Listing translated from German by Talent Club.
The **Federal Institute of Hydrology** is seeking, for **Unit U4** **"Animal Ecology"**, at the earliest possible date, **on a fixed-term basis until 31.12.2028 in part-time (9h/week)**, a
# **Student employee (m/f/d)**
**Field of study** **Biology, bio-geosciences, hydrology and water management or a similar** **field of study**
**The place of work is Koblenz.**
**Reference code of the advertisement 20261703\_9300**
The Animal Ecology Unit of the Federal Institute of Hydrology carries out extensive investigations on federal waterways within the framework of projects for advising the water and shipping administration, scientific studies and long-term monitoring as well as success controls. We are looking for support with sampling in the field and the analysis and evaluation of samples in the laboratory.
The employment offers you exciting practical and scientific tasks within the framework of application-oriented environmental research. The excellent laboratory infrastructure of the Federal Institute of Hydrology and the professionally broadly positioned and open working group offer an ideal working environment.
**This is why we need you:**
- Support of practical and organizational work in the laboratory and in the field within the framework of scientific investigations on federal waterways
- Sampling of water, waterbed and algae
- Performance of laboratory analyses on algae and nutrient concentrations
- Support in the performance of more complex laboratory analyses (amino acids, genetic analyses, HPLC-based analyses)
- Support in the taxonomic evaluation of macrozoobenthos
- Image analysis as well as creation and maintenance of databases
**Your profile:**
**You should definitely bring this:**
- Completed university degree (BA) in biology, bio-geosciences, hydrology and water management or a similar field of study
- Enrolment at a German university for a further scientific master's degree programme during the entire duration of the employment
**This is what distinguishes you:**
- Experience in scientific working and evaluation methods of animal-ecological laboratory or field investigations, as well as water-ecological surveys
- Driving licence class B
- Enjoyment of working in an interdisciplinary team
- Willingness to undertake multi-day business trips
- Conscientiousness, team spirit, flexibility, resilience
- Willingness to learn, ability to accept criticism
**This is what we offer you:**
The remuneration corresponds to pay group E 9b according to TVöD.
**Special notes:**
You can look forward to a perfectly equipped working environment with an innovative team as well as interesting professional challenges. The weekly working time under the collective agreement is currently 9 hours.
We offer our employees individual working time arrangements as well as part-time and flexitime in order to take into account the compatibility of professional and family interests. If the conditions are met, there is the possibility of flexible local working on the basis of a service agreement. In case of childcare bottlenecks, a parent-child workroom is available. We actively promote the health of employees through the offer of health measures. Initial, further and advanced training is adapted to the individually determined need.
Applications from women are expressly welcome. In case of equal qualification, women will be given preferential consideration in accordance with Section 8 of the Federal Equal Opportunities Act (BGleiG).
Severely disabled persons will be given preferential employment in case of equal professional suitability. A minimum level of physical suitability is required.
We welcome applications from people of all nationalities.
If you have obtained a **foreign educational qualification**, please attach to your application documents proof of recognition of the qualification by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) of the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs.
The selection is made by a commission.
**Do you feel addressed?**
Then please apply **by 03.11.2026** via the electronic application procedure (EBV) on the entry page [http://www.bav.bund.de/Einstieg-EBV](http://www.bav.bund.de/Einstieg-EBV)
There, please select exclusively the item "Application by reference code" and enter the **reference code 20261703\_9300** in the course of your application. You can find the user documentation via the above link.
In the further course, please upload your complete application documents (**motivation letter, CV, university diploma/bachelor's certificate and transcript and employment references/assessments as well as school-leaving certificate**) as an attachment in your candidate profile.
In addition, please enter in your candidate profile under **"Education/degrees"** your corresponding university degree and under **"Professional experience"** your employers of the last 5 years.
For questions in connection with the electronic application procedure, the Federal Institute for Administrative Services is available at the telephone number 04941 602-240.
**Contact persons:**
Technical information will be provided by Ms Prof. Dr. Winkelmann (Tel.: 0261 1306 5944) or Ms Paulmann (Tel.: 0261 1306 5716).
Information on personnel law can be obtained at personalgewinnung@bafg.de.
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