Announcement of vacancies in the AStA

In addition to the core tasks for a department or working group, there are some general requirements for working in the AStA:

• Active participation in student committees & academic committees related to the department
• Regional and national networking in the department and active alliance work
• Mandatory participation in StuPa and AStA meetings (including commercial departments)
• Writing minutes (including AStA meetings) and accountability reports
• Overseeing the opening hours of the AStA offices for around 3 hours a month
• Collaboration and support at events/projects of the other departments

As a speaker, you can also implement your own projects in the department, contact the relevant departments if there are problems within the university, or design projects together with them.

You don't have to implement your ideas alone - you can also develop ideas with people outside the AStA.

There is an expense allowance for voluntary work, which is paid per department or per working group. According to the financial regulations of the student body, the amount of the expense allowance per department/working group is currently 400 EUR/month; if the department/working group is staffed by two people, 2/3 of the expense allowance is paid per person.

Core tasks:

• Design of the digital h_da AStA (with a focus on data protection)
• Improvement of the digital infrastructures at the h_da and bundling existing infrastructures
• Training & support of the new AStA, StuPa & FSRe with the digital AStA software
• Co-maintenance & maintenance of the AStA website and digital support of AStA projects
• Promotion/implementation of events on digital media competence, AI and data protection

Core tasks:

• Prevention work & raising awareness of discrimination-critical actions of any kind
• Contact person for those affected by group-related xenophobia, violence (psychological/physical)
• First point of contact for LGBTQIA+ and FLINTA h_da people for information and referral to organizations, counseling services, queer groups - regular consultation hours
• Cooperation and participation with supra-regional/regional structures,
• Creating awareness of the problem of equal opportunities through education and information
• Holding events to raise awareness of the topics of the unit
• Starting to draft an anti-discrimination guideline for the h_da student body

Editor's note: the name of the department was decided at the 10th meeting of the 53rd student parliament.

Core tasks:

• AStA (h_da student body) interest representation and external representation
• Cooperation and exchange with the Hessian AStA and the Darmstadt Student Union
• Networking with other interest groups of students, pupils, trainees and other educational institutions/organizations
• Close cooperation and coordination with the Internal University Policy Department

Core tasks:

• Support for student employees
• AStA (h_da student body) Representation of interests in the academic h_da committees
• Good cooperation with the student councils, coordination of the student council conferences (FSK)
• Promote student-friendly campus development (e.g. learning, laboratory, work rooms)
• Develop ideas to increase student participation in the committees
• Increase the transparency of university bodies for students (administration, committees, etc.)

The department is open with a double staffing, i.e. a staffing of two people. If there is interest and appropriate arguments, the Internal University Policy Department can also be staffed as a single department (after a decision by the StuPa).

A second person is sought.

Core tasks:

• Contact point for international h_da students in all matters
• Networking with other AStA International departments and groups/organizations on the topic
• Promotion and implementation of international student events
• Planning of projects in cooperation with the International Office on projects and to make the current problems of international students visible

Core tasks:

• Promoting and holding events on educational and cultural topics
• Proactive education and raising awareness of educational and socio-political topics
• Expanding the cultural space and political offerings for students in analogue and, if necessary, digital form

Core tasks:

• Contact point, mediation and support for students in all socio-political matters
• structural improvement of the living conditions of students, especially for disadvantaged students
• active networking and cooperation with social interest groups (e.g. students with children, students in precarious housing situations, financially disadvantaged students) & social AStA departments
• organization/implementation of offers and events on socio-political topics and political education

The department is open with a double staffing, i.e. a staffing of two people. If there is interest and appropriate arguments, the social policy department can also be staffed as a single department (after a decision by the StuPa).

A second person is sought.

Core tasks:

• Qualified assistance & support for students as part of regular consultation hours on the subject of BAföG, study financing, housing, family, disability, and for "working class children"
• Proactive education and raising awareness among university members on the above topics

What is the difference between a department in the AStA and a working group (AG)?

The departments usually meet weekly for the AStA meetings, at which each department can bring up, discuss and vote on topics. The speakers have an advisory vote in the StuPa. In general, one can say that the departments have more of a political dimension and task.

In the working groups, individual consultations usually take place or they serve to maintain the infrastructure of the AStA or to carry out the tasks of the AStA. Working groups can and may contribute to AStA meetings, but have no vote in votes. They are responsible to the AStA departments, work according to its instructions and report regularly to the Student Parliament and the AStA.

In addition to filling positions in departments and working groups, there are other committees that need to be filled.

These currently include

• the Council of Elders (3 people)
• the student electoral board (2 people)

Here it is sufficient to register with the StuPa presidium (praesidium.stupa@asta.hda.de) shortly beforehand or to come to the StuPa meeting and introduce yourself. There is no need for a formal application as is the case with the departments/working groups.