A fair remuneration
Your salary is based on the pay types “W-Besoldung”, “A-Besoldung” or on the Collective Agreement for Public Service of the Federal States (TV-L).
We also offer capital-forming benefits as well as a company pension plan.
Flexible working hours at flexible working locations
As a family-friendly and health-conscious university, we want to create modern working conditions that can be positively adapted to the individual needs and personal working habits of our staff members.
Certain employee groups have the option to arrange a flexible work schedule. They can decide when they start and end their working day within a scope specified in the working agreement. The working time is tracked via an electronic time recording system.
With the increasing digitalization and the frequent use of smartphones and laptops, new forms of work are coming into focus. That is why we offer flexible work location models, such as working from home, telecommuting and mobile working.
Structured onboarding
Become orange!
If you are new, you can expect structured onboarding.
We are committed to successfully introduce new staff members to our University. Therefore, we would like to welcome you at Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts - to make your heart beat orange.
During your first days and weeks at work, you will have a buddy, a so-called Startbegleiter*in, who will give you an introduction of your future responsibilities and introduce you to your colleagues so you can get to networking as soon as possible.
Additionally, every six months, we offer an information day for new staff members. On this day, we would like to introduce our University in a relaxed and friendly atmosphere. After an informal welcome by the Chancellor and the Rector, you will get a tour of our campus locations. Finally, you will have the opportunity to network while enjoying snacks and refreshments.
We also host an information evening with a dinner for newly appointed professors.
What else waits for you when you start working for us? - You can be excited!
Personnel Development
Our goal is to match your personal and professional skills with the demands addressed to Fachhochschule Dortmund - University of Applied Sciences and Arts. In doing so, we want to maintain and promote your qualifications, but also preserve your motivation and satisfaction with your job.
That is why we offer you the following:
- Team days
- Annual employee-superior interviews
- Regular satisfaction surveys for employees
- Re-entry and return to work interviews
- Goodbye - the last 100 days - Our farewell culture
Would you like to find out more or do you have any questions?
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Continued and further education
True to the motto “You never stop learning.”, we stick to the approach of lifelong learning. We want you to continuously educate yourself. Social and professional requirements are constantly changing. That is why we aspire to identify your abilities, talents and skills and to effectively strengthen them for the future. We want to cater to your needs during your career at our University.
We offer you the opportunity for professional development and personal growth by providing an
- extensive in-house continued and further education program (due do the coronavirus pandemic, we currently offer various web seminars).
Examples:
o Time and self-management
o Project management
o Intercultural training
o Mindfulness
o Children emergency training
o ...
- External continued and further education offers
- Language courses
Would you like to find out more or do you have any questions?
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Working as a parent
Family Services will inform you about the offers for staff members and their children created to support them to better balance family and career.
Day care centers run by the non-profit organization AWO Dortmund branch
Fachhochschule Dortmund has a cooperation agreement with the AWO Dortmund branch. This gives both students and staff members the opportunity to find a place in childcare for their children. The AWO Dortmund branch is the provider of currently 16 day care centers located throughout the city of Dortmund. Please contact Family Services for additional information.
U3 Childcare facility by the multi-generational house Mütterzentrum - Dortmund e.V.
In the charmingly furnished rooms of the U3 childcare located at Rheinlanddamm 201a, three qualified day care providers look after a total of 9 children of Fachhochschule Dortmund members. The children are from two months to three years old.
The facility has a kitchen where the children eat breakfast together every morning, a relaxation room, a bedroom and a playroom. There is also an inviting outdoor play area.
MoKi – Mobile Kinderbetreuung, the mobile childcare
Your day care provider is ill and you have an important appointment at the university? MoKi can be used in such a situation and in case of similar emergencies. Your child will be looked after within a distance from the university agreed upon earlier, while you are attending an important meeting at Fachhochschule Dortmund, for example. Mobile childcare does not replace regular childcare, but it is your university-based short-term care option in case of emergencies and off-peak times.
In addition to MoKi, MoKi online has established itself as an online children's entertainment provider. Using a video conferencing system, children can, for example, meet with a MoKi caregiver and with other children and listen to stories being read aloud.
Vacation care provided by Kita|Concept
Is your child sick of being stuck at home during vacation time? In the first weeks of summer vacation as well as during the Easter and fall break (in North Rhine-Westphalia), children aged 6 to 13 years can register for the vacation program offered by Fachhochschule Dortmund. Along with children of TU Dortmund University members, they can participate in a colorful program on and around the campus of Fachhochschule Dortmund and TU Dortmund University.
Can I take my child to work with me in case of emergency?
Yes, as a family-friendly University we provide various offers that you can use with your child.
- Changing tables
You will find foldable technically-inspected and TÜV-certified changing tables at all locations of Fachhochschule Dortmund. The changing tables are equipped with a pad and a diaper pail.
- Kid's-Box
Parents with slightly older children can borrow toy boxes at every faculty. These contain all kinds of utensils that can be used to keep the children busy - for example, if the day care center is on strike or the day care provider is not available. - Parent-child room
Fachhochschule Dortmund created child-friendly “parent-child rooms” at all three campus locations for its students and staff members with children in different age groups. In these rooms, parents can organize taking care of their children themselves, while looking after their children, exchange ideas or simply take a break.
Do you have any other questions or would you like an individual consultation in advance?
Family Services will support you and provide information regarding a better compatibility of family and work. Please contact us.
