Subject: [SLR-Mail] No.2783: Open position: Head of SLR station at GFZ Potsdam (Germany) From: Frank Flechtner Dear colleagues, as Sven Bauer, the former head of GFZs SLR station in Potsdam/Germany, has left our institute by the end of 2022 we are looking for a successor. So please consider the following job announcement and also forward it to relevant colleagues: https://www.gfz-potsdam.de/en/career/job-offers/details/7056 At the lower end there is also a PDF description for download. The responsibilities would include (in short terms): - Operation, maintenance and further development / renewal of the station - Representation within the ILRS - Laser Retro Reflector development, testing and mission support (e.g. for a GRACE-FO successor or mini satellites) - Time transfer activities within a third party funded project and in the frame of the ACES experiment - Technology transfer from/to local industry (e.g. DiGOS GmbH) The position is initially limited for 3 years and the application deadline is March 13, 2023. Best regards (and sorry for possible multiple requests) Frank Flechtner -- Prof. Dr. Frank Flechtner Head of Section 1.2 ”Global Geomonitoring and Gravity Field” Department 1 ”Geodesy” Helmholtz Centre Potsdam GFZ German Research Centre for Geosciences Foundation under public law of the federal state of Brandenburg c/o EDMO Sonderflughafen Oberpfaffenhofen, Building 401, 1st floor Claude-Dornier-Strae 1 D-82234 Wessling, Germany Tel: (+49) 8153-90832-10 or Telegrafenberg D-14473 Potsdam, Germany Tel: (+49) 331-6264-1130 <= New since January 2023! email: frank.flechtner@gfz-potsdam.de