Project Manager (m/f/d) with a focus on process management and digitization

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Project managers (m/f/d) with a focus on process management and digitalization Company description

with a focus on process management and digitalization

The City of Cologne is one of the largest and most attractive employers in the region. With over 450 employees, the Office for Information Processing provides the central IT service for the city administration of Cologne.

Make Cologne more digital!

The "IT Design" department implements the goals and requirements of the city administration with information and communication technology.

The specific range of tasks of the vacant positions is the joint introduction of strategic process management with the Office of Human Resources and Administrative Management.

In doing so, you will work with Organizational Development to establish the necessary framework conditions for the permanent implementation and safeguarding of a corresponding service. Here, you will contribute your digitalization expertise to the modelling of the optimized target processes.

YOUR FUTURE TASKS:

• introduce strategic process management together with the Office of Human Resources and Administrative Management and, in doing so, establish the necessary framework conditions for the permanent implementation and safeguarding of a corresponding service together with Organizational Development.
• are responsible for the leadership and management of department-related and cross-departmental as well as city-wide IT projects, in particular with a focus on joint projects with organizational development in the field of process management.
• are responsible for the planning, procurement, testing and implementation of the (technical) infrastructure in the context of the respective solution design for process optimization.
• carry out requirements management: This means recording and specifying the requirements of the departments/clients, developing solution concepts, identifying and implementing synergies and opportunities for business process optimization.

• the planning and development of a city-wide process management training program.
• the creation of city-wide standards (e.g. a comprehensive process management manual or work aids).
• the creation of framework conditions for the project-related provision of external consulting resources.

YOUR PROFILE:

• have successfully completed a relevant (technical) university degree in a subject area relevant to the task (e.g. computer science or business informatics)

• have proven equivalent skills and experience.

WHAT ELSE IS IMPORTANT TO US:

• have knowledge and experience in process recording, analysis, modeling and documentation.
• have knowledge and experience with process modeling tools (ideally ADONIS-Suite).
• have experience in the implementation of projects, in particular project management methods and activities (preferably in IT projects)
• have the ability to present technical issues in an understandable way
• have an interest in new, modern information and communication technologies
• are able to act independently and on their own responsibility and have negotiating skills and a confident manner.
• are service-oriented.
• have gender competence and a commitment to diversity.
• are team players and individually resilient.
• communicate in a clear, descriptive and recipient-oriented manner.

WE OFFER YOU:

A future-proof and permanent employment relationship with all the benefits of the public sector with regular weekly working hours of 39 hours for employees or 41 hours for civil servants. Part-time and full-time employment is possible.

Remuneration is in accordance with pay group 11 TVöD (collective agreement for the public sector). The monthly salary range in pay group 11 (TVöD-IKT) is between 4,032.38 euros (experience level 1) and 5,975.19 euros (experience level 6).

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.

Civil servants are paid according to salary group A 11 career group 2 LBesG NRW (Landesbesoldungsgesetz für das Land Nordrhein-Westfalen, formerly gehobener Dienst).

We are also an attractive employer:

• An attractive company pension and regular pay rises
• an annual performance-related payment in addition to the collectively agreed annual special payment
• Capital-forming benefits
• Internal career and promotion opportunities
• A structured onboarding process
• Flexible working hours, opportunities for home office and mobile working, healthy work-life balance
• Future security even in difficult times
• Various training courses and 30 days annual leave
• Company sports and health management
• A modern, air-conditioned office building with upmarket facilities in a central location

YOUR APPLICATION:

You can find a current salary table, for example, at

You can find more reasons that speak for us as an employer at:

If we have aroused your curiosity, we look forward to receiving your application, quoting reference number 779/24-SuLa, by 18.11.2024 at the latest via the following application link:

For degrees obtained abroad, please enclose proof of recognition by the Standing Conference of the Ministers of Education and Cultural Affairs.

For further technical information, please contact Mr. Herz on -23418 .

If you have any questions about the process, our benefits or the online application, please contact Ms. Lambertz on -31883 .

We actively promote gender equality and diversity for 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 refugees.

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 (science, technology, engineering and mathematics) professions, women are expressly 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 professional needs.

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.