0Head of Funeral Services Division (2025-0049) (m/f/d)
Freie Hansestadt Bremen - Umweltbetrieb Bremen | Germany | 28xxx Bremen | Permanent position | Part time - flexible / Full time / Home office | Published since: 27.01.2026 on stepstone.de

Head of Funeral Services Division (2025-0049) (m/f/d)

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The Bremen environmental company is responsible for a large number of municipal services such as the planning, construction and entertainment of green spaces, open spaces and cemeteries as well as the management of urban drainage. The cemetery and burial system at 13 municipal cemeteries is an essential field of activity of the environmental operation. The department of burial and crematorium acts as a municipal cemetery carrier and performs tasks as a Lower cemetery authority in the city of Bremen. In addition to the responsibility of the burial system, the department develops new forms of burial in the course of social cultural change and transfers the cemetery areas into multifunctional and resilient cemeteries. We are looking for a full-time (generally also part-time) for the funeral unit at the next possible time:n Head of Unit:in (m/d)

  • Pay group 12 TVöD VKA -

Your tasks • Your profile • What we offer

You are head of the department with supervision of currently 6 employees You are responsible for the strategic, such as target- and customer-oriented orientation of the Bremish burial system and control the central burial administration You are responsible for and controlling the budget allocated to you according to the economic plan, taking into account aspects of cost-effectiveness and customer orientation The monitoring and further development of the legal foundations of cemetery and burial, in particular also the costing of cemetery fees, is also within your jurisdiction. Encourage and control digitalization projects in the unit You develop new burial offers at the municipal cemeteries in cooperation with the cemetery lines and market them, You work with the cemetery development planning You are responsible for managing the graves for victims of war and violence and coordination of the memorial days You are a representative of disaster protection in burial and ensure data protection in the unit

Completed university studies (Dipl. FH or Bachelor) e.g. with the Department of Business Administration or Economics Leadership with multi-year professional experience Experience in the themes of cemetery and burial, knowledge in administrative and budgetary law and in funeral and fee law is desirable Good knowledge of MS Office and database systems Safe handling of customers and business partners Interest in the sociocultural background of the task area You have the class B licence Their knowledge in German in word and writing at least correspond to the language level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference

An interesting activity with a diverse, demanding range of tasks structured onboarding, personal and professional development through a comprehensive training offer An indefinite employment in the pay group 12 TVöD, in the presence of all personal and tariff conditions A tariff compensation with supplementary benefits (annual special payment, benefit fee) An occupational pension scheme with attractive employer subsidy 30 working days collective leave, flexible working hours and the possibility of mobile work Free use of the bicycle garage at Willy-Brandt-Platz A comprehensive occupational health management, including EGYM Wellpass and attractive discounts on corporate benefits General information All genders are welcome. In order to reduce the underrepresentation of women in this area, priority should be given to women with the same qualifications, unless there are grounds in which You are also in competition. Women are therefore expressly asked to apply. The Bremen environmental company stands for inclusion, equality, equal opportunities and anti-discrimination. The priority is given to disabled persons with essentially the same technical and personal suitability. Application instructions: We ask you to submit copies only from your application documents, as we cannot send back the submitted application documents. If you send your application documents by e-mail, please only as a PDF file. At the same time, we draw attention to the fact that only complete documents can be included in the application procedure. This includes a letter, a CV and, in accordance with the conditions described, qualifications and employment certificates. Please do not hesitate to add a photo. The application documents are kept until the expiry of the period in accordance with § 15 General Equal Treatment Act (AGG) and are subsequently destroyed. .

Location

ava Freie Hansestadt Bremen - Umweltbetrieb Bremen
28215  Bremen
Germany

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