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Depending on the assignment, we look for lawyers, legal counsel, compliance specialists, paralegals and other Legal and Compliance professionals. Each job advertisement sets out the tasks, experience and qualifications required. A bar admission or a specific qualification is only required if the role asks for it.

Apply directly through the relevant job advertisement. If no current vacancy fits, send us an open application to join our Talent Network. This allows us to consider you for future assignments.

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AlpinumHub is your personal portal at Alpinum Solutions. In AlpinumHub you can:

• keep your profile, contact details and availability up to date
• upload your CVs, employment references, diplomas and certificates
• view open opportunities, apply and follow the status of your applications
• find answers to frequent questions under Help & FAQ

For assignments in Switzerland, you also complete your onboarding in AlpinumHub once your assignment is confirmed.

AlpinumHub is available once you have a profile with us. To sign in, enter the email address you use with Alpinum Solutions. You will receive a secure sign-in link by email – no password needed.

Open AlpinumHub

Please send us an up-to-date CV and tell us about your areas of expertise, relevant experience, languages, availability, notice period, preferred workload and preferred locations. Let us know whether you are looking for employment or freelance assignments. Do not include any confidential client information. We will ask for further documents when they are needed.

We first discuss your profile, experience and preferences with you. When an assignment matches, we explain the details, present your profile to the client with your agreement and coordinate the interviews. The assignment is confirmed once you and the client have accepted it and the contract has been signed.

That depends on the assignment. The client's requirements, systems and security rules determine the working arrangement. Let us know your preferences early. Please note that remote work does not automatically mean you can work from any country. Working from abroad must be agreed in advance.

Yes. Tell us which roles or areas interest you. Keep your availability in AlpinumHub up to date and let us know about other ongoing applications so that we can coordinate interviews and possible start dates.

Yes. Besides employment through staff leasing, freelance assignments are possible and, in some cases, a later move into permanent employment with the client. Which model fits depends on the actual working arrangement. Contract terms and any transfer to the client are agreed separately.

Your Talent Manager is your contact for project-related questions and for communication with the client. Our HR & Payroll team handles your employment administration, salary and insurance. At the client, your agreed contact person coordinates your tasks, priorities and internal processes.

Your signed contract, start date, place of work, workload, contact persons and the access you need. Also clarify equipment, any security briefing, time recording and how you will coordinate with the team. Only start once all agreed approvals are in place. Your Talent Manager will help you with any open points.

Our privacy policy explains how we process your data and what rights you have. Please do not send confidential client documents as work samples. If you are unsure which information or documents we need, ask us before sending them.

Contact your Talent Manager as early as possible. Together we clarify tasks, expectations and next steps. Changes, extensions or an early end are governed by your contract. We are happy to discuss a follow-up assignment, but we cannot guarantee one.

Once the interviews are complete and both you and the client have confirmed the assignment, our HR team sends you an onboarding email with the key information for your start.

You sign your employment contract digitally through YouSign with a qualified electronic signature (QES), in accordance with the applicable legal requirements.

Please provide the following:

• your signed employment contract (via YouSign)
• the completed personnel questionnaire, which you receive from DATEV. Please complete it within 14 days.

In the DATEV personnel questionnaire you provide all the information and documents we need for your employment and payroll, for example your tax ID, social security number and a copy of your ID.

You will receive your employment contract through YouSign for electronic signature. Both you and Alpinum Solutions sign the contract digitally.

Once both signatures are complete, you can download the fully signed, legally valid employment contract and keep a copy for your records.

After your contract has been signed and before your assignment starts, your Talent Manager contacts you with all relevant information for your first working day, so that you can prepare for a smooth start.

AlpinumHub is your personal portal at Alpinum Solutions. You sign in with the email address you use with us and receive a secure sign-in link by email – no password needed. In AlpinumHub you can:

• keep your profile, personal details and availability up to date
• upload documents such as CVs, employment references, diplomas and certificates
• view new opportunities and follow your applications
• find answers to frequent questions under Help & FAQ

Open AlpinumHub

Please enter changes to your personal details, such as a new address or new contact details, directly in your profile in AlpinumHub. We are notified automatically about every change and process it. You do not need to send us a separate email.

Changes to your bank details are made via DATEV.

Please enter changes as soon as they occur so that we can take them into account in the next payroll run.

For all employment-related matters, including HR administration, salary payments and insurance, our HR team is available at hrde@alpinumsolutions.com.

For project-related questions and the organisation of your assignment, your Talent Managers at Alpinum Solutions are your main points of contact.

Your employment contract is for a fixed term and states the start and end dates. An extension requires a new contract, which you sign again through YouSign.

Temporary agency work involves three parties: you as the employee, Alpinum Solutions as your employer and staffing provider, and the client.

Your employment contract with Alpinum Solutions covers matters such as annual leave, sick pay and statutory social insurance. Alpinum Solutions and the client have a separate temporary staffing agreement for your assignment.

You work at the client and are part of its team for the agreed period. During the assignment, the client directs your day-to-day work.

Under the German Temporary Employment Act (AÜG), you can generally be assigned to the same client for a maximum of 18 consecutive months. Earlier assignments with the same client count towards this period if the break between them was no longer than three months.

