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We are looking for a student assistant for the Campus Office for University and Trade Union Co-operation at the University of Oldenburg (SAW). SAW provides students with information on employment law and initial advice on part-time jobs and internships. We also organise events on trade union and socio-political issues.

Start date: 1 October 2026, working hours: 19 hours per month

The duties and responsibilities include, amongst other things:

• Initial advice on part-time work whilst studying and internships during a weekly in-person consultation hour at the Haarentor campus

• Planning, organising and running events and campaigns at the University and Jade University of Applied Sciences Oldenburg/Wilhelmshaven in consultation with the trade unions of the German Trade Union Confederation (DGB) and the DGB

• Delivering talks on the topic of work placements in various university and university of applied sciences courses that accompany work placements

• Networking with various stakeholders at the university and the University of Applied Sciences, as well as with the DGB’s member trade unions and the DGB itself

• Contributing to TVStud (supporting information stands, organisation, networking)

• Raising awareness of issues at the intersection of trade unions and students through creative means Maintaining the website (using the Typo3 CMS) and social media channels (Facebook, Instagram)

We are looking for:

• An interest in engaging with trade union and socio-political issues and raising their profile at the university and university of applied sciences

• Excellent skills in planning, organising and working independently

• Good communication and teamwork skills

• Creativity and ideas for campaigns

• Good command of German and English

• Good knowledge of common PC applications, plus basic social media and web skills

• Enrolled student at a university of applied sciences or a university, with a few semesters of study remaining

• Ideally, already involved in or a member of one of the DGB’s affiliated trade unions or the DGB itself

• Participation in the introductory seminar: Initial advice on labour and social security law for students

We offer:

• flexible working hours at an accessible workplace, in consultation with colleagues in the team

• Further training opportunities for trade union work with students, for example:

• Advanced seminar: Self-reliance whilst studying

• Advanced seminar: Funding your studies with BAföG

• And others: see the DGB’s youth education programme

Remuneration is in line with the standard rates paid at universities in Lower Saxony for student assistants or research assistants (Circular from the Ministry of Education and Research dated 9 October 2025).

Please send any enquiries regarding this vacancy and written applications by 13 June 2025 by email to Sarina Geerken and Hlynsdóttir-Gammersbach, . Online interviews are scheduled for 8 July 2026.

We particularly wish to encourage FLINTA* (women, lesbians, intersex, non-binary and agender people), as well as Rom*nja and Sinti*zze, Asian Germans, Black people, people of colour, Jewish people, Muslims and migrants, as well as single mothers and people with disabilities, to apply.