The Institute is seeking a highly motivated individual to join our team. The role involves:
Responsibilities
* Strengthen the Institute's and HAFL's visibility and reputation in international agricultural, forest, food sciences, and resource management research and education
* Create and disseminate internal and external communications to promote the work of the Institute and its staff, students and partners
* Collaborate with internal and external colleagues and partners to ensure effective communication
* Organise the Institute's Annual Event and other communication and knowledge management practices
* Write and publish website news stories and project/staff profiles, as well as working paper series, newsletters, press releases, social media posts, audiovisual materials, etc.
Qualifications
* Relevant bachelor's or master's degree, preferably in communication/marketing or agricultural/forest/food or life sciences or international development
* Minimum 3–5 years working in corporate or university communications, marketing, science communications, or other relevant fields, including event organisation
* Writing, networking, communication and organisational skills, ideally in the relevant thematic areas (agricultural/forest/food and life sciences)
* Independent yet team-oriented work approach; intercultural and interdisciplinary skills and interests; expertise and/or interest in international cooperation and development
* English native speaker, with good knowledge of German and ideally also French
What We Offer
* An incredible variety of themes enriching and adding spice to this important control and support function.
* International teaching staff that combines tradition with innovation and excellence with experiment and thus gives students individual guidance towards their own careers.
* Great freedom in work organisation with lots of leeway for your ideas, your creativity and decisiveness.
* When looking for solutions, it helps to be curious and to think truly outside the box.
* Responsibility in hugely exciting projects for the future attracting attention beyond the professional world.
If you have any questions or would like to apply, please contact Cornelia Caputi, HR Consultant, at +41 31 910 21 82.
We are a ground-breaking, pioneering think tank, engaged in the creation and teaching of knowledge for the world of today and of tomorrow. At HAFL, a department of BFH, we're all about connecting humans, nature and technology towards sustainable development.
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