Martin Luther University Halle-Wittenberg
University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt

Training and work experience

The ULB provides training for both middle and senior civil service roles. Here you will find an overview of our vocational training programmes. We also regularly offer work experience placements at our library.

 

Overview

Apprenticeship as a Media and Information Services Assistant

Duration of training

The training programme lasts three years and starts on 1 August or 1 September each year. During your training, you will attend both the ULB and the vocational college.

Your salary

We pay in accordance with the collective agreement for apprentices employed by the federal states in apprenticeship occupations under the Vocational Training Act (TVA-L BBiG).

Your holiday

30 days a year

Your skills
  • Secondary school leaving certificate with good to very good grades in German and English
  • Basic PC skills, including MS Office applications
  • Reliability, a sense of responsibility and a strong willingness to learn and work hard
  • physical stamina
  • Enjoyment of service-oriented work
Here’s what we can offer you!
  • professional support
  • very good prospects
  • a wide variety of tasks
  • a great team
  • Further education and training
  • Coverage of all accommodation and travel expenses
Your application!

The application process for the start of the apprenticeship opens in the autumn/winter of the previous year. You can find the current job advertisement here. We need the following summarised in a single PDF:

  • Cover letter
  • tabular CV
  • the most recent school reports
  • Assessments and other documents

Once we have reviewed the applications received, we will invite a shortlist of candidates to an interview. Following the selection process, we will send out our offers and rejections as soon as possible.

We wish you every success with your application!

Research traineeship

Every two years, the ULB trains academic librarians through a traineeship programme. The accompanying academic degree programme leading to a Master of Library and Information Sciences is undertaken in parallel at the Institute for Library Science in Berlin (IBI).

 

During the traineeship, trainee academic librarians receive 50% TVL E13. The university covers the costs of studying at the IBI.

 

Thanks to their academic training, academic librarians are able to build on the latest findings in their respective disciplines, integrate new knowledge and navigate infrastructural, technological and societal change within a complex environment. They operate at the interface between research and infrastructure. They provide advice on open access academic publishing, research data management, information retrieval and the management of projects and libraries.

 

As part of the traineeship, trainees rotate through all departments of the library, familiarise themselves with the library’s key areas of activity and assist specialist departments.

 

Upon successful completion of the programme, graduates usually start their careers at pay scale TVL E 13 or above. The prospects of finding a job quickly are exceptionally good, though they vary depending on one’s area of specialisation.

Work experience in our library – For school pupils, university students and apprentices

The University and State Library of Saxony-Anhalt offers motivated school pupils, university students and external trainees on the ‘Media and Information Services Assistant’ course the opportunity to gain fascinating insights into the diverse work of our library through an internship. We are happy to provide support with career guidance and offer valuable practical experience in a professional library environment.

Please note the following points:

 

  • We require students and external trainees to undertake a compulsory work placement as part of their training or degree course (compulsory work placement).
  • School work experience placements are possible within the framework of school regulations.

 

As there are a limited number of internship places available, we would ask you to apply as early as possible. The internship is unpaid.

Application documents

We require the following documents for your application:

  • Cover letter or letter of motivation
  • tabular CV
  • for pupils: most recent school report
  • for students: a current certificate of enrolment
  • Proof of the compulsory work placement
Application deadlines
  • For a placement semester or longer placements (2 months or more), we recommend that you apply at least 6 months in advance.
  • For school leavers’ work placements, we ask that you submit your application approximately 2.5 months before your desired start date
Contact

Please send your applications to in electronic form to Ms Anne-Sophie Brühl (anne-sophie.bruehl@bibliothek.uni-halle.de)

We look forward to receiving your detailed applications and to your interest in getting involved in the day-to-day running of our library!