Career

The DIE offers ideal conditions for professional development in an interdisciplinary and research-oriented environment. Our employees work on innovative research projects and have the opportunity to actively shape educational practice. We also offer flexible working models and an appreciative team culture that enables a good work-life balance. With us, you will actively shape the future of adult education and gain valuable insights into pioneering educational and third-party-funded projects.  

We place great value on individual support and professional development – whether through further training, mentoring or international networking opportunities. Our employees also appreciate the company pension scheme with deferred compensation at VBLU, excellent public transport accessibility and free parking.

• einen IT-Systembetreuer/in (m, w, d) in der Abteilung Zentrale Dienste
• eine/n Doktorand/in (m, w, d) in der Abteilung Organisation und Programmplanung
• eine studentische/wissenschaftliche Hilfskraft (m, w, d) in der Abteilung Organisation und Programmplanung

As a recognised training company, we offer young people a wide range of opportunities to shape their professional future.

Currently in the training occupations

• Office management assistant (m/f/d)
• Specialist for media and information services, specialising in libraries (m/f/d)
• Specialist for market and social research (m/f/d)

An apprenticeship at the DIE offers a wide range of tasks, a supportive team, excellent supervision and the opportunity to work independently from the very beginning.

As part of our support for young researchers, we assist doctoral students with their doctoral theses within the Graduate Program framework. Its aims are to support young researchers in acquiring scientifically relevant and workplace-related skills, to accompany their scientific work and to prepare them for a career in research or practice in adult and continuing education.

The basic components of the Graduate Program include

• a structured course programme over three years, consisting of basic, elective and optional modules in policy,
• extensive and mandatory supervision services and
• additional cross-institutional offers provided in cooperation with universities and other research institutions.

Post-doc support at DIE currently takes place within the framework of the following programmes:

• Junior research group leadership 
• Support for guest and deputy professorships
• Individual support.

In addition, habilitation-related opportunities such as guest or deputy professorships are supported and further scientific networking is promoted. These opportunities include, for example, stays abroad, active participation in (inter)national conferences and participation in the Leibniz Association's mentoring programme and in internal and external Graduate Program courses.

In addition to supporting doctoral students, leadership of a junior research group is comparable to a junior professorship and offers post-docs the opportunity to prepare for an academic career and gain the qualifications needed for a full professorship. Leading a junior research group is a targeted instrument to advance the careers of talented post-docs.

Information on the DIE's junior research groups

The commitment to reconciling work and family life is based on the corresponding principle of the Leibniz Association and is an important prerequisite both for attracting qualified employees and for motivated, committed and successful work at the institute.

The DIE pursues a sustainable family-friendly personnel policy that offers its employees a wide range of options, allowing them to successfully combine work and family life. The professional development of employees is at the forefront, taking into account their personal and family situation. All employees should be able to organise their professional tasks in such a way that the greatest possible benefit for the institute is achieved without this being at the expense of their private lives.

Further information on the „audit berufundfamilie“ and the „Erfolgsfaktor Familie“.

Gender equality and the promotion of equal opportunities are seen as an important strategic cross-cutting task at DIE and are anchored in the Institute's mission statement. We have formally documented our current situation with regard to equality and our development goals in an equality plan.

Summary of our equality plan

Our representative for employees with a disability is committed to the interests of those employees at the DIE and is their contact person for questions regarding compensation for disadvantages and integration into everyday working life. For example, the representative works to ensure that workplaces are designed to be barrier-free and that individual needs are taken into account. He or she ensure equal opportunities by accompanying application procedures and providing support in areas such as professional reintegration after prolonged periods of illness.