Postdocs
Application
If you are looking to work at Forschungszentrum Jülich or one of its locations after completing a doctorate, you can apply for an advertised position as a postdoc or a scientific employee. One way of contacting us to find out more about employment opportunities is to attend one of the various career fairs and events where Forschungszentrum Jülich is regularly represented.
Job advertisements from the scientific sector for Postdocs
Please also have a look at the website of our Career Center to find out more about opportunities.
Additional vacancies, for example in the field of research management, can be found in our job advertisements for young or experienced professionals:
Young professionals
Experienced professionals
Tips on applying for a job
Career fairs and events
Contract
For postdocs, a position at Forschungszentrum Jülich offers a great opportunity to make a mark in the scientific field and to develop important skills and qualifications that will be useful in their further careers. Salaries are paid out in accordance with the Collective Agreement for the Civil Service (TVöD).
Services
Postdocs find themselves at a crucial phase of their careers in which the course is set and decisions are made for their future career paths. Forschungszentrum Jülich offers ideal framework conditions to combine excellent research with national and international visibility. Postdocs are provided with individual support and mentored in the active planning of their careers.
Forschungszentrum Jülich provides the following measures and networking possibilities for postdocs:
Guidelines
The framework conditions are laid out in the "Guidelines for Advising and Supporting Postdocs at Forschungszentrum Jülich"
Jülich Guidelines for Postdocs (PDF, 59 kB)
Also on the level of the whole Helmholtz Association, the importance of supporting postdocs in their career planning is clearly demonstrated by the guidelines for the postdoc phase within the Helmholtz Association adopted in April 2018.
Young investigators groups at Forschungszentrum Jülich
Prof. Martina Müller heads a young investigators group at the Peter Grünberg Institute — Electronic Properties (PGI-6). Her group, the Oxide Spintronics Laboratory, is involved in spintronics research.
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At Jülich, internationally outstanding postdocs are given the opportunity to establish their own young investigators groups. Candidates who successfully pass the multistage selection procedure are rewarded with reliable career prospects (tenure track). Furthermore, Forschungszentrum Jülich encourages close links between the leaders of young investigators groups and university partners.
Overview of existing young investigators groups at Jülich
Support services, qualification programmes, and networking opportunities for the leaders of young investigators groups
Equal opportunities and reconciling work and family life
Forschungszentrum Jülich is committed to providing equal opportunities and the reconciliation of work and family life. A variety of measures as well as help and support services in this area are offered.
Information and contacts (Equal Opportunities Bureau — BfC) - in German
International Advisory Services
International Advisory Services, which is part of Human Resources, advises employees from abroad and their families on legal matters concerning non-residents and social legislation.
International Advisory Services
Last updated: 30 Aug 2018
