Working hours

Mondays to Fridays from 8.30 a.m. to 2.30 p.m., office hours by arrangement

Short Vita

Staff member since 2007 and Deputy Head of the Rectorate Staff Unit IGaD since 2014

2007 - 2014
Coordination of the mentoring programme TANDEM (since 2011 TANDEMstud & TANDEMdok) | Collaboration in Gender & Diversity Management | Collaboration on the RWTH's internal diversity concept 2013 - 2018

2014 - 2020
General management of  the TANDEM mentoring programmes | Management of the Gender Consulting Service for research associations | Consulting of the university‘s institutions for their gender equality plans | Consulting of the clusters of excellence on gender & diversity | Active Participation/Contribution in the strategic development of the gender & diversity management | Participation in the personnel development concept (2017) | Contribution to the action plan for equality 2017 - 2022 | Contribution to the new edition of the Golden Rules of family-friendly personnel management (2018)

Since 2020
Coordination of the mentoring programmes TANDEMstud (until 2022) & TANDEMdok | Comprehensive activities in Gender & Diversity Management | Contact person forumDIVERSITY | Coordination of the Diversity Strategy (2022 - 2027)

Main areas of work and expertise

Diversity Strategy (2022 - 2027) | Gender & Diversity Management | Conception, development, and implementation of mentoring programmes for different qualification levels | Consulting of new mentoring initiatives | Diversity in mentoring

Co-editor and author

Budde Mechthild und Doebert, Gitta. Modul Networking. Proaktives Netzwerken in Mentoring-Programmen als Handlungsprinzip, in: Petersen, Renate / Budde, Mechthild / Brocke, Pia Simone / Doebert, Gitta / Rudack, Helga / Wolf, Henrike: Praxishandbuch Mentoring in der Wissenschaft (2017), Springer Verlag.
Budde, Mechthild und Doebert, Gitta. Mentoring-Programme für Studierende. Selbstvergewisserung, Zielentwicklung und Vernetzung in studentischen Statuspassagen, in: Petersen, Renate / Budde, Mechthild / Brocke, Pia Simone / Doebert, Gitta / Rudack, Helga / Wolf, Henrike: Praxishandbuch Mentoring in der Wissenschaft (2017), Springer Verlag.

Memberships

Bundesverband Mentoring in der Wissenschaft, Forum Mentoring e.V. since 2007 (2013 - 2016 spokesperson of working group High Potentials, working group Diversity im Mentoring