The Cluster of Excellence “Center for Advancing Electronics Dresden“ (cfaed) at TU Dresden is seeking to appoint as soon as possible a

Career Development Manager (E 13 TV-L)

fixed-term to 31.10.2015 with the option to be extended until 31.10.2017 (The period of employment is governed by the TzBfG). Balancing family and career is an important issue. The post is basically suitable for candidates seeking part-time employment with at least 75 % of the fulltime weekly hours.
As a member of the program office our Career Development Manager supports the cfaed Career Development Director in the development and organization of all processes helping to attract and support the best scientists. The systematic recruitment of the best brains and fostering of scientific careers of all academic levels is paramount for the success of the cluster. 

Tasks:

• Advisory role for the cluster management and the Research Group Leaders regarding all HR matters and particularly the recruitment of new staff and career development;
• recruitment of Research Group Leaders, Postdocs and PhD students;
• systematic support and supervision of scien-tific careers;
• individual support to young researchers regarding the development of key competencies such as management and communication skills;
• coordination and organisation of the development, set up and supervision of the mentoring/coaching programme and of the international cfaed Graduate School (admission and registration, scheduling of lectures) in cooperation with the TU Dresden Graduate Academy;
• other administrative and organisational support to the cfaed Career Development Director as necessary

Requirements:

• academic degree in economics with focus on HR management and/or organisational development or adequate experience;
• experience in the administration of HR processes in an academic environment;
• knowledge of relevant legal requirements (employment, social and administrative laws);
• responsible, thoughtful and dedicated working approach with strong interpersonal and communication skills; 
• proficiency in German and English (written and oral – cluster language is English), first management experience in a similar position within industry would be a bonus.

What we offer:

• A challenging task and the opportunity to develop innovative HR processes within cfaed;
• integration into a highly motivated cluster team with attractive working conditions such as flexible working hours and the possibility to work from home (as necessary and agreed with cluster management);
• staff development, training courses and conferences.

Applications from women are particularly welcome. The same applies to people with disabilities.
The University is a certified family-friendly university and offers a dual career service. Also the cfaed philosophy includes an intensive programme for newly appointed staff, including support with the organisation of relocation, child care and daily life service support.

Informal enquiries can be submitted to the Program Management Director (Dr. Uta Schneider, Tel +49 (351) 463 41016; Fax +49 (351) 463 41099; Email: recruiting.cfaed@tu-dresden.de).

Please submit your application (in German or English) preferably by email as one single PDF document quoting the reference number CDM-V in the subject header to recruiting.cfaed@tu-dresden.de (Please note: We are currently not able to receive electronically signed and encrypted data) or alternatively to TU Dresden, cfaed, A. Eichner, 01062 Dresden, Germany.

Your application documents should include covering letter, CV, copies of degree certificates. The closing date for applications is 20.06.2014 (stamped arrival date of the university central mail service applies). 

About cfaed
cfaed is a cluster of excellence within the German Excellence Initiative. It brings together 200 researchers from TU Dresden and ten other research institutions in the areas of Electrical and Computer Engineering, Computer Science, Materials Science, Physics, Chemistry, Biology, and Mathematics. cfaed addresses the advancement of electronic information processing systems through exploring new technologies which overcome the limits of today’s predominant CMOS technology. www.cfaed.tu.dresden.de

About TU Dresden
The TU Dresden is among the top universities in Germany and Europe and one of the eleven German universities that were identified as an ‘elite university’ in June 2012. As a modern full-status university with 14 departments it offers a wide academic range making it one of a very few in Germany.