Project Assistant*in (f/m/d)baito Pro Job

30.10.2024

Project Assistant TheMuseumsLab (f/m/d)

Museum für Naturkunde - Leibniz Institute for Research on Evolution and Biodiversity (MfN), Berlin

Become part of our team.

Project Assistant TheMuseumsLab (f/m/d)

Work schedule: Full-time, duration: third-party funding, at the earliest possible date until 31.12.2026, salary level: E 9b TV-L, code: 61/2024

Project Description

TheMuseumsLab, a project for collaborative learning and knowledge exchange between African and European museum professionals, was launched in May 2021. Since then, the project has brought together diverse perspectives, skills, and expertise to create a space for open dialogue on how museums can confront their colonial histories, address contemporary social and global challenges, and work together toward shaping a more equitable future. The main goal is to build connections that link individuals, institutions, and nations across two continents, fostering engaged discussions on how museums can actively respond to their colonial pasts, meet current societal and global challenges, and collaboratively build a more equitable future.

Your tasks

• Calculation of project budgets for national and international funding agencies
• Planning, organizing, and implementing project accounting
• Compiling documents for external audits and other requirements
• Preparation, support, and follow-up of work/service contracts
• Preparation of network meetings for the leadership levels of partner museums
• Preparation of board meetings
• Administrative and organizational tasks in project management

Your profile

• Completed studies in public administration, business administration, or a commercial education with relevant professional experience in project management or a similar field.
• Extensive experience with procurement procedures and administrative processes in the public sector.
• In-depth knowledge of service contracts, fee agreements, commissioning, procurement processes, and the allocation of funds.
• Strong understanding of national and international grant law, both from public and private donors.
• Basic knowledge of tax law, particularly VAT in the nonprofit sector.
• Excellent proficiency in German and English.
• Professional experience in managing third-party funds.
• Motivated, diligent, and independent approach to work
• Enthusiasm for collaborative teamwork
• Distinct Diversity competence

We offer you

• exciting working environment in an attractive research museum with varied tasks in a dynamic and future-orientated market
• very good public transport connections in the centre of Berlin
• extensive further training opportunities on a personal and professional level
• flexible working hours and a wide range of options for balancing work and family life (e.g. flexitime or individual part-time models)
• depending on the job, mobile working is possible for up to 60 per cent of individual working hours
• remuneration according to TV-L with company pension scheme (VBL), special annual payment and capital-forming benefits
• employee events, company health management and German and English language courses
• 30 days' holiday plus 24 December and 31 December off

Special notes

In support of equal rights applications from qualified women are particularly welcome. Handicapped individuals will be given preference in cases of identical qualifications.

For information on the application procedure, please contact re********ng@***.berlin.