Coordinator (m/f/d) Career Center

Awi - via Umantis - Helgoland - 08-05-2019 zur Vakanz  

, 2018, the AWI opened the career center Proceed – a “Helmholtz Career Development Center for Researchers” (HCDCR). Aiming at comprehensive support of postdocs during their career decision processes Proceed will combine different support measures to form an individual package for each postdoc. Career guidance counselling is offered both in German and English languages.

Tasks

Within a multidisciplinary, multifunctional team you will be responsible for the following tasks
  • Organizing a specific course program for postdocs (together with the graduation program POLMAR)
  • Making information available about individually suitable support measures for postdocs
  • Supporting the development of a network between postdocs and employers outside academia
  • Data management: collecting and supplying data (e.g. KPIs) for internal and external use
  • Establishing and maintaining the staff unit’s webpage and data collections
  • Establishing and maintaining an active network with our alumni postdocs
  • Administrative and assistance tasks within the staff unit.
  • The coordinator is directly supporting and relieving the head of the staff unit.

Requirements

  • Bachelor, preferably B.A. or B.B.A. on the basis of studies of social sciences, humanities or economics.
  • High interest for human resources development within academia shown by
  • At least 3 years of work experience in a relevant field
  • Strong communication skills in the languages German and English
  • Proactive work attitude
  • Strong proficiency in Microsoft Office package (particularly Excel)
  • Target-orientated and efficient acquiring knowledge in new topics / software
  • Ability to work well in a diverse team with a variety of backgrounds
  • Distinguished networking ability
  • Willingness for regular business trips – e. g. to AWI sites on Helgoland and Sylt, as well as Potsdam and Oldenburg

It will be of advantage, if you bring

  • Relevant experience in working with databases
  • A well established network with employers outside academia but in job sectors relevant for postdoc

Further Information

For further information please contact
Dr. Susanne Gatti
(Susanne.Gatti@awi.de,
+49(471)4831-1392). Interviews are planned for June 28
th
, 2019. Please take note of this date.
The full-time position is limited to 2 years. The salary will be paid in accordance with the German Tarifvertrag des öffentlichen Dienstes (TVöD Bund), up to salary level

9c
.
The place of employment will be
Bremerhaven.

We are offering

  • You will be actively contributing to the shaping process for the newly founded career center Proceed.
  • You will be part of a newly forming Helmholtz network of career centers for postdocs.
  • You are eligible to all of the comprehensive AWI measures for advanced training and further development relevant for your work field.
  • You will work in a multidisciplinary international and exciting environment with flexible working hours, modern research equipment and prime infrastructure.
Equal opportunities for women and men are an integral part of our personnel policy. Therefore, we encourage women to apply.
Disabled applicants will be given preference when equal qualifications are present. The AWI fosters the compatibility of work and family through various means. Because of our engagement in the area of work-life compatibility we have been awarded the certificate “Career and Family”.

We look forward to your application!

The assessment of your application will be based to a large extend on your answers to key questions.
Your full application (
short
cover letter, CV, answers to key questions, certificates, and employer references) can be uploaded until by

June 15th, 2019

exclusively online.

Reference number:
41/G/Dir-b

Key questions for your application as coordinator (d / f / m) of the Postdoc-office Proceed

  • Why would you like to work with us? Which are your most important expectations and hopes?
  • Please describe your work experience in the human resources development sector in academia. What is important to you?
  • How are you making use of the two relevant languages (German and English) in your current daily routine? How often / extensively are you required to speak each of the languages?
  • In what way is your proactive work attitude important in your current working routine?
  • How do you make use of Microsoft Office software in your work routine? Specifically, for which tasks did you make use of Excel so far.
  • When and how did you acquire knowledge of a new topic / software? Please describe a successful example briefly.
  • What is important for you when working together well in a team?
  • Please describe your current relevant networks. Which new networks would you like to establish for this job?

Please note:

You can use up to

5000

characters (incl. spaces) – approximately 2 pages A4. You can distribute the characters between the questions as it suits you best. There is no need to repeat the questions. However, you can support our sorting of the answers by answering in the same order and by indicating the number of the question with your answer. As the most relevant information for us is provided by your answers to the questions, your cover letter can be rather short.

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