Clerk for the Service Center Cologne in the area of travel expenses (m/f/d)

in Cologne in full and parttime Remuneration: E 9b (TVöD Bund) and A 9g/A 11 (BBesO) Reference code: P/2130/2026/211/16 Application deadline: 20March 2026

As part of an external personnel reinforcement measure of the Customs Administration, the General Customs Directorate is looking for a specialist (w/m/d) for the travel costs sector at the Service Center Cologne.

For our team we are looking for reinforcement at the next time possible.

Technical guidance and coordination of employees Decision and fixing of reimbursement of costs and other payments and calculations relating to travel allowances under the Federal Travel Costs Act (BRKG) and the administrative provisions resulting therefrom, in particular:

• calculation, decision and fixing of the reimbursement of costs Travel expenses (In and abroad, individual and collective travel in complex cases
• Decision on the granting of deductions (admissibility and amount)
• income tax valuation and settlement Grant of general information in written, telephone-proof and oral form in the field of travel cost law Individual operations according to heading Implementing formal recovery procedures and general administrative tasks such as:
• Recovery procedures for overpaid travel expenses
• Recovering strikes in difficult cases 4-Augen examination, in particular legal examination for correct fixing of travel expenses

We expect that from you:

As an applicant (w/m/d) you have:

the career capability for the up-market non-technical administrative service and fulfil the conditions for the transfer to customs administration; or Alternatively, you are an official of the grade A9g/A11 a successful conclusion of the employee examination II or a successfully completed study Bachelor/Diplom/1. State exams (University, University of Applied Sciences) with the focus on law and/or business in the following subjects:

Management Management Law Economic law Economics Economics Social economy Business Administration

alternative comparable skills and experience in the above-mentioned profession or an advancement after the BBiG at least on the DQR level 6 (Professional Education Act 2005 / German Qualification Framework or European Qualification Framework (EQR), https://www.dqr.de/) German knowledge at least at level C1 according to the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (GER)

We also wish:

Team and communication skills good to very good expressiveness in word and writing Organizational talent, commitment and flexibility Ability to apply and interpret legal provisions good Microsoft Office knowledge SAP knowledge high performance motivation and enforcement capability Self-responsibility, durability and reliability analytical thinking good understanding and willingness to build up administrative awareness Ability to abstract facts. The willingness to continue professional training

We offer you: a family-conscious and life-phase-oriented personal policy (certification with the certificate audit family) flexible working time models with sliding time control and overtime compensation by digital time recording Training on the Job to bring you to your tasks as well as continuous internal and external further and further training a discounted large customer ticket (“Deutschland-Jobticket”) including Employer subsidy

We offer employees an unlimited full-time job (39 hours/week) the possibility of beaming if the conditions for this are met