Student Assistant - Biodiversity Finance (m/f/d)

Leibniz-Zentrum für Agrarlandschaftsforschung (ZALF) e. V.; Müncheberg; Hybrid; EUR 14.000 - 19.000; Teilzeit

Benefits dieser Stelle

Flexible hours

Partial remote working

Interdisciplinary team

Zusammenfassung

The Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) in Müncheberg invites applications for a six-month Student Assistant position in Biodiversity Finance. This part-time role supports research on private biodiversity finance, nature credits, certification and sustainable supply chains.

You will assist with stakeholder mapping, workshops, surveys and interviews, and help organize and document engagement activities within an interdisciplinary, international team.

Qualifikationen

• Enrolled in a relevant degree programme (agriculture, environmental sciences, sustainability, economics, business, social sciences or geography).
• Interest in biodiversity, sustainable land use, corporate sustainability or environmental finance.
• Good communication skills in German and English.
• Motivation to collaborate in an interdisciplinary team.

Aufgaben

• Support research on corporate biodiversity action, private finance, nature credits, certification and sustainable supply chains.
• Assist with stakeholder mapping, workshops, surveys and interviews.
• Support the organization and documentation of research and stakeholder-engagement activities.

Kenntnisse

German and English communication

Teamwork in interdisciplinary setting

Ausbildung

Enrolled in a relevant degree programme

Jobbeschreibung

The mission of the Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF) as a nationally and internationally active research institute is to deliver solutions for an ecologically, economically and socially sustainable agriculture – together with society. ZALF is a member of the Leibniz Association and is located in Müncheberg (approx. 35 minutes by regional train from Berlin-Lichtenberg). The institute maintains further locations in Brandenburg (Dedelow, Paulinenaue) as well as in Hesse (Giessen, Witzenhausen, and Geisenheim).

The working group “Co-designed Value Networks for New Products” examines how new products and ecosystem services from sustainable land use can be recognised, rewarded and supported through viable, regionally embedded value networks. It brings together farmers, processors, technology and service providers, retailers, consumers, policy actors and financiers.

A particular focus of the working group is on the role of companies in financing biodiversity and other ecosystem services. We investigate how corporate biodiversity commitments, supply-chain initiatives, certification schemes, emerging nature-credit schemes and other private-finance approaches can create credible and lasting incentives for sustainable land management. Our research considers how these approaches can generate measurable and trustworthy environmental outcomes, while creating economic opportunities for farmers and regional actors.

We are offering a temporary six month Student Assistant position (up to 40 hours per month) at our location in Müncheberg as

Student Assistant - Biodiversity Finance (m/f/d)
39-2026

Your tasks:

• Support research on corporate biodiversity action, private finance, nature credits, certification and sustainable supply chains;
• Assist with stakeholder mapping, workshops, surveys and interviews;
• Support the organization and documentation of research and stakeholder-engagement activities.

Your qualifications:

• Enrolled in a relevant degree programme, such as agricultural or environmental sciences, sustainability, economics, business, social sciences or geography;
• Interest in biodiversity, sustainable land use, corporate sustainability or environmental finance;
• Good communication skills in German and English;
• Motivation to work actively and collaboratively in an interdisciplinary team.

What we offer:

• Insight into research on private biodiversity finance, nature credits and sustainable land use;
• Work in an interdisciplinary and international team with links to companies and practice partners;
• Developing research, stakeholder-engagement and science-communication skills;
• Opportunity to develop a related master thesis in collaboration with the working group;
• Remuneration is based on the usual hourly rates for student/scientific assistants in the state of Brandenburg;
• Flexible hours and partial remote working.

ZALF promotes equality among all employees and welcomes applications regardless of ethnic, cultural, or social background, age, religion, ideology, disability, gender, or sexual identity.

The filling of the position in part-time is possible in principle.

Contact of Human resource management: [e-mail], Tel. [phone].

Leibniz Centre for Agricultural Landscape Research (ZALF),

Eberswalder Straße 84, 15374 Müncheberg, Germany

Contact of Human resource management: [e-mail]

www.zalf.de