Head of Urban Development and Construction (m/f/d)

The Department of Urban Development and Construction in the World Heritage City is facing an important change, as the incumbent director will be retired at the end of June 2027. For the post-occupation of the department management, from the 1st January 2027, but not later than 1 March 2027, a qualified person sought.

The future management will deal with various topics, including urban development, Urban planning, preservation and civil engineering. This also includes building and building management. The tasks also include the building supervision and the responsibility of the Civil Protection Authority and the municipal services.

The challenging projects that need to be tackled include, among other things, the ground-breaking renovation of the Domplatz, the project rehabilitation sports and leisure pool “bulabana”, the development of the fire-fighting site, the Ratskellersäle, a commercial area extension and a comprehensive transport and cycling concept. In addition, the new management will be active in the fields of funding procurement and management, and will be responsible for financing projects. Cooperation in associations, as well as coordination with the regional administration and the ministries are also essential tasks of the position.

In addition to the core town of Naumburg and the spa town of Bad Kösen, the area of the city also includes 30 local areas. Tourism and recreation play a key role in urban development. The grouping takes place according to E 14 TVöD. The offered position offers the possibility to connect planning and execution and to use a design playroom with 35 employees in the planning areas and around 55 in the execution.

Coordination, steering and control of the performance of the department and its strategic orientation with regard to the focus of sustainable urban development and construction Representation of the department vis-à-vis management and the outside, in particular to investors, political bodies, public authorities, other authorities, funding agencies, engineering and planning offices High level of personal orientation in the management of employees, participation in personnel selection, training planning, potential support development, service assessments and constructive cooperation with the staff council Responsibility for the budgets of the department, decision on tenders and the use of budgetary resources, ensuring the economic action of the department Proposals for the application and coordination of funding programmes for urban development Incentives of organisational development, introduction of proposals for organisational changes in accordance with the workload

Successfully completed university degree (Master or Diploma) in urban planning, geography, civil engineering, urban sciences, architecture or a comparable course of studies, as well as well as well-founded technical qualification for urban planning, spatial or structural infrastructure tasks Long-standing relevant professional experience, ideally in planning, urban development, infrastructure or public organisations, as well as good knowledge of the administrative environment and experience at the interfaces to administration, politics and relevant internal and external stakeholders Multiannual management experience as well as proven competence in controlling processes, structures and cross-organisational voting High communication strength, rhetorical security and the ability to represent issues both inward and outward

A responsible leadership position with a large design space in a lively, lively and sustainable city An indefinite employment in fulltime at the next possible time or within the framework of the planned succession as of 1st. January 2027, not later than 1 January March 2027 An attractive remuneration according to pay group 14 TVöD and a valuable, professional working environment with secure framework conditions in public context A versatile and demanding task at the interface of urban development, construction, administration, politics and external partners Equality of all employees is important to us. We are therefore pleased to receive applications from people regardless of cultural and social origin, age, religion, world view, disability or sexual identity. Disabled applicants are preferably taken into account with the same suitability in accordance with the legal provisions. Please inform us in your application of any serious disability and provide proof. .