Employee in administrative service (m/f/d), EG 13 TV-H - in the central institution UniKasselTransfer, incubator

The University of Kassel is a young university with about 25,000 students. It has an exceptionally broad profile with the competence fields of nature, technology, culture and society. Known as a university of ideas and awarded a prize in the EXIST-Gründungskultur competition of the Federal Ministry of Economics and Technology in 2013 as a university for start-ups, it is characterized by the combination of knowledge from nature, technology, culture and society. Openness to forward-looking innovations as well as interdisciplinary networking between the individual departments is a matter of course. With our organization UniKasselTransfer, we have made it our task to actively make the knowledge and competence of the university available to society, to initiate cooperations and partnerships, and thus to create added value for both sides.

The position is initially limited until 30.09.2020 in accordance with § 14 para. 1 sentence 2 no. 3 TzBfG to replace an employee.

Tasks:

Incubator management: 

• Motivation of potential start-up projects from the University of Kassel, especially in the context of the UNIKAT ideas competition
• Initial consultation of start-up projects from the University of Kassel
• Organization of events on issues related to business start-ups
• Advising start-ups on the public funding programs EXIST Start-up Grant and EXIST Research Transfer.

Network management:

• Entrepreneur Council of the UniKasselTransfer Incubator: maintenance and expansion of the network.
• National and international institutions for the promotion of start-ups: Cooperation and networking with institutions that pursue the goals of "promoting academic start-ups" (e.g. EXIST program of the BMWI) and maintaining contacts with representatives of business angel associations

Conceptual further development of the UniKasselTransfer incubator

• Acquisition of third-party funds for the further development of start-up support at the University of Kassel, especially in the direction of the target groups "scientific employees and graduates
• Preparation of an application of the University of Kassel for the program EXIST Potentials with the focus on internationalization / Eastern Europe.

Requirements:

• Completed scientific university studies
• Experience in organizing events
• Knowledge in the field of entrepreneurship, idea competitions and networking
• Knowledge and experience in the various funding programs of the "EXIST - Start-ups from Science" program are desirable.
• Good verbal skills
• Openness, sociability and ability to work in a team

If you have any questions, please contact Mr. Jörg Froharth, Tel.: 0561-804-2498, E-Mail: froharth[at]uni-kassel[dot]de.

Protecting your personal data is important to us, so we will handle your personal data with care. If you provide us with your data, you thereby allow us to store and use it in accordance with the Hessian Data Protection and Freedom of Information Act. You can object to this at any time. Your personal data will then be deleted. Information in accordance with Art. 13 DSGVO for the application procedure at the University of Kassel can be found at www.uni-kassel.de/go/ausschreibung-datenschutz.

The University of Kassel aims to increase its proportion of women. Applications from women are therefore particularly welcome. Severely disabled applicants will be given preference if they are equally qualified and qualified. Full-time positions can be shared. Please submit only copies of your application documents (no folders), as these cannot be returned after the selection process has been completed; they will be destroyed in compliance 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, indicating the reference number in the subject line, and preferably also in electronic form.