Goethe Welcome
Centre
Goethe Welcome Centre (GWC) is the central non-academic advice
centre and service facility for:
- International professors
- International postdoctoral
researchers
- International doctoral
candidates enrolled at the university
- International doctoral candidates
with a university employment contract
GWC
provides comprehensive support from a single source for you and your family.
You can find a full list of the servicesoffered on the
centre's website.
Please make
sure to fill in the GWC-online registration form, which you will find on the
website, to receive support in the best possible way.
Detailed
information for your stay in Frankfurt can be found in the Welcome Guide for International Researchers.
Contact:
welcome@uni-frankfurt.de
http://www2.uni-frankfurt.de/45729918/Welcome
Human Resources/Staff Services Department
For legally
binding information on the topics listed below, please contact the
administrator responsible at the Staff Services Department (in German only).
Specialisations:
- Maternity protection
- Parental leave
- Academic Fixed-Term Contract
Act (WissZeitVG)
- Employment contracts
- Remote working
- Child benefit
Contact:
Tel +49 69 798-13629
personalabteilung@uni-frankfurt.de
https://www.uni-frankfurt.de/45699737/Abteilung_Personalservices
Family Service at the Equal Opportunities Office
The Family
Service at the Equal Opportunities Office is the central facility of Goethe
University Frankfurt for the cross-cutting topic of reconciling studies,
academic career and family responsibilities. In the framework of consultations,
it provides an overview of the advisory services and referrals available, gives
initial guidance and helps you to find the right contact persons for your
concerns.
It is also
responsible for handling your registration for our childcare facilities.
Sara
Schlichting
Specialisations:
- Reconciliation of family,
studies and career
- Help with finding childcare at
the university and in Frankfurt
- Advice specifically for research
associates (Academic Fixed-Term Contract Act (WissZeitVG))
- Problems related to pregnancy,
maternity protection and parental leave
- Holiday childcare
- Referrals to municipal
counselling centres and socio-educational support services
- Help with finding childcare for
internal events
Benjamin
Kirst
Specialisations:
- Advice specifically for (expectant)
fathers
- Advice for foreign nationals
with families
- Childcare at Goethe University
Frankfurt
- Reconciliation of family responsibilities
and studies
- Conflicts in relation to
pregnancy, maternity protection and parental leave
Dual Career Service Frankfurt (DCSF)
Dr. Jana
Bäuerlen
Tel.: +49 69 798-18113
E-Mail: Baeuerlen@em.uni-frankfurt.de
Specialisations: Support of partners of
new employees pursuing their own career perspectives
in Rhine-Main area
Eligible persons:
- Newly appointed professors
- Postdocs (international or with family responsibility)
- Research assistants of participating coordinated
research programmes
Goethe Research Academy for Early Career Researchers (GRADE)
GRADE aims
to provide doctoral candidates and postdocs with individual support and an
opportunity to enhance their personal skills, as well as with expertise to
prepare themselves for their future careers. The range of services includes
workshops, networking events and individual coaching sessions. Doctoral
candidates and postdocs from all faculties at Goethe University are invited to
become members of GRADE.
grade@uni-frankfurt.de
http://www.grade.uni-frankfurt.de/