After nine months with the same client, you are generally entitled to equal pay – the same pay as a comparable employee of the client. Deviations are only possible under the conditions of the AÜG, for example under an applicable collective agreement with sector-specific supplements.

Your Talent Manager will discuss with you in good time how your assignment can continue when these limits are reached.

You are entitled to 28 days of annual leave per year. For assignments shorter than twelve months, your entitlement is calculated pro rata.

Hakuna initially shows your entitlement up to the end of the current year. Your new pro-rata entitlement and any remaining balance carried forward are recorded automatically. Remaining leave should generally be taken by 31 March of the following year, subject to statutory exceptions.

Plan to take your leave during the assignment. As your employer, Alpinum Solutions must ensure that you take your leave and have time to rest.

Your monthly gross salary is based on your individually agreed regular monthly working hours. It consists of the collectively agreed hourly wage and an above-tariff allowance (ATZ 1). Your employment contract sets out the exact calculation.

Your monthly salary is paid by the 10th of the following month at the latest. If you submit your working hours in Hakuna on time, it is paid by the 5th of the following month.

After onboarding, your DATEV Arbeitnehmer online account is set up. DATEV sends you a letter – please register within 14 days.

Once registered, you can access your payslips digitally in DATEV.

Social insurance deductions for pension, unemployment, health and long-term care insurance follow the statutory rules. Your payslip lists each deduction.

Overtime should generally be avoided. If you work additional hours, record them in Hakuna together with your regular hours.

Alpinum Solutions keeps a separate working-time account. It records surplus and deficit hours to balance monthly differences between your agreed regular hours and the hours you actually worked.

Once you have built up enough surplus hours, you can request time off in lieu. Any remaining overtime is paid out at the end of your assignment.

Expenses are only reimbursed if the client requests and approves them. You must also agree them with Alpinum Solutions in advance.

You can then submit travel or accommodation costs within the agreed scope. Receipts are required.

After six months of continuous employment, you are entitled to annual special payments in the form of a holiday bonus and a Christmas bonus. The holiday bonus is paid with the June payroll and the Christmas bonus with the November payroll.

Record your working time in Hakuna, Alpinum Solutions’ time-recording system. This is required even if you also record your hours in a client system.

Enter the contractually agreed fixed working hours. You will find a link to the instructions in your onboarding email.

As an employee, you are normally covered by statutory pension insurance. If you are a lawyer and a member of a professional pension fund (Versorgungswerk), you may be able to obtain an exemption for this specific employment under section 6 SGB VI. Membership or self-employed legal practice alone does not exempt you automatically.

Check the requirements with your professional pension fund and Deutsche Rentenversicherung (DRV). Only the exemption decision determines whether statutory contributions cease for the employment concerned.

If no exemption is possible, ask your professional pension fund whether you can reduce your contributions to the minimum for the duration of the assignment.

DRV guidance on exemption

If you practise as a lawyer alongside your employment, you need a release declaration (Freistellungserklärung) from Alpinum Solutions as your employer. It must be complete and irrevocable. Please contact our HR team in good time.

The relevant bar association checks whether your employment is compatible with practising as a lawyer. It considers the time and location available for practice and potential conflicts of interest. The Berlin Bar Association’s fact sheet explains the process and criteria:

Berlin Bar Association fact sheet on secondary employment (PDF, German)

Nationwide German public holidays are recorded in Hakuna. The DGB public holiday calendar provides an overview.

In addition, the public holidays at your actual place of work apply. What counts is the federal state in which you work – not where you live or where the company is registered. For example, 6 January (Epiphany) is a public holiday in Bavaria but not in North Rhine-Westphalia.

Agree planned absences with the client first. Then record the agreed leave or other absence in Hakuna under “Absences”. For illness and accidents, please follow the separate reporting steps below.

1. Notify the client immediately that you are unable to work due to illness.
2. Record the illness in Hakuna under “Absences” and inform Alpinum Solutions at hrde@alpinumsolutions.com.
3. Have your incapacity for work certified by a doctor from the first day of illness.

Under the standard electronic procedure (eAU), we retrieve your certificate electronically from your health insurer. If you receive a paper certificate (for example with private health insurance), send it to hrde@alpinumsolutions.com. Your obligation to report your illness immediately remains in place.

More about the electronic medical certificate (eAU)

Notify Alpinum Solutions of any accident immediately at hrde@alpinumsolutions.com and inform the client. Please tell us when, where and how the accident happened and which injuries you have.

If the accident happened at work or on your way to or from work, tell the doctor that it is a work-related accident. Our HR team will then clarify the next steps with you.

Your fixed-term employment contract normally ends on the agreed end date of your assignment. If the project is not extended, your employment with Alpinum Solutions ends as well. You will receive an offboarding email. If you are interested in a follow-up assignment, please let your Talent Manager know early.

Yes. At the end of your assignment, you will receive an employment reference from Alpinum Solutions.

Unused annual leave is paid out with your final salary. Where possible, plan to take your leave during the assignment and clarify any remaining balance with us in good time.