UMSICHT as employer

Diverse, modern and supportive – Fraunhofer UMSICHT offers ideal conditions for your professional development. Because we know: It is the employees who make our institute special.

On this page, we take a look at Fraunhofer UMSICHT as an employer. The focus is on the institute culture and UMSICHT work as well as on offers regarding work-life balance and further education.

Diversity | New Work | Leadership guidelines  | Work-life balance | Health management | Further education

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As a modern research institution, diversity and equal opportunities are important concerns for us, and we work on them together every day. Our conviction: Diversity promotes innovation and makes a positive contribution to individual competence development and the economic success of Fraunhofer UMSICHT.

We are pleased to have a very heterogeneous staff at our institute – with regard to both age structures and the respective cultural background. To ensure that this remains the case in the future, we promote cross-generational cooperation as well as intercultural exchange. Through measures such as participation in Girls' Day or the internal career program TALENTA, we also want to strengthen women in MINT professions.

Diversity statement of Fraunhofer UMSICHT

Fraunhofer UMSICHT is one of the pioneers in the Fraunhofer-wide introduction of flexible working: The company agreement on New Work/ Flex Work has been in effect since October 2020. It forms the framework for location- and time-flexible work at the institute. This has created an environment that offers scientific freedom, promotes both work-life balance and creativity, and is based on a culture of cooperation.

The managers of Fraunhofer UMSICHT are guided by guidelines that are adapted to the area of tension between science and business. They strive for outstanding research results, enable performance and development, place value on cooperation and take time for leadership. And of course, the further development of one's own competencies is not neglected.

Details can be found on the page Leadership Guidelines of Fraunhofer UMSICHT. 

Do you want to take off in your career without neglecting your private and family life? Then Fraunhofer UMSICHT is the right place for you. As a research institute that has received several awards for its family-friendliness, we offer you a range of measures to reconcile work and family.

With our MiKi-Office we have, for example, created a way to combine childcare and everyday working life. In the event of childcare bottlenecks, you can use the office to look after your child during working hours. In cooperation with the University of Duisburg-Essen, we also offer holiday childcare and arrange childcare places for U3 children if capacity is available. Last but not least, thanks to flexible part-time models (also in management positions), you can adapt your working hours to your life situation.

For expectant mothers and fathers, we offer advice on all aspects of parental leave and support them in their return to working life. In cooperation with the pme Familienservice, UMSICHT employees can also take advantage of consulting and placement services related to elder care or life coaching.

With our health promotion measures, we want to support employees in staying healthy and feeling well in the long term. The offer ranges from regular "active breaks" to concepts for back training and stress prophylaxis to health days. Courses and consultations take place both on-site at the institute and virtually.

We also take the issue of mental stress very seriously and try to take preventive action. Within the framework of anonymous surveys, for example, we identify areas for action and work on them. In addition, employees receive support from established contact persons as needed.

Further education is an important part of the UMSICHT culture. The focus is always on the individual needs of the employees: Depending on the direction in which tasks and responsibilities are to develop at the institute, there are various measures to choose from – from executive coaching to team development to classic seminars. In addition, there is a large number of continuing education programs for different target groups. An overview.