self-reliance
• payment according to the usual hourly rates for student/scientific assistants of the state of Brandenburg
• Flexible work hours and the option to work remotely by arrangement
• option to use part of the data for a Master thesis
• a collegial and open-minded working atmosphere in a dynamic research institution

ZALF promotes equality among all employees and welcomes applications regardless of ethnic, cultural, or social background, age, religion, ideology, disability, gender, or sexual identity. It is generally possible to work in the position on a part-time basis. Please send your application preferably online (see button online application below). For e-mail applications, create a PDF document (one PDF file, max. 5 MB; packed PDF documents, archive files like zip, rar etc. Word documents cannot be processed and therefore cannot be considered!) with the usual documents, in particular Cover letter, CV, proof of qualification and certificates, stating the reference number 35-2026 until 21 July 2026 to (see button e-mail application below).

If you have any questions, please do not hesitate to contact us: Prof. Dr. Gunnar Lischeid, Tel. +49 (0) 33432/82-250, lischeid@zalf.de.

For cost reasons, application documents or extensive publications can only be returned if an adequately stamped envelope is attached.
If you apply, we collect and process your personal data in accordance with Articles 5 and 6 of the EU GDPR only for the processing of your application and for purposes that result from possible future employment with the ZALF. Your data will be deleted after six months.