Research associate in Plant Science

At HAFL, a department of BFH, we're all about connecting humans, nature and technology towards sustainable development. As a ground-breaking, pioneering think tank, we are engaged in the creation and teaching of knowledge for the world of today and of tomorrow – bright-eyed and bushy-tailed, resilient and always solidly grounded at the same time.

What you'll be doing here

• Helping establish a soil monitoring scheme to harmonize monitoring activities at European scale
• Setting up equipment at the Swiss monitoring site and collecting wind, water erosion and tillage erosion data
• Collecting information from the local stakeholders based on surveys and workshops to support the measurements
• Analysing the Swiss data and modelling soil erosion at catchment scale
• Collecting data from all European monitoring sites, controlling quality, analysing statistics and writing publications
• Using standardized methods to ensure up-to-date and accurate data matching modelers' needs and validating the selected indicators

What you'll bring with you

• A university degree (master's or PhD) in agronomy or a related subject
• Very good knowledge of agricultural science and soil science
• Experience in monitoring and modelling soil erosion, data analysis and programming languages (e.g. R, Python)
• High level of motivation, ability to work independently, resilience and strong interpersonal and communication skills
• Native speaker of German or French with a good knowledge of the other language; very good command of English

To start with, here are some of our strong points

Doing something meaningful in a fascinating environment and with an outlook to the future: a job at Bern University of Applied Sciences makes perfect sense. We're busy researching, developing and virtually bending our minds to come up with practical solutions for business, culture and people in Bern, in Switzerland and all over the world. Apart from being incredibly interesting, this is also a lot of fun, and we get to learn a lot as well. This cutting-edge knowledge benefits all who are studying here or doing part-time continuing education courses. We have great plans for the future: We join forces to make an effective contribution to a sustainable, digitally literate and health-conscious society. This is how we create great prospects for your future work with us.

I'll be your guide through the
application procedure

Danielle Bachmann
HR Consultant
P +41 31 848 36 37

For job-specific queries

Abdallah Alaoui
Project Manager
P +41 31 848 50 96

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