[IGSMAIL-3857]: Vacancy at BKG

[Weber at ifag.de]

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IGS Electronic Mail      03 May 01:36:27 PDT 2002      Message Number 3857
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Author: Georg Weber, BKG, weber at ifag.de

The Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie (BKG, Federal Agency for
Cartography and Geodesy, Germany), a Federal authority assigned to the
Federal Ministry of the Interior, is looking for a

RESEARCH ASSISTANT,
salary group IIa BAT according to the pay schedule as regulated by the
Federal Civil Service Remuneration Act,

for its Frankfurt am Main - based Central Office for an appointment limited
to three years.

This task constitutes part of the product sector "Geodetic Reference
Systems" and comes under the section G2 "National Reference Systems -
Position" of the Geodesy Department of BKG.

The applicant's field of duties will comprise the following components:

- Setup and operation of DGPS services via the Internet
- Real-time processing and and analysis of GPS data
- Networking of GPS reference stations
- Monitoring of GPS reference stations through post-processing

These are our expectations we have for the candidate:

- Successful completion of university studies, graduation in the branch of
study 'Geodesy' 
- Knowledge in the evaluation of GPS permanent networks
- Programming knowledge and command of the operating systems Windows and
Unix
- Experienced in scientific working

Further, this post requires knowledge of foreign languages, English above
all, and the ability and willingness to cooperate as part of a team. 

This employment includes support concerning possibilities to start or
continue studying for a doctorate in the research field of geodetic
real-time evaluation of GPS observations.

In accordance with the relevant legal provisions BKG is interested in
promoting the professional activity of women and therefore lays special
emphasis on inviting women having the required skills and qualifications to
send in their applications. Disabled persons will be given preference in
case of equal qualifications.

Please send your application (CODE Number G2 / 08.02.) by 31 May 2002 to:

Bundesamt fuer Kartographie und Geodaesie
-Personalreferat-
Richard-Strauss-Allee 11
60598 Frankfurt am Main

Further information on BKG can be obtained via the Internet under
www.bkg.bund.de.