Application for a position at HAWK

Thank you for considering HAWK as your future employer. We are very pleased that you are interested in working at HAWK Hildesheim/Holzminden/Göttingen!

Please feel free to explore our current job vacancies at HAWK. Please refrain from sending unsolicited applications.

1. Discover Job Vancancies
   Find out about our current range of job vacancies.
2. Submit your application
   Please submit your complete application documents conveniently online via our application portal. The relevant link can be found at the bottom of each job advertisement. If you have any content-related questions, please contact the person listed in the job advertisement.
3. Acknowledgement of Receipt
   After successfully submitting your application, you will immediately receive a confirmation via email. From this point onwards, we ask for your patience.The next message may be, for example, an invitation to an interview or, at the latest by the end of the process, a rejection. In any case, you will hear from us again.

4. Job interview
   If your application convinces us, we will invite you to a personal interview. The interview usually takes place in person at the HAWK campus where the position is advertised. Travel expenses cannot be reimbursed. However, upon request, we are happy to confirm your participation in the interview for third-party coverage of costs. Simply bring the relevant form to the interview. 

   The following persons usually attend on behalf of HAWK: the head of department, potentially other team members, the Human Resources department, a member of the Staff Council, the Equal Opportunities Officer and, where applicable, the Disability Representative.
   By involving these different groups of people, we aim to ensure that the selection process is transparent, fair and takes various perspectives into account. This also gives you the opportunity to meet your future contacts, ask questions, and gain a comprehensive impression of your potential work environment.

   It is important to us that the interview takes place in an open and appreciative atmosphere, where your concerns and expectations are also at the center.

5. Decision and Feedback
   Once all interviews have been completed, the Staff Council, the Equal Opportunities Officer and, where applicable, the Disability Representative will be formally involved. We will, of course, inform you of our decision in any cases, regardless of whether we are able to offer you the position or not. 

6. If not only you have convinced us, but we have also convinced you: 
   Congratulations and welcome to HAWK!

   (Please note that the contract will be issued in German only.)

 

Human Ressources

If you have any formal questions regarding your application or queries about job vacancies, please feel free to contact the HR department at any time. (German version available only)

Contact HR (German version available only)

Staff Council

Our staff council does not just represent you once you start working at HAWK but it is also available to support you during the application process. The Council primarily assists with employment law, collective bargaining agreements, and social matters, such as recruitment, job classification and pay, working hours, workplace design and health and occupational safety.

Contact the Staff Council (German version available only)

Equal opportunities office

Throughout all application and recruitment processes, the Equal Opportunities Officer and the Faculty Equal Opportunities Officers ensure gender equality and oversee all recruitment procedures.

If you have any questions regarding equality or work-life balance before or during the application process, please feel free to contact Nicola Hille. The Equal Opportunities Officers are bound by confidentiality.

Contact the Equal Opportunities Office

Disability Representation

The Disability Representative (Schwerbehindertenvertretung) of HAWK is the elected body representing employees with severe disabilities and those with equivalent status. The Representative is responsible for all employees with disabilities at HAWK.

If you have a severe disability, you may contact the Disability Representative at any stage of the application process. This is because, where candidates have the same suitability, qualifications and professional performance in accordance with the relevant regulations, preference is given to those with severe disabilities.

Contact the Disability Representation (German version available only)