EMBL is Europe's life sciences laboratory an intergovernmental organisation with more than 80 independent research groups covering the spectrum of molecular biology.
EMBL has around 1,900 members of personnel from over 80 nations based across its six sites.
The EMBL International Centre for Advanced Training (EICAT) coordinates and organises all aspects of internal and external training at EMBL.
EICAT External Training is responsible in particular for the EMBL Course and Conference Programme and the Scientific Visitor Programme, as well as for all further aspects related to the training of external scientists and the broader scientific community.
The Course and Conference Office (CCO) at EMBL is a team of 22 events organisers, marketeers and central support staff who operationally fulfil EMBL's mission to provide exemplary training for the life sciences, making the laboratory the leading learning and meeting place for biologists in Europe.
The successful candidate will head the team that delivers EMBL's world-class programme of courses, conferences, and events at the forefront of molecular biology.
Reporting to the EICAT Head of External Scientific Training, the postholder has responsibility for all operational aspects of the programme : team development and management, direction of events and marketing operations, financial and administrative.
The course and conference programme includes ca. 75 scientific courses, conferences, select internal and corporate partner events taking place at the EMBL Advanced Training Centre in Heidelberg and at the other EMBL sites.
A large, online audience for the hybrid conferences now complements the ca. 10'000 in-person attendees, the majority of whom travel internationally to the events.
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