Employee benefits

We offer our approximately 2,000 employees in the core administration and the municipal enterprises secure working conditions in the heart of Jena. With us, you are well taken care of from entry to retirement. We offer you broadly diversified perspectives through our many different areas of responsibility.

Payment according to TVöD

2.16 million employees and trainees of the municipalities in Germany receive a collectively agreed salary in accordance with TVöD - regular salary increases and a special annual payment are among the advantages from which employees benefit in comparison to the private sector.

Special achievements are worth something in the city administration of Jena.

We recognise you through the distribution of performance and success bonuses as well as the possibility of early step advancement - according to §17 and §18 TVöD.

Mentoring program

We make it easier for new employees to get started at the Jena city administration by offering mentoring programs and a subject-specific induction - so that you can quickly feel welcome and make a good impression.

Subsidised job ticket for the VMT

You can always get there with our subsidized job ticket for bus and train in the VMT - to work and in your free time.

Flexible working hours

During your working life, we promote your personal flexibility through flexitime models, teleworking and mobile working, or even sabbatical phases via a lifetime working time account according to your individual needs - whether you want to take a longer trip, spend more time with family and relatives, or enter retirement gently. If you need time to care for family members, we offer leave of absence in accordance with the German Caregiver Leave Act (Pflegezeitgesetz). You don't have to choose between family and career - we want you to be able to combine both.

Company Health Management (BGM)

Fit and healthy: The health of our employees is close to our hearts - which is why our occupational health management organises a wide range of programmes and measures: From the annual health day to running groups and lectures on nutrition and stress reduction to skin and vein checks, you can choose from our offerings. Our company doctor is also available to you. In addition, you can exercise your mind at the gym at reduced rates after a hard day's work. The ergonomic design of your workplace is also important to us, so that you can stay healthy: From height-adjustable desks to covering the costs of VDU workplace glasses, we take care of you.

Individual personnel development measures

To enable our employees to perform their varied tasks and wide-ranging services to a high standard of quality, we offer individual, tailor-made personnel development measures - from rotations and job shadowing to further training courses such as seminars and e-learning for the targeted promotion of talents and skills for specialists and managers. Tailor-made programs such as our "Fit in Leadership" program keep your qualifications up to date. Further education requires time - we enable you to take time off in accordance with the Thuringian Education Leave Act. Also for personal education - such as a language trip.

Internal personnel placement

Our internal personnel placement takes care of you if your professional development has been interrupted or should continue on other paths - new opportunities and perspectives will take you further.

Confidential working hours

The city administration of Jena as the heart of a modern, cosmopolitan city is committed to equal opportunities. Trust is important to us - we live trust-based working time.

Retirement provision

We also provide for life in old age during your working life with us - through a company pension scheme and the option of partial retirement.