THW-2026-245 Department Head (m/f/d) Operations in the THW Management in Bonn

Now, here and everywhere in the world, the THW is in action. With around 88,000 volunteer helpers and around 2,200 full-time employees, we help people in emergency situations, disaster and civil protection cases – technically, logistically, or humanitarily. Our employees prove themselves in extreme situations on-site just as well as in training or administration. Do you want to be part of this unique community? Then apply. Now!

Department Head (m/f/d) Operations

in the THW Management in Bonn

B2 BBesO or non-tariff employment corresponding to salary group B2 BBesO - permanent

Reference number THW-2026-245

The Operations Department:

The Operations Department of the THW Management based in Bonn includes the five units Inland, Research Projects, Logistics, Fundamental Technology, Technical Descriptions / Procurement Control, as well as the Foreign Working Group, with a total of currently 183 employees.

Interesting tasks await you:

• Leading and managing the Operations Department, including ensuring nationwide operational readiness
• Responsibility for the successful execution of operations at home and abroad
• Participation in the top management level of the THW on strategic issues as well as the further development of the overall organization
• Defining a general strategy for the department in exchange with the agency management, taking into account external influencing factors such as civil protection, digitalization, demographic change, etc.
• Maintaining intensive exchange with representatives of other authorities, politics, and the public, as well as other organizations for hazard prevention and disaster relief, to integrate the THW into population protection

We look forward to your application if you:

• have a completed university degree (Master, Magister, Diplom (University), State Examination)
• have achieved at least 13 points (total) in a legal State Examination
• as a civil servant belong to at least salary group A 15 or are comparably classified employees in the public service

You are a personality who:

• leads with enthusiasm and can demonstrate several years (at least two years) of experience in personnel responsibility
• possesses knowledge of the organization and the legal foundations of civil and disaster protection
• ideally has professional experience in population protection or hazard prevention
• combines target-group-oriented communication, decisiveness, flexibility, persuasiveness, and coordination skills, as well as a strong sense of responsibility and quality, and experience in conflict management
• possesses social, intercultural, as well as gender and diversity competence
• and has very good English skills (comparable to C 1)
• enjoys close and cooperative cooperation with THW operational forces and likes to show their affiliation with the THW by wearing service or operational clothing on certain occasions
• considers multi-day business trips, service, and availability outside of regular working hours in the civil protection organization THW, which consists of around 98% volunteers, to be a matter of course

What we offer you:

• Future security
• Flexible working hours with a time account
• Company pension scheme and capital-forming benefits
• International projects
• Cooperation with volunteers
• Personal development
• Training and further education opportunities
• Operational qualification
• Deutschlandticket/ Jobticket
• Exciting travel activities
• Possibility of becoming a civil servant

Then we look forward to your meaningful application with the following documents:

• Motivation letter
• CV
• Certificates including a current assessment (in the current status office and ideally not older than 12 months) or a current job reference

Consent to undergo a security check according to the Security Check Act (SÜG) is a prerequisite for application. This security check must not result in a security risk that stands in the way of the security-sensitive activity (§ 14 SÜG).

The THW is subject to the Measles Protection Act. All employees must provide proof of immunity or a medical contraindication before employment. For persons born before 31.12.1970, natural measles protection is assumed, so no proof is required.

The THW stands for diversity and equal opportunity.

With us, you will find exciting tasks in a unique environment. For us, the job is not just a job: We support the compatibility of family, care duties, and profession, e.g., through telework, mobile working, and flexible working hour design. We are convinced that mixed teams achieve the best results and promote diversity in every form.

The advertised position is suitable for part-time placement. We are particularly interested in applications from women. Women will be given preferential consideration if they have equal qualifications.

Applications from severely disabled people and those equivalent to them will be given preferential consideration if they are equally suitable. Only a minimum degree of physical suitability is required.

For a foreign university degree, we require a certificate evaluation issued by the Central Office for Foreign Education (ZAB). It classifies your foreign university degree into the German education system. We ask you to search for your degree in the anabin info portal and attach the certificate evaluation to your application. If your degree cannot be found there, a certificate evaluation must be applied for.

Due to the importance of the position to be filled, your data will be passed on to the Federal Ministry of the Interior (BMI, Alt-Moabit 140, 10557 Berlin). The application documents will be used exclusively for the purpose of the selection process and will be destroyed after the completion of the selection process in compliance with data protection regulations.

Do you feel addressed? Then apply by stating the reference number THW-2026-245 by 30.09.2026 at

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For questions regarding the application process, the employees of the Personnel Recruitment Service Center at the Federal Administration Office are happy to assist you at the telephone number 0228 99-358 87500.

Learn more:

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