Head of Social Services

Head of Social Services 80 - 100%

Your new role

In this demanding function, you bear the overall responsibility for the strategic, personnel, and financial management of the Social Services with around 150 employees. Together with your leadership team, you will continuously develop the organization and its services and create the prerequisites for people in challenging life situations to be supported reliably, professionally, and effectively.

This position is for you if

• You have a university degree in Social Work, Law, Business Administration, or a comparable qualification.
• You bring several years of leadership experience and successfully lead, promote, and develop employees and managers.
• You live an appreciative and binding leadership culture, lead with clarity and empathy, and create trust.
• You possess sound knowledge of the social welfare system and can manage a complex service area professionally, organizationally, and economically.
• You actively shape the strategic development of an organization and implement change processes with foresight and persuasiveness.
• You move confidently in a political environment, think in networks, and win different stakeholders over for common solutions.

Your department

The Social Services make an important contribution to social cohesion in our city. They support people in various life situations and fulfill diverse legal tasks, particularly in the areas of social assistance including social and professional integration, the management of child and adult protection mandates including the support of private legal guardians, child support matters, socio-pedagogical family support, as well as assisted living. In doing so, effective, professional, and population-oriented support as well as a high quality of service are at the center of their actions.

Our corporate culture

We are a performance-oriented department and live an appreciative working atmosphere characterized by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We challenge and promote our employees based on their individual abilities and resources. We grant employees the greatest possible freedom of action within the scope of their tasks. Equal opportunity is a high priority for us, and our framework conditions support the compatibility of work and other areas of life.

What we offer

A challenging, meaningful leadership task with social impact and a versatile, professional working environment await you with us. You will work together with committed employees and managers and benefit from short paths as well as good networking within the city administration as well as with numerous external specialist offices and institutions. We offer you modern working conditions, flexible working time models including home office, and diverse opportunities for personal and professional development. Look forward to a central workplace in the middle of the city.

Further information

Your questions regarding the position will be gladly answered by Sarah Gerteis, Chief of Staff Social and Security Directorate, Telephone .
Please submit your complete application to us exclusively online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.

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