Join Our Team: Career Opportunities

Your responsibilities:

• Overseeing accounting and payment transactions.
• Managing project invoicing.
• Supporting financial accounting.
• Assisting in managing international projects on financial, administrative, and logistical fronts.
• Contributing to office organization.

Requirements:

• Completed business administration training or a relevant degree.
• Several years of experience in finance and accounting, ideally in an international environment.
• Proficiency in MS Office (especially Excel) and familiarity with DATEV and WINPACCS.
• Fluent in German, English (C1), and French (B2).
• Team-oriented, self-reliant, flexible, detail-oriented, and deadline-conscious.

We offer:

• A structured working environment with short decision-making processes.
• Supportive colleagues, ample responsibility, and autonomy.
• Comprehensive onboarding and training.
• A positive and collegial working atmosphere.
• Modern IT setup and a convenient location in Munich’s eastern area.
• Competitive compensation, good social benefits, and a permanent position (full/part-time).

Job Description:

We are looking for you, an enthusiastic and communicative colleague, who is willing and able to dedicate his/her abilities and networks to the different projects throughout the African & Asian continent, to actively protect biodiversity and natural resources and manage forest landscapes on different levels in collaboration with national partners.
The tasks include project conception and management, acquisition, proposal writing, financial aspects of project management, strategic business development, willingness to acquire new skills. Desk work is combined with regular field trips and partner visits in the project regions, as well as direct exchange with donors (e.g. GIZ, KfW).

Responsibilities:

• Acquisition of new projects including elaboration and coordination of technical and financial proposals in response to donor tenders with a focus on conservation / protected area and sustainable forest management;
• Management of ongoing projects and studies Munich-based and on site (implementation management/ financial and technical administration, monitoring and evaluation of projects and studies, contract management, etc), including Backstopping missions to the projects, including remote and security relevant contexts;
• Networking with donor agencies, beneficiaries, partner companies or institutions and experts;
• Conducting fact-finding and technical short-term consultancy missions;
• Elaboration of reports, concepts and presentations and contribution to knowledge and quality management;
• Active contribution to the further development of the thematic area of natural resource and protected area management;
• Representing DFS in conferences and seminars;

Qualifications:

• University Degree (MSc., Eng. or PhD) in Forestry, Tropical Ecology, Geography, Natural Resource Economics, Environmental Sciences or related topics;
• Minimum 3 years relevant working experience in the context of development cooperation and natural resources management;
• Familiarity with German (GIZ, KfW), French (AFD) development agencies or European Union; a profound understanding of the strategies and policies of the relevant donor institutions will be an asset;
• Full proficiency in written and spoken English and French, (C1-C2 based on Common European Framework of Reference for Languages), working knowledge of German is a must;
• Familiarity with project planning and evaluation methods;
• Experience in tender processes according to international standards is an asset;
• Experience in remote sensing, GIS, database development would be an asset;
• Working experience in developing countries, particular in Africa & Asia;
• Willingness to travel abroad and to remote areas;
• Strong concept development, writing, communication and presentation skills;
• Advanced proficiency in standard MS Office applications; experience with digital innovations for NRM project management;
• Ability to manage complex situations under tight schedules with a sense of pragmatism;
• Other skills: respectful communication skills, dedicated to conservation, transdisciplinary work experience, responsible acting, pragmatism, improvisation skills, intercultural competence, stress resistance and team player.

What we offer:

• We provide a future-oriented workplace in a multi-cultural environment. We lay the foundation for you to grow and learn within DFS through continuous skills development and further training. Our flexible working time model and our family-oriented company policy makes it possible for you to reconcile professional and private life.
• DFS is a company working along values and principles, sustainability is key on all levels. The sense of community at DFS is very important to us. Therefore, we regularly organize social events to exchange and support everybody on different levels (public transport Munich, sports, etc.).