Head of Division 52 – Institute of Food Chemistry and Drug Testing Mainz

The Landesprüfungsamt (LUA) is the central state service provider in the consumer and health protection of humans and animals in Rheinland-Pfalz. Together with our around 500 employees, we work at five locations in Koblenz, Landau, Mainz, Speyer and Trier on the nationwide monitoring and investigation of food, supplies, medicines and cosmetics, diagnostics and control of animal diseases and the protection of humans from contagious diseases. We are looking for 01.07.2025 in duration Head of Unit 52 – Institute for Food Chemistry and Drug Examination Mainz to grade A 16 LBesG or a comparable collective wage on a work contract basis in full-time in the department “Food Chemistry, Consumables, Cosmetics” at Mainz (code: LUA – 2025/029-Ad).

Head of the Institute for Food Chemistry and Drug Testing with currently 42 employees Organisation and management of the specialized tasks in consumer health protection, which include the analytical, legal, food law and medicinal products assessments of wine products, non-alcoholic and alcoholic beverages and medicinal products Further development of expertise Responsible for local personnel, household and laboratory management (especially quality management) Representation and coordination of the interests and concerns of the Institute in overarching organisational and national and international bodies

Successfully completed university studies in food chemistry Successfully completed state examination for the state-tested food chemist or the state-tested food chemist Proven multi-year leadership experiences in a comparable position Including experience in the field of (official) investigation and assessment of wine products In addition, desirable and advantageous are: Experience in quality management A professional doctorate Experience in process optimization, good planning and organizational ability General affinity for IT specialist applications in the laboratory and administrative environment Examination of written and oral forms willingness to engage in national and international bodies and working groups Your personal strengths include: Ability to conceptual and innovative thinking, interdisciplinary working, team skills and a high degree of resilience Very good decision-making and problem-solving capability as well as pronounced communication capability Safe occurrence, enforcement, persuasiveness and negotiation skills.

A safe workplace in the civil service / employment relationship or according to the collective agreement for the public service of the countries An employer supporting the reconciliation of work and family by family-friendly regulations and measures (including flexible working hours, part-time models, mobile work depending on the workplace) A structured incorporation A company health management Modern staff development through needs-oriented training and qualification measures An occupational pension scheme (VBL) and an annual special payment for employees. What is particularly important to us: We actively promote the equality of all employees and therefore wish to explicitly apply from all ages regardless of gender, disability, ethnic background, religion, worldview or sexual identity. Women's applications are taken into account with equal suitability, competence and professional performance. Disabled applicants are preferably taken into account with appropriate suitability. In principle, the agency is also suitable for parttime workers, provided that the employment is in fulltime parttime. JOBV1_EN