Student Assistant to Support a Teaching Course (m/w/d)

The Institute of Information Systems and Digital Business (IWI-HSG) has been conducting application and design-oriented research at the interface between business and IT for more than 30 years. The team at the chair of Prof. Dr. Jan Marco Leimeister strives to be a leading research institution that produces knowledge for the design of high-quality innovations in interdisciplinary collaboration with other research institutions and practice partners. This knowledge is intended to promote digital transformation for the benefit of society.

Your tasksAbout the JobEver wondered what it actually takes to design a course that hundreds of students remember? You'll get a rare look behind the curtain, helping shape what gets taught, how it's structured, and why it works. As a student assistant for the Course Business Innovation 2 you'll move between creative idea-building and hands-on academic work, contributing to fresh topics and supporting the steady improvement of how we teach. It's a chance to grow your own understanding of the field while leaving the course a little better than you found it.

Your tasks

• Support in the conceptual design and preparation of new, innovative topics
• Assistance with grading exams
• Support in the academic further development of the entire teaching-and-learning concept

Your profileYour profile

• Initiative and an independent way of working
• Currently enrolled in a Bachelor's or Master's program at HSG (if in the MBI: Business Innovation 2 course already completed)
• Reliability and a strong sense of responsibility
• Interest in looking behind the scenes of one of the largest institutes at HSG and helping to shape the teaching of tomorrow
• Excellent English skills; German is a plus

"A place where knowledge is created" - As one of Europe's leading universities of economics and business administration, the University of St.Gallen (HSG), Switzerland, is committed to the education of over 10'000 students. The HSG is one of the largest employers in the region and provides an attractive and innovative environment for more than 3'500 researchers, educators and professional staff.

Benefits

• Inspirational Work Environment: At the HSG, as Europe's leading business university, we operate in an entrepreneurial environment where you will meet highly qualified, ambitious experts - both regionally and internationally. For example, you benefit from a modern IT infrastructure and, in our library via HSGswisscovery, from nationwide access to the wealth of scientific information available.
• Executive Education: We support internal and external executive education opportunities. Our internal executive education programme offers you a practical, dedicated and didactically mature transfer of knowledge in the form of seminars, e-learning, coaching and collegial advice. We support task-specific external training and executive education financially as well as with regard to the time required.
• Network: We promote our culture of cross-functional collaboration and create space for forging valuable relationships - also with external partners. Regular exchanges and internal events help to strengthen these relationships and make them long-lasting.
• Family & Career: We provide our employees with flexible work time models with a variable number of hours per week. As a family-friendly employer, we offer part-time positions, 16 weeks of maternity leave and a subsidised crèche, as well as support with childcare during the vacations.
• Equal Opportunities: The University enables equal opportunities for all employees and students. This applies to degree courses and work, as well as academic careers, university management positions and the reconciliation of studies, work and private commitments. We are committed to this with various measures in the areas of teaching, research, administration and the Presidency.
• Fit and Healthy: We help you stay fit and healthy. In addition to our diverse range of sports activities at the university, most of which are free of charge, and campaign weeks for corporate health management, we also offer you fruit in the workplace. In our canteen you will find a wide selection of freshly prepared meals - from vegetarian to fish dishes - at discounted prices.