01.09.2025

Job description: The Max Delbrück Center for Molecular Medicine in the Helmholtz Association aims to transform tomorrow’s medicine through our discoveries of today. At locations in Berlin-Buch, Berlin-Mitte, Heidelberg and Mannheim, our researchers harness interdisciplinary collaboration to decipher the complexities of disease at the systems level – from molecules and cells to organs and the entire organism. Through academic, clinical, and industry partnerships, as well as global networks, we strive to translate biological discoveries into applications that enable the early detection of deviations from health, personalize treatment, and ultimately prevent disease. First founded in 1992, the Max Delbrück Center today inspires and nurtures a diverse talent pool of 1,800 people from over 70 countries. We are 90 percent funded by the German federal government and 10 percent by the state of Berlin.

The MDC is committed to improving human health through transformative biomedical research. Our goal is to pioneer discoveries for preventing, treating, and ultimately curing disease.

Applications are invited for the position of project coordinator of the Helmholtz International Berlin Research School in Data Science (HEIBRiDS). As an interdisciplinary program, HEIBRiDS trains young scientists in Data Science applications within a broad range of natural science domains, spanning from Earth & Environment, Astronomy, Space & Planetary Research to Geosciences, Materials & Energy and Molecular Medicine. HEIBRiDS is one of six Helmholtz Information and Data Science Schools (HIDSS) within the Helmholtz Information & Data Science Academy, established through a collaboration between five Helmholtz Centers (MDC, GFZ, AWI, DESY, HZB), the Berlin Institute for the Foundations of Learning and Data (BIFOLD), and three Berlin universities.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for an open-minded, creative and development-oriented personality from 01.09.2025 to help shape the position of Project Coordinator (m/f/d). Please note that this position is limited to 2 years.

The position is embedded in the MDC International Graduate School an umbrella structure providing services to all PhD students and MDC’s scientific community and will be located in Berlin-Buch.

Job Description:
HEIBRiDS coordination:

• Marketing and student recruitment.
• Central point of contact for the school's students, faculty and spokes person.
• Development and implementation of the training curriculum.
• Organization of seminars, workshops, retreats, symposia, committee meetings, etc.
• Interaction and coordination of activities with the HEIBRiDS partners, Helmholtz Information Data Science Schools and the Helmholtz Information and Data Science Academy (HIDA).
• Reporting of the school activities internally and externally.
• Planning and monitoring of the program budget.
• Content creation and management of the school’s webpage and social media channels.
• General administration and management of the program.

Graduate school office:

• Support in tasks related to promotion, training and recruitment of early-stage scientists at the interface with data science.
• Development of data science training for the scientific community.

Requirements:

• Advanced university degree (Master's level) in data science, natural sciences, or a related discipline that includes quantitative methods or PhD in any of the above areas.
• Enjoyment of working in an international and interdisciplinary environment.
• Professional command of both oral and written English and basic knowledge of German.
• Reliable team player with customer service skills and an attentive sense for different conversation situations.
• Excellent organizational, writing and communication skills.
• Conceptual strength, creativity, and a hands-on mentality.
• Professional IT skills (MS Office, Adobe, CMS), and basic knowledge of FileMaker, Canva.

Benefits:

• international working environment with communication in English and German
• interesting career opportunities and a range of opportunities for further qualification and training
• Compatibility of family and career certified by the workandfamily audit ("berufundfamilie audit”)
• Support for "New Berliners" through the MDC Welcome & Family Office

You also benefit from:

• a remuneration in accordance with the collective agreement for the federal public service (TVöD-Bund), including additional company pension schemes
• flexible working hours and childcare support
• the possibility of mobile working
• an idyllic green campus, which is easily accessible by bicycle, public transport or car
• free use of Nextbike from the Buch S-Bahn station to the campus
• Subsidy for the job ticket as well as discounts in the campus canteen
• On-campus health and fitness center
• additional health benefits such as flu vaccination, eye test, ergonomics advice at the workplace

Team: Strategie Programme Ressourcen und Implementierung / Scientific Talent Management
Publication period: 19.06.2025 - 15.07.2025
Desired starting date: 01.09.2025