Gender Equality Officer of the University of Rostock

The Gender Equality Officer is tasked with supporting the directors and central committees of the University of Rostock in complying with the legal requirement to actually promote the implementation of the equal treatment of women an men and to remove all obstacles currently barring the way to the same.

In order to achieve the stated objectives, in particular to increase the proportion of women in science, the Gender Equality Officer also provides senior managers with advice on structural change measures. She also has the right to issue a position statement in relation to the process of appointing professors. The Gender Equality Officer strives to ensure that equal opportunities aspects are taken into consideration by the University in fulling its objectives in terms of development planning and resource allocation, particularly in relation to study and research.

The Gender Equality Officer must be involved in all staff-related, social and organisational measures pertaining to female employees, such as placements, promotions, classifications, upgrading, personnel transfers and the assignment of higher-level tasks, the formulation of job vacancies, selection processes, interviews, advanced training initiatives, disciplinary measures, and workplace design. In addition, the Gender Equality Officer provides information and supports to the University's female staff in relation to any and all problems.