Open Positions at HUFAK

The department for working class students should be a safe space for discussion, support and networking for working class students at the university. In this mostly elitist university, one of the purposes of this department is to spread and raise awareness around the issue of “working class culture” and “class” as such. We try to spread as much as possible in this sense, seeking to reach in some way also future art students and new entrants, as it is an issue that transcends age and nationality, and our needs must be taken into account and treated with empathy. For it is a factor in the development of our studies. Likewise, we try to provide complicity, trust and a reflection where we can possibly look at ourselves, by organizing representation talks in which we have the opportunity to listen to successful people in the field of art who come from a background similar to ours. As a department within an art institution, we also organize and support initiatives such as exchange platforms: for the spoken as for art supplies and tips, actions and exhibitions related to the cause or inter-sectional to it. Students can always contact us with their doubts, requests and/or suggestions.

Application procedure

Please apply exclusively by mail to vorsitzteam@hufak.net with CV (kept informal) and a short letter of motivation (about ½ page).

Your Tasks:

• organise one event for semester centering working class students
• Be the contact point for students who come to you for consulting
• Have close communication with the Department for Intersectional Queer Feminist Content and the Anti-Racist Department
• Come to the team meeting every Monday at 5PM

You should:

• Speak German to be able to help students with communication with the Workers Chamber
• Be proactive and good at working in teams

The core task of the education and politics department (BiPol) is to observe, analyse and actively participate within the Austrian education policy. The department is the connecting link between all the different student representatives and gives advice on issues regarding study laws.

Application Process

Please apply exclusively via email to bipol@hufak.net with an informal CV and a short motivation letter (approximately ½ page).

Tasks

• Close collaboration with the department head
• Co-supervision of the student representatives (STVs)
• Active participation in committee activities to actively shape the present and future of the university
• Come to the team meeting every Monday at 5PM

You should:

• Be proactive and good at working in teams

The Department of Art and Theory positions itself as a mediator between the diverse learning opportunities offered by the Angewandte. On the one hand, we offer students project scholarships and extracurricular activities that enable them to grow together in a peer-to-peer learning environment. On the other hand, we strive to establish outreach partnerships with Angewandte departments as well as external partners to foster a critical and diverse approach to the relationship between artistic production and its contemporary contemporary culture.

Application Process

Please apply exclusively via email to kunstundtheorie@hufak.net with an informal CV and a short motivation letter (approximately ½ page).

Tasks

• Close collaboration with the department head
• Co-selection of approximately 350 submissions for special projects (SP) and rapid funding (BF)
• Assistance in finding new cooperation partnerships and outreach
• Design and co-curation of existing exhibition/interaction formats
• Active participation in committee activities to actively shape the present and future of the university
• Coming to the team meeting every Monday at 5PM

You should:

• Be proactive and good at working in teams

The main tasks of the department are to support student concerns regarding scholarships, family allowances, insurance, accessibility/inclusion, studying with special needs, studying and working, studying with children, and tuition fees.

Tasks

• Close collaboration with the department head
• Getting to know student concerns via email and personal meetings
• Co-supervision of the social grants
• Coming to the team meeting every Monday at 5PM

You should:

• Be proactive and good at working in teams

The infrastructure department takes care of the technical inventory of the Hufak and organizes the rental. We support students with events, technical and autonomous infrastructures and data protection. We also plan new acquisitions for the technical inventory.

Application Process

Please apply exclusively via email to infrastruktur@hufak.net with an informal CV and a short motivation letter (approximately ½ page).

Your Tasks:

• Rental of HUFAK equipment
• Support of student events
• Support of technical infrastructure
• Exchange with the data protection officer
• Support of self-managed infrastructure
• Come to the team meeting every Monday at 5PM

You should:

• Be proactive and good at working in teams

The PR department is responsible for the dissemination of news or the promotion of projects related to or for students of the Angewandte. At the same time, it takes care of sending out the Hufak newsletter for students as well as the website and the social media channels (Facebook / Instagram) of Hufak.

Application procedure

Please apply exclusively by mail to pr@hufak.net with CV (kept informal)and a short letter of motivation (about ½ page).

Your Tasks:

• preparing and sending out the newsletter
• keeping the website up to date
• creating graphics for print and digital use
• managing the instagram account
• Come to the team meeting every Monday at 5PM

You should:

• Have an affinity for graphic design
• Sometimes be a bit flexible
• Speak German because you will have to proofread things
• Be proactive and good at working in teams