Senckenberg – Leibniz Institution for Biodiversity and Earth System Research (SGN), headquartered in Frankfurt am Main, is seeking to fill the following position at the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre (SBiK-F), starting as soon as possible:
Scientific Coordinator for IPCC TG-Data (f/m/d)
(Full time / part time)
Location: Frankfurt am Main
Employment scope: Full-time; part time
Type of contract: Temporary, limited to 2 years
Remuneration: Collective agreement of the state Hesse (TV-H) / E13
Senckenberg is one of the world’s leading research institutions in the field of Biodiversity and Earth System Research, with eight research institutes and three natural history museums across Germany and scientists from over 40 nations. Our headquarter is located in the thriving commercial metropolis of Frankfurt in the heart of Germany, which also hosts one of our most famous facilities, the Senckenberg Natural History Museum. The mission of the Senckenberg Biodiversity and Climate Research Centre is to study the complex interactions between biodiversity and climate change.
Within Senckenberg, the International Science-Policy Unit serves as a bridge between scientific research and policy processes, with a particular focus on Multilateral Environmental Agreements (MEAs) and global environmental assessments.
One of the office's major activities is supporting the work of the Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC), the United Nations body responsible for assessing the scientific basis of climate change. In this context, Senckenberg hosts and supports the Co-Chair of the IPCC Task Group on Data Support for Climate Change Assessments (TG-Data).
TG-Data plays a central role in coordinating data and knowledge governance across the IPCC assessment process, working closely with IPCC Working Groups, Technical Support Units (TSUs), Data Distribution Centre (DDC) partners, and the IPCC Secretariat. Its activities include developing guidance and standards for data management and reproducibility, promoting FAIR and CARE principles, coordinating data workflows, supporting open and transparent assessment practices, and contributing to capacity-building activities for IPCC authors and experts worldwide.