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First of all: Welcome to the University of Geneva!
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About the conditions of employment at UNIGE, activities or general information.
General Conditions
- Standard of a flexible 40h/week for a full time position.
Respectfully, the building hours are:
| Building | Monday to Friday | Saturday | Sunday |
| Sciences II and Sciences III | 7h30-20h00 | Closed | Closed |
https://www.unige.ch/batiment/service-steps/prestations/surete/horaire-batiments/
- 6 weeks annual leave.
- You can also find here, the several official bank holidays:
https://www.unige.ch/sciences/fr/informationspratiques/horaires/calendrieracademique/
For the official 2019 bank holidays click here
Salary ranges for postdocs
According to Swiss National Science Foundation (SNF) rule:
The following salary ranges are annual gross salaries, excluding social security contributions by the employer, calculated on a full -time basis.
Postdocs annual salary range from CHF 80,000 to 105,000.
For lower work -time percentages, the amounts must be reduced accordingly.
"Cahier des Charges"
- Each "cahier des charges" is to be defined and agreed personally with the supervisor and can be different from lab to lab.
- Post-Doctoral fellows at the Unige are expected to teach and/or give practicals for a certain percentage of their contract (usually 20-30%).
We also recommend you to attend the Human Resources welcome presentation organized each year for new collaborators (2017 Slides.pdf).
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