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The Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB) – Leibniz Information Centre for Science and Technology –
Program Area C, Research and Development, is looking to employ a Project manager in the context of the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage Initiative (m/f/d) to work in Open Science Lab as of 1st January 2026.

The position is limited until 31st December 2028 (end of the project term). The regular weekly working time is 39.8 hours (full-time). The position is generally suitable for part-time employment. The remuneration is based on pay scale group 13 TV-L.

Your challenge
The Open Science Lab (OSL) of the TIB is concerned with the development towards digital, open and collaborative science and supports scientific and cultural institutions by developing and testing new methods and software tools together with their communities. We are looking for a communicative and entrepreneurial person with a strong technical background to support and manage the activities of the OSL in the EU HORIZON-funded initiative to build metadata enrichment tools (ECHOLOT) for the European Collaborative Cloud for Cultural Heritage (ECCCH).

ECHOLOT supports the adoption of the ECCCH by making the creation, reuse and dissemination of high-quality, semantically rich and interoperable cultural heritage data accessible to scholars and institutions of any size. The new end-to-end solution relies on knowledge graphs and open source software (notably MediaWiki suite) for the application of the FAIR data principles. Using a combination of AI-, knowledge-, and rule-based approaches, ECHOLOT delivers hybrid curation workflows that efficiently combine automated processing and human input to perform multilingual and multimedia annotation, description generation and entity recognition. To ensure sustainability and impact, ECHOLOT includes business model innovation, training, and community engagement, as well as close collaboration with ECCCH stakeholders. The project includes 15 project partners across 11 European countries.

The main focus of your role will be the successful fulfilment and delivery of the ‘Coordination and Project Management’ Work Package (WP). This WP monitors the high-quality implementation and completion of project tasks, milestones and deliverables. It safeguards the proper and timely project delivery according to the Description of Work (DoW) and work-plan, ensuring successful collaboration within the ECHOLOT consortium. You will be part of a multidisciplinary team and will have an opportunity to be an active voice in strategic discussions around the roadmap and development of services in the context of the ECCCH project, as well as OSL and TIB at large.

Your tasks include

• Establishing efficient means of collaboration, communication, cost and time management, monitoring, and project evaluation; providing focus and direction to achieve project goals.
• Ensuring continuous communication with the European Commission (EC); acting as the point of contact for partners in communications with the Commission.
• Ensuring transparency in reporting by establishing appropriate report structures and procedures; coordinating the annual reporting to the EC, semi-annual technical internal reporting, milestone reviews and midterm review.
• Securing alignment with the ECCCH initiative and cooperation with other ECCCH-related projects.
• Developing and updating the project’s Data Management Plan (DMP), conducting quality assurance activities and performing risk analysis and mitigation.
• Implementing the GEAR tool by the European Institute for Gender Equality and ensuring gender balance in decision-making processes, in compliance with the EU Gender Equality Strategy 2020-2025.
• Ensuring project objectives, tasks, and milestones are delivered within set time, quality, and budget.

Your profile

• You hold a university degree (Master’s, university diploma, or equivalent), preferably in computer science, digital humanities, information and/or library science, or a related discipline.
• You have relevant professional experience in research (e.g. a PhD) or have gained substantial experience in science and research project management.
• You have in-depth knowledge of project management methods and agile frameworks.
• Experience and confidence in using research-related IT applications.
• Familiarity with the information and service landscape in the field of cultural heritage and/or research data management.
• You are a strong communicator and team player with a pronounced service mindset, a service-oriented attitude and organisational skills.
• You are proactive, flexible and able to work independently and responsibly.
• You have excellent written and spoken English skills.

Desirable additions to your profile

• Enthusiasm for technical and scientific topics with strong practical relevance for the cultural heritage and research data management communities.
• Interest in collaborating with domain specialist communities, understanding their needs and translating these requirements into high-quality digital services.
• Proven experience in planning and implementing tasks in the field of public relations or science communication (including social media).
• Experience with the Wikiverse (Wikidata, Wikibase, MediaWiki) for collaborative knowledge management, and with Git-based systems for collaborative code development.
• Experience in open source software development and/or community management.
• Experience in remote- and cross-location project work.
• You have good written and spoken German skills.

What we offer
Our mission is to keep rethinking and innovating the provision and use of research data and information. In TIB’s Research and Development Department, you have the opportunity to advance your career in a sizable, dynamic and excellent environment. We provide a scientifically and intellectually inspiring environment with an entrepreneurial mindset embedded in a leading technical university and one of the largest technical information centers being part of the Leibniz Association. TIB collaborates closely with the L3S Research Center at Leibniz University Hannover, one of the world’s leading research institutes in the field of Web & Data Science, within the Leibniz Joint Lab Data Science & Open Knowledge.

Last but not least, we attach great importance to an open, creative and fun work atmosphere.

Furthermore, we offer

• A job in the public service oriented towards the common good on the basis of the collective agreement for the public service of the German states (TV-L) with a salary in pay scale group 13 TV-L, provided that the requirements are met.
• A flexible workplace in terms of time and space with offers to reconcile work and family life, such as mobile and remote work options as well as flexible working time models (flexitime).
• A special annual payment at the end of the year and 30 days of vacation per year with a five-day working week as well as additional days off on Christmas Eve (December 24th) and New Year's Eve (December 31st).
• A modern workplace in a central location of Hannover with a collegial, attractive and versatile working environment.
• An employer with a wide range of internal and external further education and training measures, workplace health promotion and a supplementary pension scheme for the public sector (VBL).
• Employee discount in the canteens of the Studentenwerk Hannover as well as the possibility to use the various offers of the University Sports Hannover at a discount.
• Independent and future-oriented activities that offer variety and room for personal development.
• Funding for necessary equipment, conference and research visit travel.
• Work in the context of a European research and innovation project.
• A portfolio of technology components to build on, including ORKG, OpenResearch.org, TIB AV-Portal, DBpedia.org and other.

If you are interested, questions regarding the position can be addressed to Dr. Lozana Rossenova, Project Lead of ECHOLOT, by mail at Lozana.Rossenova@tib.eu.

We look forward to receiving your application. To submit your application, please use our online application form at https://tib.eu/bewerbungsformular-52-2025eng.

Paper applications are also possible on an equal basis. In this case, please send your complete application documents with the subject 52/2025 before November 16, 2025 addressed to

Technische Informationsbibliothek (TIB)
Personalservice
Herrn Daniel Eilers
Welfengarten 1 B
30167 Hannover
Germany

or alternatively as a single PDF document file to bewerbung@tib.eu. For applications in digital from, please send a PDF file with a maximum size of 10 MB.

We kindly invite you to include your annual salary expectation with your application.

In the case of foreign university degrees, it is mandatory to submit a Statement of Comparability from the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB) for the final assessment of the hiring requirements during the hiring process (link for more information). A fee will be charged for this. This obligation does not apply if the foreign university degree has already been assessed by an expert and is listed in the ANABIN database of the ZAB as an equivalent university degree (link to ANABIN database).

TIB is an equal opportunity employer, providing ideal working conditions and continuously taking action to enable its employees to combine career interests with family life. It wants to promote equal career opportunities for women and men in particular and therefore urges qualified women to apply.

Severely disabled candidates with comparable qualifications will be given preferential treatment.

Equal opportunity is one of our core organizational values. We therefore welcome applications regardless of nationality, ethnic and social origin, gender identity, gender expression and/or gender characteristics, religion and worldview, age, sexual orientation and identity.

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Please note that your application documents will not be returned and application and travel costs cannot be reimbursed.

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