The climate needs bright minds. The Potsdam Institute for Climate Impact Research (PIK) addresses crucial scientific questions in the fields of global change, climate impacts and sustainable development. It is one of the world’s leading research institutions in its field and offers natural and social scientists from around the world an inspiring environment for excellent interdisciplinary research.
For the project CLIMPACT – Climate Information for Management, Peace-building, Adaptation, and Coordination in Central Asia within Research Department 2 Climate Resilience, Working Group Hydroclimatic Risks, PIKis offering a
Student assistant position CLIMPACT (m/f/d)
(Position number: 23-2025 SHK CLIMPACT)
in the field of spatial data processing, climate and hydrological data analysis, starting as soon as possible.
The position is funded for up to 12 months. The remuneration is determined according to the guidelines of the TdL. The current hourly rate for a student assistant with a Bachelor’s degree is 14,59 € and without a Bachelor’s degree 13,98 €. This is a part-time position with a weekly working time of 10 hours per week.
Key responsibilities:
- Support ongoing research project by processing and analyzing spatial datasets.
- Developing and implementing data processing workflows to create high-quality visualizations and maps.
- Utilizing PIK’s high-performance computing cluster for spatial and temporal data analyses.
- Utilizing GIS tools to create map visualizations of the data across different spatial scales and temporal ranges.
You are a Bachelor or Master student, enrolled at a German university, and ideally meet the following requirements:
- strong background in geoinformatics, geography, environmental science, data science or related fields in natural science
- GIS software proficiency (QGIS or ArcGIS)
- programming proficency (Python or R, bash)
- experience with working over an HPC system
- not required, but beneficial: background on climate, hydrology or geography
We expect:
- the ability to work independently and on your own initiative,
- a methodical and systematic approach,
- structured and goal-oriented thinking,
- capacity to familiarise yourself quickly with new topics,
- creativity and openness to new approaches,
- a high level of competence in oral and written English,
- reliability, engagement, and a high level of motivation,
- capacity for teamwork.
We offer:
- the chance to be part of an engaged, interdisciplinary team,
- a stimulating working environment in an internationally recognised research institute on Potsdam’s beautiful, historic Telegrafenberg campus, a short commuting distance from Berlin,
- company KITA/kids day nursery “Geolino” directly in the science park on Telegrafenberg, within walking distance of PIK
- flexi-time and mobile working (up to 50% of your hours),
- a collective pay scheme and associated benefits as well as a subsidized travel card or Deutschland-Ticket Job.
PIK values equality and diversity. We encourage applications without photo. All qualified applicants will receive consideration for employment regardless of ethnic and social origin, religion, sex, sexual orientation, gender identity, national origin, disability, care responsibilities, or age. PIK seeks to increase the share of women in scientific positions and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply. In cases of equal qualification and within the given legal scope, women will be given preference. PIK also encourages applications by parents returning from parental leave.
Please apply by 13.07.2025 directly via our application form below this job advertisement. Note that as long as the position has not been filled, this job ad will stay online and all applications will be considered, whenever they are submitted.
For further information or to discuss the position please contact Diegopablo Pineda Schwarz.
