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Head of Department (m / f / d) for the "Technology" division at the Office of Press and Public Relations

Company description

The Office of Press and Public Relations is looking for a Head of Department (m / f / d) for the "Technology" area in the "Online Communication" department from July 1, 2025!

Would you like to contribute your skills, ideas and experience to the further development of the City of Cologne's website? Does this sound like the challenge you are looking for? Then apply now and join Cologne!

Responsibilities:

• Manage the "Technology" department with currently five employees and are responsible for occupational health and safety matters in the area of responsibility.
• Design, create, develop and manage web applications for interfaces to the Imperia web content management system or from the Imperia system to web applications, modules and templates for Imperia.
• Ensure quality assurance of the front- and backend developments of stadt.koeln, integrate innovative technologies and evaluate new web and mobile technologies for stadt.koeln.
• Take on project management of IT projects, including project planning and conception of structures and the layout for online applications, and provide technical advice to city leadership and departments.
• Support and advise departments on the professional provision of textual, visual, animated or audio content on stadt.koeln and external websites.
• Assume the role of deputy head of the online editorial department.
• Participate in work assignments outside the usual framework for special events and/or functions (e.g. elections, large-scale operations, major events).

Your active support as a special functionary in the implementation of elections and the motivation of your employees to take on such a function is requested. This applies to a maximum of 3 days per election, which will be rewarded with special leave and an expense allowance.

Your Profile:

• A successfully completed university degree (at least a Bachelor's degree or FH diploma) in media informatics, business informatics, media sciences, economic sciences, administrative sciences, or Public Administration/Management.
• Alternatively, you have successfully completed administrative course two (formerly employee course two) as a tariff employee or as a civil servant with the qualification for career group 2, 1st entry level of the non-technical administrative service.

What else matters to us:

• Sound knowledge and experience in web applications, content management systems and website administration.
• In-depth specialist knowledge of the structure and programming of the Imperia content management system (CMS) or a comparable CMS.
• Knowledge and experience of working with Git, frameworks, responsive design, Linux, databases, API, AI and web servers.
• Several years of experience in editorial and public relations work with in-depth specialist knowledge of online topics.
• Willingness to learn and perform, analytical skills, flexibility in finding solutions.
• Strong argumentation and conflict resolution skills, cooperation skills, especially service and service orientation.
• Gender competence and a commitment to diversity, work-life balance, and the effective advancement of women.

Desirable:

• Knowledge and experience in software architecture, project management, and media management.
• Experience in leading teams or groups.
• Living an open and constructive culture of discussion.

We offer you:

• A versatile and varied job.
• Work-life balance.
• Mobile working and home office opportunities.
• Guidelines for leadership and collaboration.
• Job and wage security.
• 30 days vacation.
• Performance-related bonus.
• Collectively agreed annual special payment.
• Over 700 training opportunities.
• Part-time management.
• Company sports and prevention programs in everyday working life.

The position is valued according to pay group 12 TVöD or salary group A 12 career group 2, 1st entry level LBesG NRW. The weekly working time is 39 hours (tariff employees) or 41 hours (civil servants). Part-time and full-time employment is possible.

Your Application:

For further information on the application process, please contact Ms. Obst on 0221 221-35331. If you have any technical questions, please contact Mr. Steden on 0221 221-33991.

Please send your informative application documents by May 11, 2025 under the reference number 0272 / 25-KeOb to:

City of Cologne - The Lord Mayor
Personnel and administrative management
50679 Cologne

or preferably apply online here:

Please send document files in pdf format if possible.

The position is advertised both internally and externally. We actively promote gender equality and diversity for all people in the administration.

We therefore welcome applications from people of color, people of all nationalities, religions and world views, sexual orientations and gender identities, all age groups and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people with a family history of migration, especially refugees.

The City of Cologne has been awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY - Commitment to Equal Opportunities for Women and Men award as well as the additional DIVERSITY award and the audit berufundfamilie - Compatibility of Work and Family certificate.

In the STEM professions, women are expressly encouraged to apply. We offer flexible working hours and forms of work, which can also be combined with mobile working.

As a public employer, we support the goal of integrating disabled, severely disabled and equivalent people into working life with our inclusion agreement. Severely disabled and equivalent applicants are given special consideration if they are equally qualified.