Remuneration is paid

• for tariff employees according to the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states (TV-L)
• for professorships in theW salary scale, you will also receive individually agreed appointment, retention or special performance bonuses (partial basic regulations for performance pay) and, if applicable, the family allowance
• Link to salary tables

Employees receive further financial incentives through

• an annual special payment in accordance with TV-L
• an anniversary bonus and an additional day off for 25 and 40-year anniversaries
• capitalized benefits and
• the VBL company pension scheme.

Welcome culture

We want you to feel at home with us right from the start. To this end, the team in your new unit, as well as HR and HR Development, are available to address any concerns you may have.

Once a semester, our new employees are invited to a welcome day with all new colleagues. Here you will not only receive a wide range of information about the university, but above all get to know other new employees and can network with them.

Our values

The university's mission statement was developed through a participatory process between October 2013 and June 2014.

Excerpt from the mission statement:

We try to combine the requirements of a modern and service-oriented university with employees' own responsibility for their work and the compatibility of work and private life.

To this end, we offer opportunities for

• flexible working time models,
• long-term working accounts for time off, and
• flexible work locations, with the option of mobile working.

Our success and the development of the university are essentially linked to the people who work for us and help shape the university every day with their skills, drive and new ideas. Therefore, we support our employees in their professional competence and individual development.

We offer an extensive program of continuing education opportunities and encourage and support thinking outside the box in many ways, including:

• Professional and personal qualifications,
• promotion of extra-occupational degrees or
• acquiring intercultural competence when visiting a European partner university(Erasmus staff mobility).

For more information, please visit the staff development page.

We have been certified as a family-friendly university since 2002 and support you with a wide range of measures to help you reconcile work and family life. We offer you

• flexible working time models and long-term work accounts,
• the possibility of mobile working
• family-friendly infrastructure with our own daycare center ("LUfanten"), a parent-child workroom and diaper-changing rooms, as well as
• a contact program to stay in touch during periods of parental or care leave.

Further information on family friendliness

We want to help you stay well and healthy for a long time. To this end, the university offers you a wide range of preventive care, counseling and sports services as well as assistance in various life situations.

Through good working conditions and the quality of your workplace, we want to strengthen your personal resources and promote health and motivation in the long term.

We currently offer, among other things

• Moving break" courses
• Workshops on mindfulness, yoga, self-defense, burnout, etc.
• Corporate gym rates
• height-adjustable desks
• Joint running events, e.g. Hockenheimring company cup
• Psychosocial counseling
• Sports program - cooperation with the University of Mannheim

For more information, please visit the company health management page.

• Free water
• Breakfast, snacks and lunch in our canteen(menu) and cafeteria
• Good transport connections, free parking spaces and a charging station for electric cars
• Connection to the vrn nextbike rental bike system
• Active break - fitness or Pilates (incl. shower facilities)
• Modern technology and office equipment, as well as ergonomic workstations
• For your family: Studium Generale, KinderUni and  "50Plus" lectures
• Employee discounts (e.g. gym, tickets/events, VRN-Nextbike)
• Joint activities: summer party, Christmas party, staff outing, professors' hike, company cup and much more.

You will find us in Ludwigshafen on the university campus at Ernst-Boehe-Straße 4 as well as at several other locations. We are also located in Neustadt an der Weinstraße at the Weincampus.

Overview of the locations in Ludwigshafen

Directions and opening hours

The economic success of the region is closely linked to an excellent science and research landscape. With the colleges and universities in Ludwigshafen, Mannheim and Heidelberg, the numerous non-university research institutions and educational establishments, the metropolitan area Rhine-Neckar is known for its distinctive culture of innovation. National and international rankings confirm the quality of the local higher education landscape time and time again. Regionally rooted and internationally networked, the metropolitan area Rhine-Neckar is a popular address for students from Germany and all over the world.

In addition to a dynamic economy and efficient research and education, the region combines history and culture with quality of life. Worms as the center of the Nibelungen saga, the imperial cathedral of Speyer and Hambach Castle as the birthplace of German democracy are just some of the historical witnesses. The Palatinate Forest, the picturesque wine villages, the proximity to the Odenwald and Alsace attract visitors with their charming landscape, almost Mediterranean climate, culinary delights and high recreational value.