Career

ZALF offers vacant positions for students and early professionals from agricultural, environmental and social sciences and related fields, as well as for technical staff experienced in, among others, laboratory and experimental work.

Shaping the future together

ZALF Organizational Mission Statement (pdf)
Working together: Principles of our cooperation
Our organizational mission statement provides an overview of the current self-image of our cooperation and at the same time serves as orientation for the future development of ZALF.
ZALF Environmental Policy (pdf)
Environmental policy: On the way to a climate-neutral research institution
In our own environmental policy, we describe the path towards a climate-neutral research institution.

More information on environmental management at ZALF
"Audit berufundfamilie"
ZALF holds the "audit berufundfamilie" certificate and thus supports a family-conscious personnel policy and the anchoring of family awareness in the corporate culture.
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General inquiries

Human Resources

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Early Career Coordination Office

Vacancies

We offer attractive positions at our research institution, which has a high international reputation within agricultural landscape research.

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Why working at ZALF?

Find out why ZALF may be of interest to you as a place to work, as an employer and as a research institution.

Why working at ZALF?

Tenure track procedure at ZALF

With its tenure-track system ZALF offers outstanding scientists a long-term professional perspective.

Tenure Track

Junior Research Groups

At ZALF, independent junior research groups can in principle be located within working groups or be established directly as a ZALF separate working group.

Junior Research Groups

Postdoc at ZALF

The aim of the temporary postdoctoral phase is to help you sharpen your scientific profile and make decisions regarding your further career within or beyond science.

Postdocs

Doctorate at ZALF

By obtaining a doctorate at ZALF, many young researchers have already laid the foundation for a successful career within and beyond academia. A structured doctoral programme a good supervision relationship based on agreed standards and central support are characteristics of a doctorate supervised at ZALF.

Doctorate

Theses and internships

ZALF offers students the opportunity to supervise their Bachelor's or Master's thesis as well as internships, including research internships.

Theses & Internships

Supervision and teaching at ZALF

Many ZALF researchers are involved in university teaching. In particular, our jointly appointed professors and private lecturers fulfil teaching obligations at various universities and universities of applied sciences.

Supervision & Teaching

Contact persons and documents

In addition to the complete overview of all committees and their current members, you will find here all contact persons for matters concerning early career researchers with short explanations.

Contact Persons & Documents