Appointments committees are, as a rule, appointed and established by the Dean. In order to reach a decision, the full proposal for the composition of the appointments committee, specifying the post to be filled (scope, job title, pay grade according to the TV-L, department, etc.), must be sent by email to the Dean () with the Faculty Administration Office () copied in (CC).

The Faculty Administration Office will then inform the elected members and their deputies of the election by email.

In special cases, the Faculty Council may discuss and vote on the appointment of a recruitment committee.

They are composed as follows:

a) Fixed-term posts/qualification posts

in the case of qualification posts, 3 : 1 : 1 (3 professors, 1 mid-level academic staff member, 1 student); for other fixed-term posts, 3 representatives from the administrative office (generally from the group of professors), 1 mid-level academic staff member, 1 student; It is possible to add one member of the student body as an advisory member, e.g. to provide administrative support;

Chair in the case of training posts: supervising professor

b) Permanent posts (senior lecturers, assistant professors)

4 : 1 : 1 : 1 (4 representatives for the department, generally from the group of professors, 1 mid-career academic, 1 student, 1 MTV)

Chair, as a rule: Head of Department

c) Mid-career academic posts to be filled in third-party-funded projects

2 : 1 (2 professors or project leaders, 1 mid-level academic staff member)

Chair, as a rule: project leader

d) Non-academic staff posts

The appointment committee to be established within the organisational units shall normally comprise four members with voting rights, at least two of whom shall be women:

1. a representative of the University Management (within the Central Administration);
2. the head of the organisational unit
   In FK III, these two representatives from the department are usually the Faculty Executive Board (FGF) and the Head of Department;
3. two representatives of the staff of the organisational unit in question, one of whom should belong to the immediate operational area (nominated from among the staff)
   In the decentralised sector, the Chair is held by the head of the respective organisational unit or by the person delegated by them to the committee. FK III: usually the FGF

Appointment of the committee

A proposal regarding the composition of the committee is submitted to the Dean, together with a request for its establishment, on the basis of the above-mentioned general guidelines and the specific details relating to the post.

See also: Recruitment Guidelines /dezernat1/recruitment-guidelines