1.
to be more open to foreign employees
by translating the necessary regulations, documents, forms into English, improving the communication skills in English for technical and administrative staff
2.
to unify and formalize certain procedures
by filing and investigating ethical issues, dealing with complaints, appeals, backing up data, storing and sharing data, evaluating researchers, recruiting and selecting researchers, preparing the necessary internal rules (e.g. on ethical issues), intellectual property rights, etc.)
3.
to support career development and counselling and continuous education
by preparation and publication of career plans, career development strategies, career guidance schemes and mentoring, management training
4.
to make all necessary documents available to (new) staff and raise awareness of employees
by preparation of a bilingual welcome information package, training of scientists on ethical issues, intellectual property rights
5.
to harmonize the recruitment process with the OTM-R principles
by developing a SAS OTM-R policy, preparing the necessary templates, manuals, documents, training for relevant persons, using different forms of recruitment
6.
to analyze the options of improving working conditions for researchers with a special emphasis on selected groups
by improving remuneration schemes, facilitating public procurement conditions, ballancing family and career life, enabling better access for disabled researchers, creating posts for doctoral students and postdocs