Administration of the Doctoral Office and Appeals (m/f/d), A 11 HBesG / EG 11TV-H - in the Department of Studies and Teaching

The position will be filled as a civil servant or as an employee, depending on the personal and legal requirements.

Tasks:

• Basic matters and processing in the doctoral office, especially in difficult individual cases, examination of foreign degrees
• Advice on doctoral procedures for applicants, doctoral candidates, doctoral candidates, doctoral committees, departments and supervisors
• Participation in the organization of procedures of the doctoral office; cooperation in the digitalization of processes is expected
• Further development of the general regulations for doctorates and habilitations, implementation of the approval procedure
• Advising the departments on the preparation of the special provisions for doctorates and carrying out the approval procedure
• Processing of cotutelle contracts
• Processing fundamental matters in habilitation procedures
• Preparation of information material and organization of information events in cooperation with the Graduate Academy
• Preparation of statistics for external and internal purposes
• Processing appeals (doctoral and habilitation matters, admission and matriculation law, examination law)
• Coordinating tasks in the Student Secretariat, in particular administration of student assistants, residence law issues, admission of professionally qualified persons, coordination of training in the Department

Prerequisites:

• Career qualification for the higher non-technical service in general administration or completed university studies (Bachelor/FH or Diploma I) preferably in the field of administration or law
• Sound knowledge of general administrative law and preferably also of higher education law issues
• in-depth and proven knowledge of administrative structures based on several years of professional experience, ideally in particular with regard to the structure and processes in intersecting areas of centralized and decentralized responsibilities in the university context
• Strong communication and social skills, leadership potential with regard to the supervision of assistants and trainees
• Knowledge and experience in process organization
• Ability to work independently
• Conflict resolution skills and assertiveness
• Service and goal orientation
• Ability to work in a team
• Very good written and verbal communication skills
• Very good knowledge of written and spoken English
• Good knowledge of MS Office applications
• Ability to act as a trainer or willingness to acquire the relevant qualification in the near future

If you have any questions, please contact Dr. Florian Buch, phone: 0561-804-2212, e-mail: florian.buch[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.

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In the interests of equal opportunities, the University of Kassel strives to offer women and men the same development opportunities and to counteract existing disadvantages. The aim is to significantly increase the proportion of women in research and teaching. Qualified women are therefore expressly encouraged to apply. Severely disabled applicants with equal aptitude and qualifications will be given preference. Full-time positions are generally divisible. Please only send us copies of your application documents (no folders), as these cannot be returned after the selection process has been completed; they will be destroyed in accordance with data protection regulations. Applications with informative documents should be sent to the President of the University of Kassel, 34109 Kassel or bewerbungen[at]uni-kassel[dot]de, stating the reference number in the subject line, also in electronic form.