Legal Advisor

Project overview

The Max Planck Society for the Advancement of Science e. V. (MPG) is a self-governing organization of science funded by the federal and state governments. It currently operates 85 institutes and research centers at home and abroad, conducting basic research in natural and humanities fields, making it one of the world's leading research institutions with numerous Nobel laureates among its ranks.

Become part of Germany's most renowned research organization

The General Administration of the MPG is looking for a

Legal Advisor

(Reference number 95/26) for its Legal and Compliance department, division "Structural Development and Funding Law", team "Structural Development: Investments, Cooperations, Technology Transfer", to start as soon as possible, limited until December 31, 2028, for 39 hours per week.

Responsibilities

What you bring:

What we offer you:

Within the framework of a fixed-term employment contract until December 31, 2028, we offer you, depending on your qualifications and professional experience, remuneration up to pay group 14 TVöD (Bund) and various social benefits. Non-binding information on salary can be found in the pay scale table of the public service (TVöD Bund). Your workplace is in the city center of Munich and is easily accessible by public transport. In the vicinity of the service building, childcare facilities for children aged 6 months to 3 years are available.

What you can expect from us:

The Max Planck Society has set itself the goal of employing more severely disabled people. Applications from severely disabled individuals are expressly welcome.

The Max Planck Society strives for gender equality and diversity. We welcome applicants from all backgrounds.

Have we sparked your interest?

Then we look forward to receiving your complete online application (Reference number 95/26), including a personally written cover letter, at:

Application deadline: November 22, 2026

MAX PLANCK SOCIETY

for the Advancement of Science e. V.

General Administration Munich

Human Resources and Personnel Law Department

• Providing legal design advice in connection with the scientific cooperation of the MPG with third parties at home and abroad.
• Drafting and reviewing contracts for research projects and representing the interests of the MPG in negotiations with third parties (especially universities, non-university scientific organizations, and industrial companies at home and abroad).
• Fundamentally processing legal questions and fundamental issues, as well as preparing statements in the areas of scientific cooperation, third-party funding, and intellectual property (IP).
• Creating and maintaining the technical content of the contract management system.
• You are a fully qualified lawyer and ideally already have professional experience in contract law as well as in the legal and administrative support and design of research projects.
• You possess well-founded and versatile knowledge of private and public law, especially in the legal areas relevant to research administration.
• You are characterized by a structured, solution-oriented, and goal-oriented way of working and enjoy working independently as well as in an interdisciplinary team.
• You are open to the use of modern AI applications and ideally already have practical experience in this area or the willingness to familiarize yourself with new AI-supported systems.
• Due to our international environment, you have business-fluent, specialized English language skills, both written and spoken.
• We support you in reconciling work and family life through flexible working time models.
• We promote your personal development through diverse individual further training measures and offer you a comprehensive range of health promotion services and company pension schemes.
• We offer subsidized job tickets for using public transport.
• In addition, the usual social benefits of the public service (Bund) are granted.
• We offer the possibility of mobile working.

Project details

• Start: flexible
• Location: München, Bayern, Germany, DE
• Languages: German