Internship and Voluntary Social Year

CareerInternship and Voluntary Social Year Internship and Voluntary Social Year Internship at GFZ We offer internships in all areas of GFZ, which include research departments as well as administration. These internships in one of our 4 departments, the Data-, Information- and IT-Services division or Administration, will offer a first insight into a non-university research institution. Further information on GFZ Departments here: Geodesy Geophysics Geochemistry Geosystems Geodesy TO DEPARTMENT 1.1 Space Geodetic Techniques 1.2 Global Geomonitoring and Gravity Field 1.3 Earth System Modelling 1.4 Remote Sensing and Geoinformatics 1.5 Space Physics and Space Weather Work Experience (school year 9) (Kopie 1) CURRENT OFFERS FOR INTERNSHIPS | SCHOOL YEAR 9 Your application should include an informal covering letter, which has been written by yourself. The covering letter should explain exactly why you are interested in completing your work experience at GFZ. In addition, please tell us your school year, the exact dates of when the work experience will take place and one Department or three to four Sections, one Technology Transfer Centre, IT, the library or two administrative areas in which you would like to carry out your work experience. Please attach your CV, a copy of your most recent school report/ grades and confirmation of your school if this is a mandatory work experience, to your covering letter. Going by the information you provide, we will then endeavor to find supervision for you. When allocating work experience places, we take into consideration the quality of the application as well as availability of supervisors for the required subjects and during the required periods of time. You can find our current advertisements for student internships here under the menu item "Internships". You can then use the link provided to send us your application documents directly. Course-related Internships and Voluntary Internships Internships are meant for students who have a concrete interest in a specific area of research. To obtain an internship, it is therefore necessary to first find and then contact the relevant person who is working within this area of research, directly. To find the correct contact for your area of interest, we recommend that you start by looking here. An application needs to be directed to that contact person (!) and should consist of a covering letter, a CV, as well as certificates or a list of grades, respectively. Payment: Work experience as well as mandatory internships of students are unpaid. Voluntary interns, who spend more than 4 weeks as students at the GFZ and do not live in Potsdam, Berlin or the surrounding area, will receive an allowance of 250 EUR per calendar month. Voluntary Social Year in Science, Technology, and Sustainability (FJN) at GFZ The FJN is a special form of the Voluntary Social Year (FSJ). The volunteers work full-time for one year with social insurance at GFZ, get involved and get to know the profession of a researcher or an employees in the Public and Media Relations office. Subsequently, a qualifying certificate is handed out. Joint seminars enable the exchange with with other volunteers. The FJN at the GFZ is organised by the International Youth Community Services (ijgd) Bundesverein e.V. (Federal Association). Applications are to be addressed to the ijgd (Kopie 1) The following options are available at GFZ: Option 1: Climate History Option 2: Public relations - School Lab Option 3: Public Relations - Content Office Contact person for Work Experience and Voluntary Internships Clerk Carolin Büsser Human Resources +49 331 6264-1612 Email Profile Contact person for Mandatory Internships and FJN Clerk Ute Ebel Human Resources +49 331 6264-1616 Email Profile OVERVIEW