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Our Mission: Discovering and describing life and earth - with people, through dialogue.

The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin (MfN) is an excellent and integrated research museum of the Leibniz Association with an international reputation and globally networked research infrastructure. It is active in three closely interlinked fields: collection-based research, collection development and cataloguing, and research-based public and educational work. Over the next ten years, the Museum für Naturkunde will realise its plan for the future. New laboratories and jobs for cutting-edge research will be created. At the same time, one of the world's most comprehensive natural history collections with over 30 million objects will be housed in modern collection buildings and completely digitised in the process. The implementation of the Future Plan, funded with a total of 660 million euros from the Federal Government and the State of Berlin, will only succeed with strong interdisciplinary national and international partners.

Become part of our team as

Position: Public Engagement Manager (f/m/d)
Work schedule: full-time (currently 39 hours and 24 minutes) Duration: at the earliest possible date; under the condition that funding is granted; third-party funding for a period of 12 months
Salary Level: E 13 TV-L
Code: 27/2026

Project Description

The Museum für Naturkunde Berlin is part of a major research network called ImmunoPreCept — a Cluster of Excellence focused on biomedical research. Within this network, the programme "Berlin Hub for Science and Society" connects the cluster's research with the wider world: patients, doctors, policymakers, and the general public. The role will provide initial capacity for strategic leadership of public engagement including developing a strategy for how this engagement should work, plan and run events and activities, and help researchers across the cluster communicate their work beyond academia. You will shape evidence informed approaches and work closely with a research team that studies how organisations can can make public en-gagement an integral part of their scientific work.

Your tasks

Gather and analyse data on engagement and research impact needs across the cluster to inform evidence-based strategy
Work with clinical staff and patient groups to support meaningful, ethical, and inclusive engagement related to ImmunoPreCept research themes
Utilise this data to design a strategic high-quality programme of public engagement for ImmunoPre-Cept, connecting research with diverse publics including patients, clinicians, non-academic professionals, and wider society
Promote high-quality, inclusive, ethical, and reflective engagement practice across the cluster, embedding engagement as a core part of research culture
Plan, deliver, and oversee ongoing engagement activities across a range of formats, including festivals, public events, workshops, co-creation activities, and policy and industry engagement
Manage external partners, contributors, and suppliers involved in engagement delivery as required
Recruit, train, and mentor ImmunoPreCept researchers to participate in engagement activities and programmes
Support integration of public engagement into research planning and impact pathways, contributing to embedding a culture of engaged research
Develop and implement robust approaches to evaluating public engagement, using qualitative and quantitative methods to demonstrate impact and improve practice
Collaborate with the public engagement research team on behaviour change and organisational culture initiatives to embed sustainable engagement practices

Your profile

Master’s degree in behavioural, social, or health sciences, science communication, public engagement, or a related field, ideally with a PhD
Proven experience in several of the following areas: public engagement with research, science communication, research impact, stakeholder engagement, researcher development, project management, and evaluation
Experience in developing, delivering, managing, and evaluating public engagement activities and strategic engagement programmes, preferably within higher education, research, clinical, or health-related settings
Demonstrated ability to use evidence and evaluation to improve engagement practice, demonstrate impact, and inform strategic recommendations
Experience working with interdisciplinary research teams and engaging, supporting, training, or advising diverse stakeholders, including researchers, practitioners, patients, public groups, and non-academic professionals
Strong project management, relationshipbuilding, and communication skills
Experience coordinating multiple stakeholders and communicating effectively with academic, clinical, professional, and public audiences
Experience working within large interdisciplinary research centres, familiarity with public engagement and research impact frameworks and experience contributing to engagement-related research, publications, evaluations, or conference presentations are advantages
Commitment to inclusive, ethical, and reflective engagement practice
Excellent written and spoken German and English

We offer you

exciting working environment in an attractive research museum with varied tasks in a dynamic and future-orientated market
very good public transport connections in the centre of Berlin
extensive further training opportunities on a personal and professional level
flexible working hours and a wide range of options for balancing work and family life (e.g. flexi-time or individual part-time models)
depending on the job, mobile working is possible for up to 60 per cent of individual working hours
remuneration according to TV-L with company pension scheme (VBL), special annual payment and capital-forming benefits
employee events, company health management and German and English language courses
30 days' holiday plus 24 December and 31 December off

Special Notes

In support of equal rights applications from qualified women are particularly welcome. Handicapped individuals will be given preference in cases of identical qualifications.

We look forward to receiving your application with the usual documents (cover letter, curriculum vitae, certificates) by 04.09.2026, preferably via our online application portal.

For information on the application procedure, please contact .

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Family Policy
The Museum für Naturkunde has set itself the goal of promoting a work-life balance and has been awarded the certificate berufundfamilie audit of berufundfamilie gGmbH - an initiative of the Hertie Foundation. Further information can be found under: https://www.museumfuernaturkunde.berlin/en/uber-uns/jobs-und-karriere/arbeiten-am-museum-fur-naturkunde/reconciling-work-and-family-life-audit