For our location in Hamburg
we are seeking:
Project Manager for EU Projects in part time 19,5h/week
Limited: 2 years | Starting date: earliest possible | ID: VMA046/2026 | Deadline: 30.11.2026 | Part-time
DESY, with more than 2900 employees at its two locations in Hamburg and Zeuthen, is one of the world's leading research centres. Its research focuses on decoding the structure and function of matter, from the smallest particles of the universe to the building blocks of life. In this way, DESY contributes to solving the major questions and urgent challenges facing science, society and industry. With its ultramodern research infrastructure, its interdisciplinary research platforms and its international networks, DESY offers a highly attractive working environment in the fields of science, technology and administration as well as for the education of highly qualified young scientists.
The EU Office is DESY´s central point of contact for all questions and information related to EU research funding. It supports researchers in the efficient and successful preparation and implementation of EU-funded projects and ensures professional project management for projects coordinated by DESY.
About your role:
- Coordination of the overall project in co-operation with scientific project management and the team of the EU office
- Ensuring the project stays on track to achieve its goals and all project deliverables, milestones and reports are submitted in time via the EU Commission´s electronic portal
- Monitoring of the implementation of the project tasks by all partners
- Organization and implementation of workshops and conferences
- Summarizing the progress and the main findings of relevant meetings in impactful reports and minutes
- Contractual and financial management of the project
- Support in dissemination and communication for the project, including maintenance of project website and independent creation of a project newsletter
Good reasons to join:
Look forward to a unique working environment on our international research campus. Respectful cooperation and the well-being of our DESY employees are particularly important to us. Gender equality is an important aspect for us. To support work life balance we offer flexible working hours, variable part-time, job-sharing models and participation in mobile work (up to 50%). You will benefit from our family-friendly and collegial atmosphere, our established health management and occupational pension provision. As a public funded employer, we offer you a secure workplace and facilitate your individual career with our comprehensive training and development opportunities. Remuneration is according to the regulations of the TV-AVH. DESY offers its employees a financial supplement for a German job ticket (Deutschland-Ticket) at both locations.
Limited: 2 years
About you:
- Completed university education in natural or social sciences or equivalent skills and experience
- Good expertise and experience in project management, preferably in an international research environment, ideally in Horizon Europe projects
- Experience in the implementation of EU projects and their cost reporting and interest in EU research policy
- Strong communication skills in liaising with European partners
- Service and costumer orientation and a high degree of initiative and self-organization
- Confident handling of MS Office applications, including Excel and Power Point, and of communication tools (website, social media)
- Willingness to undertake business trips to other European countries
- Very good command of written and spoken English; solid knowledge of German
For further information please contact Annika Thies at +49 40 8998-4508 (annika.thies@desy.de).
Please submit your complete application documents (letter of motivation, CV and relevant certificates).
We look forward to receiving your application via our application portal:
DESY promotes equal opportunities and diversity. The professional development of women is very important to us and therefore we strongly encourage women to apply for the vacant position. Applications from severely disabled persons will be given preference if they are equally qualified (sbv.desy.de).
You can find further information here:
Deutsches Elektronen-Synchrotron DESY
Personalabteilung
Notkestraße 85
22607 Hamburg
Phone: +49 40 8998-3392
Deadline for applications:
01.12.2026
