Head of the Library Service Area of the Phil. Fakultät and the Fachbibliothek Philologien (Area Manager)

Your Tasks

The Rheinische Friedrich-Wilhelms-Universität Bonn is an international research university with a wide range of subjects. 200 years of history, around 31,500 students, more than 6,000 employees, and an excellent reputation at home and abroad: the University of Bonn is one of the most significant universities in Germany and has been awarded Excellence University status.

The Philosophische Fakultät is looking for the earliest possible starting date, permanent and full-time (100%) for a

Head of the Library Service Area of the Philosophische Fakultät and the Fachbibliothek Philologien

The Fachbibliothek Philologien provides students, researchers, and teachers with scientific media on Western philologies and related subjects and offers attractive working opportunities. It thus enables research and teaching that is future-oriented and aligned with the needs of excellent science.

The Library Service Area of the Philosophische Fakultät serves the transformation of the libraries of the Philosophische Fakultät into a future-proof network of libraries within the Philosophische Fakultät within the current two-tier library system of the University of Bonn. The goal is to create innovative, efficient, sustainable structures and services together with the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek, the Dekanat of the Philosophische Fakultät, and the various libraries of the Philosophische Fakultät, which meet the changed forms of use and task profiles of humanities and social science libraries in the digital transformation. This also includes organizational consolidation while preserving the professional identity of the individual institutes of the broadly interdisciplinary Philosophische Fakultät.

Your tasks:

• strategic development of the Library Service Area of the Philosophische Fakultät, in particular:
• central contact person for the concerns of the libraries of the Philosophische Fakultät,
• development of a governance concept for the libraries of the Philosophische Fakultät,
• representation of the Philosophische Fakultät in library-related matters in cooperation with the Universitäts- und Landesbibliothek Bonn (ULB),
• further development of the subject-specific digital and physical service portfolio of the libraries of the Philosophische Fakultät as learning and meeting spaces and for scientific collaboration in coordination with the ULB.
• acquisition of special, project, and third-party funds,
• management of the Philologische Bibliothek.

Your Qualifications

• a completed relevant university degree with a doctorate,
• completed specialist training for the higher service at scientific libraries or a comparable qualification,
• several years of leadership experience (including lateral leadership),
• experience in Change Management and strategic negotiation management with various relevant actors in the university,
• strong communication and conflict resolution skills,
• a team-oriented personality with high social competence,
• an independent, very well-structured way of working as well as several years of experience with organizational tasks, project work, and ideally also with innovative learning space development (including international developments)
• proven very good English skills, level C1.

We offer

• a varied and demanding activity at one of the largest employers in the region, job security, and long-term stability,
• opportunities for training and further education,
• company pension scheme (VBL),
• numerous offers from university sports,
• very good connections to public transport due to the central location in Bonn, as well as the possibility to use low-cost parking options,
• remuneration according to Entgeltgruppe 14 TV-L.

The University of Bonn promotes an open, appreciative, and non-discriminatory university culture and is actively committed to equal opportunities and family-friendliness. We strive to reduce structural disadvantages and strengthen diversity in research, teaching, and administration. Therefore, we welcome all applications, regardless of ethnic or social origin, gender, sexual orientation, religion or belief, disability, or age.

Applications from women as well as people with severe disabilities and persons equivalent to them will be given preferential consideration within the framework of the Landesgleichstellungsgesetz (LGG) NRW and the Sozialgesetzbuch (SGB) IX.

If you are interested in this position with the reference number 2026/349, please send your complete and meaningful application documents via the online application form by 10.09.2026. Questions can be answered by Frau Dr. Alice Rabeler (E-Mail: arabeler@uni-bonn.de; Telephone: 0228 73 82083) or the Prodekan for Forschung, Digitales und Transfer, Prof. Dr. Adrian Hermann (E-Mail: phil.forschungsdekanat@uni-bonn.de; Telephone: 0228 73 6502).