Head of the Lübeck Adult Education Center (VHS)

The Hanseatic city of Lübeck offers a high quality of life as an upper centre in the Hamburg metropolitan region and the capital of the newly developed Fehmarnbelt region with a population of 223,000 people. The historic centre, famous for its churches, brick Gothic and history, is a UNESCO World Heritage Site. At the same time, the city has a diverse art and culture scene and its attractive location on the Baltic Sea as a strong tourist magnet. The Port of Lübeck is a gateway to foreign trade in the Baltic Sea area, the city is the location of three major European universities with a university clinic and offers a wide range of tasks and opportunities with its strong focus on sustainability and Smart City.

We are looking for the next time VHS Lübeck (EG 15)

The VHS Lübeck is the municipal competence center for further education in the Hanseatic city, organized as an urban area of the Department of Culture and Education. Your program includes approx. 1,000 offers per year with some 12,000 participants, from about 33 employees: inside and around 300 freelance teachers are designed, organized and carried out. In addition to the classic work areas of a VHS in municipal responsibility, the VHS division of the Hansestadt Lübeck initiates innovative projects and continuously develops proven successful projects. In particular, German is to be mentioned as a foreign language, learning promotion and basic education. The cost budget for the year 2026 is about €4.67 million and is covered to a large extent by income from the course fees. In addition, revenues from donors are planned, which have been or can be recruited by the Land of Schleswig-Holstein, the federal government and a local foundation landscape that always faces the objectives of the VHS. As an innovative location for further training, VHS Lübeck also has development needs, e.g. in the fields of process optimization, digitization, personnel retention and development, as well as in terms of training places/space usage and sustainability. The Hanseatic city of Lübeck supports its executives not only through training offers, but also provides external support if necessary.

Educational orientation and strategic-conceptual further development of the education offering Quality development and quality assurance, certification Organisational and personnel development (e.g. construction, processes, digitization, learning places/workplaces) Guided tour and acquisition of employees and employees in a complex structure of the main, secondary and voluntary office as well as independent activity Budgeting, financial management (in the context of the powers conferred on a management) and controlling the use of resources Acquises of funding (e.g. federal, country, foundations) Marketing and public relations (consistent with HL's external presence) Representation of VHS Lübeck in the field, the political bodies of the HL and the outside Cooperation with local and supra-regional institutions, associations, initiatives and local areas of the HL / network building

a completed university degree (Master, Magister, Diploma) preferably of the administrative sciences or pedagogy/education sciences or equivalent skills and professional experience within the meaning of the pay order for the TVöD VKA multiannual professional experience and in-depth knowledge in the adult education/extra-training sector multiannual work in management with training for staff management proven knowledge of financial and quality management, organisational and personnel development and public relations and marketing strategic and analytical thinking as well as the ability to translate concepts into educational offers and organizational processes Experience with the digitization of processes and offers Experience in networking and building cooperation relations Experience in third-party applications the ability to argue, present and moderate Communication and Conflictability Desired and advantageous when selecting Knowledge of organisational and decision-making structures in public administration Experience in cooperation with political bodies Continuing training/additional qualification Openness for innovation in connection with knowledge or experience in change management and the ability and willingness to advance the development of VHS Lübeck in a dynamic management

Career and Responsibility: varied expertise with high self-employment and responsibility, a good incorporation, a collegial environment in a dedicated team Security and services: fixed-rate permanent employment relationship with attractive social benefits (e.g. 30-day leave, special payments, asset-effective benefits, occupational pension schemes), discounts and benefits through corporate benefits Flexibility and Work-Lübeck-Balance: flexible working time models, possibilities for mobile work and teleworking, diverse offers for the reconciliation of work and family life Perspective: training opportunities for the task area, individual further development and a separate training centre Health and safety: Health days, Operational sports, Active break Sustainability and mobility: monthly grant for the NAH.SH job ticket, bicycle purchase, rent or lease Culture and coastal proximity: work in and for a lively and lively city on the Baltic Sea and a workplace in the heart of Lübeck's Old Town