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Part-time secretary / team assistant (m/f/d)

Reference number: 141/2024
Research group
Microbial Immune Regulation
Hiring date
As soon as possible
Time limit
Initially limited to two years. Long-term employment is sought, regardless of whether the work is full-time or part-time.
Trial period
6 weeks
Payment
E 8 TVöD Bund
Application deadline
01/06/2025

The Department of Microbial Immunoregulation (MIKI) and Vaccinology (VAC) is looking for a secretary/team assistant.

The Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research, based in Braunschweig, is a member of the Helmholtz Association and conducts cutting-edge research in the field of infectious diseases. Our scientists develop novel methods and strategies to combat infectious diseases faster and more effectively. Our common goal is to find new approaches to the prevention, diagnosis and treatment of infectious diseases. Our research focuses on bacterial and viral pathogens, their interaction with the human immune system, and new active agents and vaccines.

In the ‘Microbial Immunoregulation’ and ‘Vaccinology’ departments, scientists are investigating, among other things, how the intestinal microbiome influences our health and how new and safe vaccines can be developed.

Tasks
  • General secretarial and administrative tasks
  • Handling correspondence within and outside the departments
  • Organising business trips
  • Appointment management, mail handling
  • Preparation and organisation of events
Prerequisites
  • Successfully completed vocational training in a commercial field or comparable training with equivalent skills and experience
  • Excellent knowledge of office management
  • Experience in intercultural communication
  • Knowledge of event management
  • Confident use of communication tools (including virtual) and word processing programmes (e.g. MS Office programmes)
  • Very good written and spoken German and English
  • Independent and well-organised IT-based way of working
Working hours

19,5 hours per week

We offer you:

  • An attractive and varied job in a future-oriented research institute with an international environment at the Science Campus South in Braunschweig
  • A state-of-the-art infrastructure and the latest technologies
  • Flexible working hours, part-time models 
  • A corporate culture of appreciation and promotion of equal opportunities
  • Extensive training and continuing education opportunities to develop professional knowledge and personal skills
  • A family office to support family and career as well as childcare offers
  • Interesting additional public service benefits
  • Possible subsidy of the job-ticket

People with severe disabilities and equivalent professional qualifications who are suitable for the position are given preference. In order to protect your rights, we ask you to provide us with a clearly recognizable reference to the existence of a degree of severe disability in your cover letter or resume. 

The HZI is actively committed to equality, diversity and integration. For this reason, the HZI pursues the goal of professional equality between women and men. The position is suitable for part-time work.

 

How to apply: 

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Please include a cover letter, resume, (employment) references, certificates, and (if available) work samples or reference projects with your application materials. Please refrain from sending a photo.

Please send your complete application, quoting the reference number 141/2024, to the Helmholtz Centre for Infection Research GmbH, Human Resources Department, Inhoffenstr. 7, 38124 Braunschweig, Germany or by e-mail. If you send your application in electronic form, please provide a summary in one single (1) pdf document.

We look forward to receiving your application!

Prof Dr Till Strowig

Contact

Prof Dr Till Strowig
Microbial Immune Regulation

Interested? Apply now!