The Operational Management (OPM) is responsible for coordination and communication activities prompted by the scientific, administrative and technical organisational units as well as central committees at the GFZ, our overarching target being to create a pleasant working environment for the employees of our centre and facilitate fruitful collaboration with external partners. Our aim is to organise processes as efficiently as possible, thus ensuring smooth workflows and transparent structures within the GFZ. We also contribute to the centre's positioning in terms of content and science policy within the Helmholtz Association as well as in the German and international research landscape.

Our key tasks are:

• Coordination of key GFZ issues
• Appointment procedures
• Science-relevant controlling and reporting
• Sustainability management
• Co-Directorate Central Asian Institute for Applied Geosciences CAIAG