Early Career Manager (m/f/x)

Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München

We are looking for you:

Early Career Manager (m/f/x)

in Munich.

About us:

The Cluster of Excellence ‘Cross-Cultural Philology’ at Ludwig-Maximilians-Universität München (LMU) uses a cross-cultural approach to examine philological practices and cultural dynamics over a period of five millennia. It will bring to light the richness of philological traditions in their mutual interaction in the Near and Middle East, in East Asia, on the Indian subcontinent, in North, East and West Africa, and in Europe. This comparison will reveal specific similarities and differences, and continuities and discontinuities, yielding insights far beyond the current state of the art.

Your tasks and responsibilities:

• To support Early Career Researchers in their academic development and work with them to create a learning-conducive environment for excellent research.
• To collaborate closely with the cluster’s doctoral researchers, to represent their interests within the cluster structures, and to serve as an interface and mediator between early career researchers, postdoctoral scholars, and professors.
• To develop your own initiatives, formats, and events in cooperation early career researchers – ranging from summer schools to international masterclasses – and coordinate their implementation.
• To promote international networking, academic independence, and mobility, provide guidance for research stays abroad, and strengthen sustainable collaborations both nationally and internationally.
• To contribute to strategic decisions regarding early career support, to coordinate intra\-cluster collaboration at the early career level, and to help maintain the alumni network.

Your qualifications:

• A completed university degree (Master’s, Diplom, teaching qualification), ideally with a doctoral degree, and preferably bring experience in academic/science management. Organisational experience also preferred.
• Experience in managing and administering scientific projects.
• Strong communication skills and ability to work in a team, as well as your sensitive handling of confidential matters, are highly advantageous.
• Ability to work independently, in a structured and responsible manner.
• A willingness to collaborate interdisciplinarily.
• Fluent German and/or English language skills.

Benefits:

We are offering a manager position, limited until 31.05.2029, with a pay scale of TV-L E13 (100%) and with the option to extend until the end of the first funding period.

LMU offers the following opportunities for all employees:

• Compatibility of family and career:
  • Possiblity to work part-time
  • Mobile working
  • Flexible working hours
• Further education and training programme at all career levels

We welcome applications from women.

Also possible in a part-time capacity.

People with disabilities who are equally as qualified as other applicants will receive preferential treatment.

Contact:

Please submit your application as a single file (max. 5 MB), including a meaningful cover letter, a brief CV (max. two pages), a representative excerpt from a scientific paper (4.500 – 5.400 words), an evaluation report of your final thesis, and copies of your certificates by no later than October 21, 2025, exclusively to the following e-mail address: ccp-earlycareer@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

For questions please contact: Laura Noll, phone: +49 89 2180-9897, calls-ccphil@lrz.uni-muenchen.de

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