Head of Department – Epidemiology & Health Monitoring (d/m/w) | Robert Koch Institute | Application deadline: 12.12.2025 🧬📊🌍

Become part of Germany’s leading Public Health Institute (RKI) and lead Department 2, focusing on major health challenges such as demographic change, chronic & mental illnesses, health inequalities, and climate change impacts.

Main responsibilities
• Strategic leadership, personnel & budget responsibility for the department
• Coordinating research areas and shaping the strategic direction of national Public-Health surveillance
• Representing the department to ministries, politics, science & the public
• Leading and contributing to national/international committees & projects
• Driving cross-departmental initiatives and securing research funding
• Collaboration with Public Health Services and contribution to scientific publications

Your profile
• Completed university degree (Medicine, Psychology, Public Health, Statistics or similar) plus PhD
• Habilitation and additional Public Health/Epidemiology qualification desirable
• Proven expertise in research, project management & quality control
• Strong track record in acquiring major third-party funding
• German C2 and English C1 level required
• Leadership strengths: strategic thinking, decision-making, change management, teamwork & communication

What’s offered
• Permanent full-time position in Berlin
• Public-sector salary B3 / TVöD Bund E15
• Flexible working hours, 30 days vacation, family-friendly environment, pension benefits, Germany-ticket subsidy

📍 Location: Berlin
⏰ Working hours: 39–41 hrs/week
🗓 Start date: As soon as possible
📅 Deadline to apply: 12 December 2025
📞 Contact: Sabine Thate (thates@rki.de | +49 30 187542460)