Highlighting our research

The research we do serves the clear aim of promoting human-centred work design. Our communications professionals create real value with the contributions they make to this goal. They ensure our scientific findings are not confined to the science system, but can have an impact at various levels and among the relevant audiences we are trying to engage with.

Our main target groups are actors in the world of work, both within individual organisations and across the economy as a whole, policymakers, regulators, and the general public. For the most part, our policy advice, official, and statutory functions are performed directly by the scientists responsible for research and regulation at the Federal Institute for Occupational Safety and Health (Bundesanstalt für Arbeitsschutz und Arbeitsmedizin, BAuA). All other science communication and knowledge transfer activities are dealt with by the multidisciplinary team of communications professionals on hand at BAuA and DASA, who are highly skilled at presenting information appropriately for different audiences. Cooperating closely with our experts in research and regulation, we therefore approach knowledge transfer as a targeted, dialogue-oriented, science-based process. In this way we ensure employers, policymakers, academics, the occupational safety and health community, and the wider public take notice of our research results.

Our portfolio includes classic press work, our website, publications in various formats, social media content, and much more.

In addition, BAuA operates one of the biggest technical museums in Germany, the DASA Working World Exhibition. DASA conveys basic and introductory information about the world of work for a broad public. It also hosts temporary exhibitions that revolve around the individual and all their physical, psychological, social, and cultural needs. Its award-winning exhibition concept avoids finger-wagging, instead encouraging visitors to learn proactively through sensory experiences.

Our communication channels are just as diverse as our scientific and technical capacities. Communication scientists, psychologists, museum practitioners, educationalists, graphic and media designers, and many other specialists work together to get BAuA’s messages across loud and clear.

Outstanding working conditions

If you join our communications team, you will be using language to good effect. As a governmental research establishment with many distinguished authorities on its staff, BAuA is listened to and held in high esteem for its independent, scientifically based expertise. This makes it the perfect place for someone who wants to make a difference by applying their communication skills and spreading the word about healthy, human-centred approaches to work.

You will benefit from BAuA’s outstanding working conditions and the secure employment offered by the public sector. Enhance your capabilities or acquire new skills at BAuA with the help of our individualised continuing professional development plans. Flexible working times, work-life balance, a welcoming, cooperative workplace atmosphere, and good equipment both on site and in your home office create exactly the right environment for you to make the most of your talents as a communicator.

Contact

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