BfR Annual Report 2015

BfR

Annual Report 2015

Personnel and training

The BfR showed a significant increase in personnel in 2015. Whereas there was a total workforce of

757 at the end of 2014, this figure rose to 801 a year later and comprised 25 trainees, 113 civil servants

and 663 salaried employees subject to collective agreements. Two thirds of the BfR staff are women.

In addition to the operative work of the Personnel Sec-

tion, the implementation of an online application man-

agement system, the conception of target group-specific

programmes for refugees, postdocs and guest scientists

formed the areas of main focus in 2015 along with re-

auditing by berufundfamilie GmbH.

Personnel acquisition: Start of the online

application management system

Online application management was launched in April

2015. Where only postal application was previously pos-

sible, applicants now have the opportunity not only to find

out about job offers at the BfR via the internet, but also to

apply online. In this way, applicants can apply easily and

irrespective of the place or time, an advantage above all

to applicants from abroad. The online application man-

agement system has been very well accepted right from

the start. In the first six months since its introduction, the

share of postal applications has been reduced to a mere

17 %. With around 5,000 applications a year, the Person-

nel Section has not only established a modern means of

addressing applicants, they have also achieved signifi-

cant gains in efficiency.

To fulfil its tasks, the BfR is particularly reliant on a

committed and motivated workforce who contribute

their specific knowledge and skills in each field to

make the BfR an internationally recognised institute

for consumer protection.

People with different professions and experiences,

most of them with a background in scientific dis-

ciplines, such as medicine, veterinary medicine,

pharmacology, biology, chemistry, biochemistry,

food chemistry and nutritional sciences, work to-

gether at the BfR. Cooperation is distinguished

by a focus on objectives, self-reliance, loyalty and

performance orientation.

Working at the BfR