Frequently discussed topics at Family Services:
- Childcare
- Pregnancy and maternity leave
- Parental allowance and parental leave
Sonja Wentzel, Dipl.-Sozialpäd.
- +49 231 91128292
Bitte schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an familienservice@fh-dortmund.de, um einen Termin zu vereinbaren oder rufen Sie an.
Working at Fachhochschule Dortmund with caregiving responsibilities
If you are caring for relatives in need of nursing care in addition to your work, you can contact Family Services to find out more about support options. You can discuss your personal situation with our contact person and find out what benefits from the long-term care insurance fund your relatives in need of care are entitled to and what relief and care options are available. Together, you will talk over what kind of support may be appropriate for your situation and discuss with your family members whether you would like Family Services to send you contact information for providers.
We offer various support options:
- Household support services
- Accompanying to doctor's appointments
- Shopping service
- Caring for your relatives in need of nursing care or keeping them company
- Caring for relatives suffering from dementia
- Day care
- Short-term care and respite care
- 24-hour care
- Senior living communities
- Full inpatient care in a nursing facility
Your relatives in need of nursing care do not live near you?
Family Services also advises you when your relatives in need of nursing care do not live near you. We will discuss support options and help you find other contact persons and providers in the area where your family members live.
Dementia
People suffering from dementia have particularly special needs. There are several types of dementia of which Alzheimer's disease is probably best known. Family Services will provide information on dementia and how to receive a diagnosis in case of suspicion. Additionally, we will present you relief options and support services available especially for people with dementia.
Do you have any other questions or would you like an individual consultation in advance?
Sonja Wentzel, Dipl.-Sozialpäd.
- +49 231 91128292
Bitte schreiben Sie eine E-Mail an familienservice@fh-dortmund.de, um einen Termin zu vereinbaren oder rufen Sie an.
Healthy & fit at work
Our Health Management focuses on you as a person. We want you to feel good at your workplace. That is why we have made it our goal to create a healthy and attractive working and living environment for you, in addition to actively promoting your health.
You can take advantage of a diverse offer.
Activity break “Pausenexpress”
Together with your colleagues, you can take a physical activity break. The active break takes place at your office, but do not worry - you do not need to change into workout clothes.
In cooperation with University Sports of TU Dortmund University, a qualified activity break trainer will instruct the stretching, mobilization and strengthening exercises, particularly targeting the shoulder, back and neck muscles. The short training sessions are a pleasant and most importantly beneficial distraction from the daily office routine. The trainer will also provide helpful advice, e.g., how to relieve tensions with specific exercises.
University Sports
The sports program of TU Dortmund University ranges from A for aerobics, B for body toning, to C for cricket and Z for Zumba. By buying a sports card, you can try new sports classes each semester. In addition to the sports courses offered, you can work out individually using the gym equipment in the "Fitnessförderwerk”, after taking a short introductory course.
For more information on registration and the current (online) sports offers, visit
Let’s run together!
Each May, there are two running events you can participate in with your colleagues.
- “Campuslauf”
Here you run several laps around the Emil-Figge-Straße campuses of TU Dortmund University and Fachhochschule Dortmund. One lap is 2.5 kilometers long. You can register for different disciplines and race together with your colleagues. - B2Run
The B2Run is a corporate running challenge in Dortmund. The distance is just under 7 kilometers and starts in the Westfalenpark. The highlight is the run through the stadium of Borussia Dortmund. In addition to the athletic aspirations, the focus is on colleagues getting to know each other and on networking.
Take the bike to work
You can take advantage of different bike lending or renting options:
- University bikes
Our university bikes can be borrowed for free during your working hours to move back and forth between the individual locations. One contact person per location is responsible for the check-out. - Nextbike – Metropolrad Ruhr
You can rent Metropolrad Ruhr bikes at various locations around Dortmund and on the Fachhochschule Dortmund campuses. By using the Nextbike app, you can ride the bike 60 minutes long for free. After that, you have to pay €0.50 for 30 minutes.
If you need more air in your tires or the screws need any tightening, you can use the public service stations for bikes at our locations.
Would you like to relax?
If you suffer from tension in your shoulders and neck due to your sitting or standing job, you can book our “Mobile Massage”. A professional massage team of physiotherapists offers a complete back massage in 20 minutes for a small fee.
Occupational Health Care and Occupational Safety Management
In cooperation with the organization for occupational health care and safety systems, Arbeitsmedizinische und Sicherheitstechnische Dienste e.V., an in-house physician provides occupational health care.
The physician in charge will answer health-related questions regarding your workplace or personal issues, such as
- Workplace health and ergonomics matters
- Vaccination consultation
- Travel medical consultation
- Preventive health screenings and assessments of fitness for work
- Medical consultation in Occupational Integration Management
- Influenza vaccine
Emergency and Crisis Management
If you are experiencing stressful challenges in your professional or private environment, you can make use of our various services created to support you:
- In-house social counseling
- External psychological counseling
- In-house contact persons for addiction issues
- Grief counseling
And much more
Other offers include health days and lectures on a healthy lifestyle, continued and further education classes or nutrition courses.
Do you have any other questions or would you like an individual consultation in advance?
Job Ticket
In cooperation with TU Dortmund University and DSW21, we offer you the opportunity to acquire a so-called “Jobticket/Großkundenenticket”, a discounted transit pass for employees at companies or institutions. You can use the ticket not only on workdays, but also on weekends and federal holidays and take as many journeys around the clock as you like (with the exception of 9:00 a.m. tickets) in the chosen area of validity.