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Training & FÖJ

A diverse range of apprenticeships – that’s what the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt offers.
Start a professional career with one of the largest foundations in Europe.

At the German Federal Foundation for the Environment (DBU)

• IT specialist for system integration
• Management assistant for office management

at the DBU Center for Environmental Communication

• Media designer
• Event manager
• FÖJ

Our offer: A diverse training for a professional future

DBU offers young people excellent training for their future careers. The trainees get to know different departments, meet in regular trainee rounds where they can exchange ideas and learn new things, and are also supported by external training events such as office courses, telephone training or courses to prepare for exams.

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Data protection applications

Collection and use of personal data in the application process

Thank you for your interest in the Deutsche Bundesstiftung Umwelt (DBU). This privacy statement informs you about the handling of your personal data, which the Deutsche Bundesstiftung and its subsidiaries, the Zentrum für Umweltkommunikation gGmbH and DBU Naturerbe GmbH, undertake to comply with.

It is important to us to ensure the highest possible protection of your personal data. All personal data collected and processed by us as part of an application are protected by technical and organizational measures against unauthorized access and manipulation.
Your data will be collected for the purpose of applying for employment in the respective corporate division of the DBU and its subsidiaries (see above). The legal basis for this is § 26 para. 1 i. V. m. Para. 8 sentence 2 BDSG.

1. application-related data
This can be general data about you such as your name, contact details or curriculum vitae, it can be information about your professional qualifications such as school, training and university degrees or certificates, as well as other information that you provide to us in connection with your application. The data and information will be stored together with your name for the duration of the application process.
Your personal data will be deleted after completion of the application process, subject to a retention period of six months, unless longer storage is required due to legal disputes. Likewise, trial work performed and notes prepared by employees involved in the selection process during an interview will also be destroyed.

2. use and disclosure of personal data
We may disclose your personal data within the DBU and its subsidiaries to the employees involved in the selection process, including the works council, to the extent that this is permissible within the scope of the purposes set out in section 1. In addition, personal data is processed on the basis of agreements on commissioned processing in accordance with Article 28 DSGVO, among other things by the applicant management system BITE used by us via the ITEBO group of companies.
An automated decision in individual cases within the meaning of Article 22 DSGVO does not take place. The decision on your application is not based on automated processing.
A transfer of your personal data to a third country is not intended.
The provision of your personal data is neither legally nor contractually required, nor are you obliged to provide your personal data. However, the provision of personal data is required for an employment relationship with us. This means that unless you provide us with personal data when applying, we will not enter into an employment relationship.
Insofar as an employment relationship arises between you and us, we may, pursuant to § 26 para. 1 BDSG, we will further process the personal data already received from you for the purposes of the employment relationship if this is necessary for the implementation or termination of the employment relationship or for the exercise or fulfillment of the rights and obligations of the employee representation resulting from a law or a collective agreement, a company or service agreement (collective agreement).

3. your rights
You have the right to request information about your stored personal data at any time. Furthermore, you have the right to demand that your data be corrected and, if necessary, supplemented. You have the right to object at any time to processing based on Article 6 para. 1 letter f DSGVO processed personal data.
You can revoke your consent at any time with effect for the future and without giving any reasons by informing our Head of Human Resources Ms. Christiane Lückemeyer at c.lueckemeyer@dbu.de or the Data Protection Officer at the details below of your revocation.
You have the right to request that we delete your personal data. If legal regulations do not permit deletion, your data will be restricted in processing so that they can only be accessed for the purpose of complying with mandatory legal regulations.

4. data security
We have taken extensive technical and operational precautions to protect your data from accidental or intentional manipulation, loss, destruction or access by unauthorized persons. Our security procedures are regularly reviewed and adapted to technological progress.

If you have any questions about the use of your data or wish to exercise your data subject rights, please contact our data protection officer.

This data protection information applies to data processing by:

Person responsible:
German Federal Foundation for the Environment
An der Bornau 2

49090 Osnabrück

Phone: +49 541 9633 0
Fax: +49 541 9633 190
Email: info@dbu.de

The DBU’s data protection officer can be contacted at the above address, Attn. Mr. Finkemeyer, or can be reached at datenschutz@dbu.de.