Job Description

Make Cologne a better place to live!



The Environment and Consumer Protection Office of the City of Cologne has a vacancy for a permanent position as an engineer (m/f/d) in the field of nature and landscape conservation from 01.06.2025.

The Lower Nature Conservation Authority is primarily responsible for the special regulatory nature conservation work in the city of Cologne in accordance with the provisions of the Federal Nature Conservation Act (BNatSchG), the State Nature Conservation Act (LNatSchG) and the landscape plan as well as the relevant EU directives.



YOUR FUTURE TASKS

YOU...

- look after the protected areas of nature and landscape and monitor compliance with the Cologne landscape plan

- plan and commission protection, maintenance and safeguarding measures in these areas

- review applications for exceptions and exemptions from the landscape plan, coordinate the nature conservation advisory board and monitor conditions

- process the impact regulation under nature conservation law and ensure the necessary avoidance, compensation and replacement measures



You will also manage and maintain the compensation register and monitor the corresponding measures



YOUR PROFILE:

You have a successfully completed degree (at least a university of applied sciences diploma or bachelor's degree) in landscape conservation, landscape planning, landscape architecture, landscape ecology or comparable



IN ADDITION, IT IS IMPORTANT TO US:

YOU...

- have extensive knowledge and practical experience in administrative practice, nature conservation, landscape management, ecology and species protection

- have technical and methodological skills, including scientifically sound assessment procedures and knowledge of planning methods

- are characterized by a proactive, decisive and team-oriented way of working

- are willing to learn and perform, are service-oriented and have digital skills

- are authorized to drive municipal vehicles and are willing to use your own vehicle if necessary

- ideally have regulatory experience in local government

- have gender competence and a commitment to diversity



WE OFFER YOU:

We offer you not only a financially secure job with all the benefits of the public sector, but also a regulated working week of 39 hours for employees. Employment is possible on a part-time and full-time basis.

The position is valued according to pay group 10 of the collective agreement for the public service (TVöD) for employees.

The salary range in pay group 10 (TVöD-VKA) is between €3,895.33 (experience level 1) and €5,433.63 (experience level 6) for a full-time position.

Your professional experience will be taken into account when assigning you to the experience level within the pay group, insofar as this is possible under collective bargaining law.

The position is permanent.

You are part of an important sustainable activity with social significance.



We offer you

- Future security even in difficult times

- Flexible working hours and a work-life balance

- a centrally located workplace in the Stadthaus in Cologne-Deutz with good public transport connections but also home office options

- Further training opportunities

- Company sports community

- Participation in corporate benefits

- 30 days annual leave, as well as usually time off on New Year's Eve and Shrove Monday

- Regular pay rises, an annual special payment, annual performance-related pay and supplementary pension provision through an attractive company pension



You can find more reasons that speak for us as an employer at: http://www.stadt-koeln.de/benefits



Would you like to find out more about the benefits of working for the City of Cologne?
If you have any questions about the procedure, please contact Ms. Gester on 0221 221-25095.

Ms. Weil will be happy to answer any questions you may have about the job, phone 0221 221-24288.



YOUR APPLICATION:

If you also want to make Cologne a better place to live, please apply as follows, quoting the reference number 0011/25-NaGe by 22.04.2025 at the latest:



City of Cologne - The Lord Mayor

Personnel and administrative management

Applicant Center (114/11-NaGe)

Willy-Brandt-Platz 2

50679 Cologne



or preferred:

Apply online here now

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We actively promote gender equality and the diversity of all people in the administration.We therefore welcome applications from people of color, people of all nationalities, religions and world views, sexual orientations and gender identities, all age groups and people with disabilities. We also welcome applications from people with a family history of migration, especially a history of flight.The City of Cologne has been awarded the TOTAL E-QUALITY - Commitment to Equal Opportunities for Women and Men award as well as the additional DIVERSITY award and the audit berufundfamilie - Compatibility of Work and Family certificate.

In the STEM (mathematics, information technology, natural sciences, technology) professional field, women are expressly addressed and encouraged to apply.

We offer flexible working hours and forms of work, which can also be combined with mobile working. These are geared towards different lifestyles and personal and work-related concerns.

As a public employer, we support the goal of integrating disabled, severely disabled and equivalent people into working life with our inclusion agreement. Severely disabled and equivalent applicants are given special consideration if they are equally qualified.

Contact Details

Stadt Köln
Nadine Gester

Willy-Brandt-Platz 2
50679  Köln

0221 221-25095

https://www.stadt-koeln.de/stellenangebote

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