Head of Forest Development / Monitoring (m/f/d)

Management, leadership, specialist supervision, controlling Personal and professional guidance of employees (supervising) Conducting counselling Creating designs for assessments and certificates Leading employee talks Taxes on overarching personnel in the five fields Organisation and coordination of work Determining the work objectives, tasks and priorities of the field, closing target agreements and taxing target performance Planning, coordination and control of processes, task distribution and prioritization Development and monitoring of financial planning for the department to ensure compliance with occupational safety Coordinating and controlling the Management/Fachcontrolling (Quality Management) Public relations and knowledge transfer for the subject area, in particular Creating target group-oriented reports, presentations, lectures (including for science, forest practice, forest policy, public) Presenting research results on international/national conferences Conducting teaching and training events Develop opinions, opinions and recommendations on behalf of LFB Management and the Ministry Scientific leadership and strategic development of the department Strategic scientific development of the field in the context of the LFE's research strategy and in cooperation with the field management Scientific coordination and further development of research activities in the field as well as its own research activities on the resilience assessment of forest ecosystems as a contribution to the risk assessment on the basis of wood-physiological analyses and forest structure data in the context of biotic and biotic factors, as well as depending on the management intensity the limits of the functionality of forest ecosystems under present and future Brandenburg site conditions the impact of climate change on the dynamics of resource use and competition in the forest ecosystem the development of strategies, concepts and indicators to increase the adaptability and resilience of forest ecosystems on the basis of scientific experiments, permanent observation areas and natural forests

Creating research reports and scientific publications Design, acquisition and coordination of third-party research projects in the field of research on the above-mentioned research priorities cooperation in relevant specialist bodies with relevance for the field of expertise and participation in specialist work groups; Preparing and hosting conferences Organise and develop cooperation between the department and other scientific institutions and research centres

completed scientific higher education (Master or Diploma) in the field of forestry, forestry, biology or comparable disciplines completed natural science doctorate on ecophysiological or forestological topics or equivalent scientific skills and achievements multiannual work experience in forest research, in particular with a view to research on the adaptability and resilience of forest ecosystems, the use of resources in forest ecosystems and the impact of climate change on the functionality of forest ecosystems and their compartments  comprehensive expertise in ecophysiology, forest ecology and forest nature conservation, and relevant forest monitoring procedures Experience in the management of personnel and the management of departments, working groups, etc. and ability to guide and design employees proven experience in the successful acquisition of third-party funded research projects and in project management reviewed (peer review) Publications in relevant scientific journals ready-to-use knowledge and experience in the cross-disciplinary biostatistic evaluation of experimental, monitoring and inventory data with relevant software (e.g. R, SPSS, SAS, MATLAB, etc.) are advantageous Ability to strategic thinking and acting strong communication and motivation high level of negotiation, social and decision-making competence as well as capacity for conflict and enforcement high level of readiness, self-initiative and self-employment Knowledge of language and writing Car driver's license, at least class B, with self-service (please specify when applying)

Group 15 for TV-L (67.840€ – 94.172€ bpa) Parttime employment is possible in principle Annual special payment, 30 days holiday and 24.12. + 31.12. Free Flexibility through sliding time control and mobile work Occupational pension VBL individual continuing and continuing training (including LaköV) versatile offers in health management (including “active break” and fitness days) discounted VBB company ticket for the ÖPNV modern fleet for service activities Equality and diversity: The LFB ensures the professional equality of all sexes. It strives to increase the proportion of women and therefore particularly interested in women's applications Hardly disabled persons are preferably taken into account with the same suitability and capability. A corresponding note in the application is desirable Modern and ergonomic office workstations (including height-adjustable desks) Possibility for team events