Stu­dent as­sist­ants (SHK)

SHKs are students who are employed to carry out academic or artistic support work and who do not yet hold a v ocationally qualifying higher education qualification (e.g. a Bachelor’s degree) in the subject area to which their support role is assigned.

Re­search As­sist­ants with a Bach­el­or’s de­gree (WHB)

WHB students are those who have already successfully completed a higher education study programme with a standard period of study of at least six semesters (e.g. a Bachelor’s degree study programme or a study programme at a university of applied sciences) and who are employed to carry out academic or artistic support work.

The ATOSS time man­age­ment soft­ware

Attendance and absence records at Paderborn University are administered using the ATOSS software.
Login (accessible from outside the university only via VPN): https://zeitwirtschaft.uni-paderborn.de
Note: Please enter your IMT username using lower-case letters only
Contact address: zeitwirtschaft@upb.de

You can find further instructions and training videos here.

Flex­ible work­ing hours

Flexitime at PB University is a flexible working-time scheme that takes into account both the specific requirements of a higher education institution and the individual preferences of staff. Mutual consideration, a sense of responsibility and leadership enable us to largely dispense with rigid rules.

Mo­bile work­ing

Mobile working is intended to create opportunities for greater flexibility in the organisation of work, in the interests of both the organisation and its staff, so as to enable staff to balance work and family life, commuting and environmental considerations, communication and concentration as effectively as possible.

Hol­i­days / Spe­cial leave

Everything you ever wanted to know about annual leave.

Calculating annual leave
Expiry of annual leave entitlements
Employee training / educational leave
Short- and long-term special leave

I'm ill – what should I do now?

Information on the registration procedure and everything to do with certificates, continued payment of wages, health spa arrangements, etc.

Fun­da­ment­als of em­ploy­ment law

Legislation and collective agreements form the basis of every employment relationship. If you are interested in finding out which rules apply to you and your employment relationship, you will find the relevant links here. There are also more detailed explanations of related areas of employment law, such as secondary employment and the flexible retirement scheme.

Min­im­um Wage Act / Doc­u­ment­a­tion Re­quire­ments for Sup­port Staff

The provisions of the Minimum Wage Act (MiLoG) have been in force since 1 January 2015. This imposes additional mandatory documentation and monitoring obligations on employers, relating in particular to the recording of working hours for student assistants and research assistants.

Job va­can­cies in en­gin­eer­ing and ad­min­is­tra­tion

Click here to view our job advertisements for non-academic (!) roles. These include vacancies, for example, in university administration, Secretary's Offices, laboratories and workshops, the university library or IT support. Please feel free to have a look and see if there’s anything suitable for you. We look forward to receiving your application.

Forms

To make it easier for both you and us to gather the information we need for our work, we have created application forms for many queries relating to your working life. You can find these forms on the relevant topic pages or in the comprehensive list of topics linked below.

• https://www.uni-paderborn.de/zv/formulare

On­board­ing and check-out

You are about to start a new role or will soon be leaving your post at Uni-PB. This raises a number of practical questions: Where do I get a key? How do I find out my telephone number? Where do I return work-related books? We have prepared checklists containing this information for managers and staff.

• Information and induction for new staff, their line managers and those providing induction support
• Check-out for managers
• Checkout for staff