We are looking to recruit an experienced and motivated

Head of Administration (m/f/d)

starting on 01st December 2019.

Your responsibility is to lead and further develop a team of about 20 experienced administration personnel in human resources, purchasing, accounting and general services serving the pursuit of scientific knowledge in a leading research institute.

In particular, your responsibilities are:

• Oversight / governance / responsibility for all administrative operations
• Best practice implementation and continuous improvement of budgetary, purchasing and personnel operations
• Cooperation with all other units of the institute, in particular the scientific departments and research groups, facility management, animal facility and IT group
• Consulting and risk assessment in all administrative, regulatory and budgetary matters to support the board of directors
• Close interaction within the network of administrative leaders in the Max-Planck-Society Germany-wide

Your profile:

• Degree from a College or University in administrative, legal, business or other fields or alternatively, proof of corresponding certificates in case of an equivalent vocational training and relevant professional experience, ideally in a scientific environment
• Experience in handling complex administrative topics
• Team spirit and leadership qualities, ideally with experience in leading administrative teams
• Keen on implementing best-practice procedures and striving for operational excellence
  Excellent knowledge of English and German for communication in an international research environment in oral and written form

We are looking for:

• An open-minded, motivated person with great communication skills
• A can-do spirit, flexibility, assertiveness and planning competence
• An ideal combination between a hands-on understanding of complex regulatory contexts, interest in pragmatic approaches, demonstrated leadership skills, solution-oriented spirit and ability to delegate to a competent team

We offer:

• A permanent position with all benefits of the public service in a friendly and dynamic work environment with regular working hours
• A highly interactive atmosphere and support within an international and collaborative institute
• A state-of-the-art technical infrastructure
• Education and training
• A corporate pension plan
• Family service (in house baby and kids room, on-campus child day care center)
• In house Cafeteria and Bistro
• Corporate Health Management (e.g. sport courses)
• Free parking on the institute’s premises

The Max-Planck Society is committed to increasing the number of individuals with disabilities in its workforce and therefore encourages applications from such qualified individuals. Furthermore, the Max Planck Society seeks to increase the number of women in those fields where they are underrepresented and therefore explicitly encourages women to apply

The compatibility of work and family is very important to us; we offer the possibility of childcare in the Kairos child care facility nearby our institute. Further information can be found on our homepage www.brain.mpg.de.

Please send your full and comprehensive application stating your salary expectations by Oct 31st as a single pdf file to the Max Planck Institute for Brain Research, Office of the Managing Director, Max-von-Laue-Str. 4, 60438 Frankfurt, e-mail: mhoffice@brain.mpg.de.