Personnel and administrative bodies

• Advisory member on the Departmental Council
• Advisory member in the Professorial Appointments Committees
• Advisory participation in hiring procedures
• Contact person for female employees and staff

Strategic development planning

• Development and coordination of a gender equality concept

Promotion of gender equality in the respective departments

• Planning and implementation e.g. workshops on gender awareness and advancement of women
• Planning and implementation of networking events
• Measures to attract female students to the degree programmes and respective training opportunities

Budget

• Participation in the awards committee for women’s advancement funds for the respective department

Election and work regulations

• Election by the women’s plenary of the respective area for two years
• Appointment by the Dean of the respective department
• Ideally, female employees and staff from various status groups (one or more deputies will be elected)
• Activities are carried out during working hours (release from official duties without reduction of earnings, to the extent that is necessary for the execution of their tasks; the appropriate reassignment of tasks will be decided on within the department)
• Certificate signed by the President of the TU and the central Gender Equality Officer attesting to voluntary activities as decentralised Gender Equality Officer

Meetings of Decentralised Gender Equality Officers

• Regularly scheduled meetings with the Gender Equality Officers from other fields and the central Gender Equality Officer
• Information about current measures and projects
• Discussions about current individual cases and matters concerning University policy
• When necessary, the formation of working groups for certain topics
• Exchange of information and ideas with experts
• Opportunities for further training