Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig | Germany | 38xxx Braunschweig | Permanent position | Part time - flexible / Full time | Published since: 30.07.2026 on stepstone.de
Head of the Research and Funding Lines Unit (m/f/d)
The University of Fine Arts Braunschweig is an internationally oriented, artistic-scientific university with doctoral and habilitation law. As the only state art college in Lower Saxony, it is in a special responsibility for the development of art and culture as an indispensable part of a living, self-reflective and changeable society. This concerns, in particular, artistic development projects, which are beyond the laws of the art market, as well as the promotion and training of an artistically independent young person. With nearly 1,000 students in the study areas of Free Art, Art Education, Performing Game, Design, Visual Communication, Art Science and Media Sciences, and about 180 employees, HBK Braunschweig is one of the major art universities in Germany. The following is to be placed in the central administration of the University of Fine Arts (HBK) Braunschweig as of 01.12.2026: Head of Research and Support Unit (w/m/d) – Paying group 13 TV-L – It is an indefinite full-time agency (39.8 hours per week), place of service is Braunschweig. One of the key areas of responsibility of the Research and Development Unit is the advice and support of researchers and artists in the recruitment of third-party funds and the implementation of research and development. Development projects from application to billing. In addition, the staff body supports the HBK Research Commission, which grants the internal funding for research and project funding. The Dorothea-Erxleben programme, which prepares female artists for an artistic professorship, is also developed in cooperation with the Lower Saxony Ministry of Science and Culture and the Art Commission of the country. One of the new tasks to be structured is the service expansion in the field of science management. .
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Head of the Research and Development Unit (Personal Responsibility) strategic and formal advice and support for researchers and artists in the recruitment, implementation, settlement of third-party funded projects (public and non-public funded research projects) and internal start-up funding to prepare third-party applications Implementation and further development of support measures for the specific support of scientific and artistic-scientific employees in early career stages Supporting the Dorothea-Erxleben-Stipendienprogramm for artists with the professional aim of the artistic professorship in cooperation with the Ministry of Science and Culture of Lower Saxony and the Art Commission of the State of Lower Saxony
academic degree (Master of Arts or comparable degree) in a subject suitable for the orientation of HBK Braunschweig, ideally with completed doctoral degree very good knowledge of national and international research funding programmes, ideally own experiences in the recruitment of third-party funds good knowledge of university processes and structures as well as specific needs of academic and artistic-scientific employees in early career phases service-oriented understanding of science management very good knowledge of German and English very good knowledge of MS Office products (especially Word, Excel, PowerPoint) Experiences in project management and in the implementation of events Team orientation and strong communicative skills knowledge of scientific research and artistic development processes at an art college or comparable university institution and comprehensive knowledge of the possibilities of artistic development and leadership experience are desirable.
The Braunschweig University of Fine Arts promotes women as part of the legal possibilities and advocates gender equality and human diversity. Applications for disabled people are preferably taken into account with the same qualification. A proof shall be added. In principle, the workplace is part-time, provided that job sharing ensures the proper task. .
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![]() | Hochschule für Bildende Künste Braunschweig | |
| 38118 Braunschweig | ||
| Germany |
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