SDG 8 aims to promote sustained, inclusive, and sustainable economic growth, full and productive employment, and decent work for all. This not only includes the promotion of entrepreneurship, creativity, diversification, and innovation, as well as the protection of workers’ rights, but also the initiation of measures to abolish forced labour, to end modern slavery and human trafficking, and to secure the prohibition and elimination of the worst forms of child labour.

Overview, targets and indicators of SDG 8

Forschungszentrum Jülich is helping to realize SDG 8 by having employees from different organizational units work together to create measures and framework conditions that further develop and promote the leadership culture at FZJ.

Leadership culture plays an increasingly important role in expert organizations. Such organizations will only continue to be successful in the future with a good and modern leadership culture.

As part of an FZJ-wide project “Promotion of Leadership Culture”, employees from research and infrastructure worked together to develop a vision of what leadership at Forschungszentrum Jülich should look like. This resulted in, among other things, a leadership model and a leadership competency model, which are being filled with life in everyday work.

Across many training courses, managers consciously address the three dimensions of leadership (shaping areas of responsibility, leadership, and self-management). In addition, all new managers are systematically helped in the first few weeks to find the right support to ensure that they can settle into their new role.

“Our goal is for managers to continue to grow into their leadership roles. We give team leaders useful skills to help them make their teams internationally relevant players in their research fields, for example through the onboarding talk for new managers or the FZJ development programme,” says Julia Dreher, contact person for managers at Human Resource Development and Recruiting (P-E).

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Leadership Model

The leadership model identifies three central tasks that are key to achieving good cooperation.

Advice & Support

Career Center & Postdoc Office

The Career Center & Postdoc Office offers early-career scientists and their supervisors advice and information on career paths within and outside of academia.

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Human Resource Development and Recruiting (P-E)

Human Resource Development and Recruiting (P-E) positions Forschungszentrum Jülich as an attractive employer for potential applicants and helps to carefully select new employees, provide targeted training, and support them in their professional development. (in German)