DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

Advisor for Labor Law Coordination and External Network Consulting

DAAD German Academic Exchange Service

full-time

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Location Type: Office

Location: Bonn • Germany

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Salary

💰 €62,400 - €72,800 per year

About the role

  • Responsible for the (labor) legal coordination and associated advice for the DAAD external network (foreign offices, German Science and Innovation Houses, Heinrich-Heine-House)
  • Clarification of labor and social security law issues relating to locally employed staff at currently 20 locations
  • Support in aligning template employment contracts and supplementary agreements
  • Handling personnel-related issues such as recruitments, fixed-term contracts, dismissals, and matters relating to maternity protection and parental leave
  • Review of contracts and compensation structures for new hires
  • Communication with external law firms abroad
  • Coordination of employment contracts and compensation arrangements with foreign missions (embassies/consulates-general)
  • Clarification of national labor and social security law frameworks in coordination with local law firms and on-site payroll providers
  • Advising locally employed managers on labor law questions
  • Support for recruitment and selection procedures for locally employed staff at registered offices
  • Monitoring legal developments abroad and deriving concrete recommendations for action for the respective sites.

Requirements

  • Completed university degree in law (First State Examination, Master's, Magister); desirable specialization in international labor law or human resources management
  • Experience in international organizations or in supporting foreign (company) branches or similar
  • Willingness and ability to familiarize yourself with new areas of law
  • Very good written and spoken English
  • Confident use of MS Office programs (Word, Excel, Outlook, Teams)
  • Analytical thinking, independent and structured way of working
  • Good communication skills and strong intercultural competence
  • Resilience, reliability, negotiation skills, confident appearance, organizational ability and a team-oriented mindset
  • Experience in compliance issues and change management, foreign tenancy law, powers of attorney abroad; knowledge of an additional foreign language is desirable.
Benefits
  • Collective pay scale: attractive salary according to the TVöD (Federal) pay scale with annual special payment, 39-hour week (full-time) and 30 days annual leave (based on a 5-day week)
  • Long-term security through a company pension scheme
  • Subsidised Deutschlandticket (public transport pass)
  • Use of the goFlux carpooling app
  • Good transport connections
  • Company bicycles
  • Good cycling infrastructure
  • Various working time models
  • Extensive flextime arrangements
  • Possibility for mobile working, generally around 50%
  • Individual continuing education for your professional development
  • Corporate sports
  • Social counseling
  • Modern canteen
  • Health-related offers
  • Parent-child room
  • Places in the international daycare center in Bonn.
Applicant Tracking System Keywords

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Hard Skills & Tools
labor lawsocial security lawemployment contractscompensation structuresrecruitmentmaternity protectionparental leavecompliance issueschange managementforeign tenancy law
Soft Skills
analytical thinkingindependent workingstructured workingcommunication skillsintercultural competenceresiliencereliabilitynegotiation skillsorganizational abilityteam-oriented mindset
Certifications
university degree in lawFirst State ExaminationMaster'sMagister