Head (m/f/d) of the Asylum and Humanitarian Team (Civil Servant - General Internal Administration (upper non-technical service))

Head (m/f/d) of the Asylum and Humanitarian Team

at the Bürger- und Ordnungsamt

Workplace location: Stadthaus Luisencenter, Luisenplatz 5, 64283 Darmstadt

Are you looking for a new professional challenge and simultaneously desire a secure job with family-conscious personnel policies? Then you have come to the right place! To lead our team of ten employees, we offer you the following position: Our offer:

• Status: Civil servant (Beamter/in) as well as salaried employee (Tarifbeschäftigte/r)
• Entry: immediately
• Duration: permanent
• Working hours: Full-time (41 or 39 hrs./week), part-time possible
• Pay: A 11 HBesG or EG 11 TVöD
• (Gross) salary: €4,669.92 to €6,326.77 (depending on professional experience, applies only to salaried employees)
• Monthly salaries: 12.85 (incl. annual special payment only for salaried employees)
• Application deadline: September 30, 2026, reference number 1/193 (please state)

Your tasks:

• Leading the Asylum and Humanitarian Team o exercising service and technical supervision as well as personnel management in the above-mentioned area and the employees subordinate to it o independent preparation and monitoring of duty or vacation schedules o development and strategic further development of the area of responsibility o implementation of family-friendly and health-oriented personnel policies as well as promotion of gender equality o continuous optimization of personnel deployment as well as organizational structure and processes o management of timely and appropriate task completion o responsible performance of all leadership tasks in the sense of occupational health and safety o management of induction as well as on- and offboarding processes o active implementation of applicable data protection regulations
• Managing the team's communication o passing on information regarding internal and external specifications, legal changes, and adjustments o processing legal innovations and changes in foreign residents' law (Ausländerrecht) in relation to the activities performed
• Management of personnel resources, including personnel deployment planning
• Project-related activities, including representation in working and project groups
• Training of junior staff

Your qualification:

Civil servants:

• Bachelor's degree or career examination for the upper general administrative service (completed course of study: Bachelor of Arts – Public Administration or General Administration or Dipl. Verwaltungswirt/in) or
• Civil servants with career examination for the middle general administrative service who have acquired the qualification for the upper general administrative service through career advancement

or

Salaried employees:

• completed training as a Verwaltungsfachwirt/in or a comparable qualification

Additionally required:

• several years of relevant professional experience (at least 2 years)
• proof of professional and pedagogical suitability for training according to § 2 of the Ausbildereignungsverordnung (AdA-Lehrgang) or the willingness to acquire training suitability promptly
• thorough knowledge of foreign residents' law (Ausländerrecht) with the associated laws, regulations, etc.
• knowledge of regulatory and administrative law or the willingness to acquire this promptly
• the ability to implement relevant laws, regulations, decrees, and current case law and to explain them to employees
• good oral and written expression as well as sound MS-Office skills
• the ability to form, lead, and manage a team
• teamwork, resilience, conflict management skills, assertiveness, and a sense of responsibility
• suitability for screen work
• sound English skills (at least language level B1/B2)

Furthermore desirable:

• additional good foreign language skills or the willingness to expand language skills
• willingness to work outside of usual service hours in exceptional cases
• service-oriented, citizen-friendly attitude

Good reasons to work with us:

Secure employment, fair pay according to collective agreements, and a good work-life balance plus many other benefits that you can discover. Find out more here: https://www.darmstadt.de/13gruende (https://www.darmstadt.de/13gruende).

Learn more about us as an employer and about the collective agreements applicable to us at https://www.darmstadt.de/rathaus/karriere (https://www.darmstadt.de/rathaus/karriere).

You can find out which leadership tasks await you and which competencies you should bring to this at https://www.darmstadt.de/fileadmin/Dateistruktur2024/04_RATHAUS/05_Karriere/Arbeiten_bei_der_Stadt_Darmstadt/Stellenangebote/Fuehrungskraefteprofil.pdf (https://www.darmstadt.de/fileadmin/Dateistruktur2024/04_RATHAUS/05_Karriere/Arbeiten_bei_der_Stadt_Darmstadt/Stellenangebote/Fuehrungskraefteprofil.pdf).

Further information regarding the tasks of the position is provided by Mr. Simon, Department Head, Tel.: 06151 13-2220.

The science city of Darmstadt actively promotes the equality of all employees and therefore welcomes applications from women and men, regardless of their cultural and social origin, age, religion, worldview, disability, or sexual identity. Severely disabled and equivalent applicants will be given preferential consideration if they are suitably qualified.

Are you looking for a meaningful activity and value independent work in a complex legal field? Then we look forward to your meaningful application!

Please submit your complete application documents (cover letter, CV, as well as relevant certificates and proofs). In case of doubt, incomplete applications may not be considered in the further selection process.

Supplementary information: Requirements for the applicant: Basic knowledge: Verwaltungswissenschaften Advanced knowledge: Personalwesen, Personalplanung, Ablauforganisation, Aufenthaltsgesetz (AufenthG) Mandatory: Aufsicht, Leitung, Gruppen-, Teamleitung