Public job advertisement

No.: Ö/021-2026

The following position is to be filled for an indefinite period of time at the District Development Office of the Meißen District Office as of 01 January 2027:

Revierleiter/Revierleiter (f/m/d)

The weekly working time for employees covered by collective agreements is 39 hours. Part-time employment is possible.

The place of work is Großenhain.

As a sustainable employer, we offer you security and, with the possibility of flexible working hours and teleworking, an optimal work-life balance. Targeted training, personnel development and occupational health management programmes for our employees round off our employer profile. With around 1,400 employees in the district administration, we are one of the largest employers in one of the most beautiful regions of the country, the Saxon Elbe Valley. Further information can be found on our homepage www.kreis-meissen.de (http://www.kreis-meissen.de/) .

As head of the eastern district, you will be responsible for the forest areas of the municipalities of Ebersbach, Radeburg, Schönfeld, Tauscha and Thiendorf.

Your tasks include in particular:

- Forest supervision - monitoring forest conservation, protecting the forest from damage and ensuring the proper management of the forest
- Preventing, prosecuting and punishing offences against forest regulations
- Forest protection - averting dangers, forest and its functions by third parties
- Prosecution and reporting of unlawful acts that constitute a criminal offence or fine aimed at protecting nature or the environment
- Forest protection - monitoring the forest to protect it from damage caused by animal and plant forest pests; Monitoring of quarantine pests
- Implementation of standard monitoring measures
- Monitoring of the forest to protect against damage caused by natural events and to prevent forest fires
- Monitoring of compliance with the principles of good professional practice in forest plant protection
- Participation in the preparation of statements - as a representative of public interests as a representative of public interests
- for the implementation of the Saxon Forest Act
- Participation in the preparation of statements on the designation of protected areas and preparatory work for forest biotope mapping in the context of nature conservation and landscape management
- Preparation of preparatory work for forest reports and statistics
- Marking of bridle paths in the forest, Identifying and repairing significant damage to designated bridleways

Your profile:

- Qualification for career group 2, first entry level (formerly senior civil service) in the field of agricultural and forestry administration - focus on forestry service
- Physical aptitude (an aptitude test will be carried out prior to recruitment)
- Strong organisational, Documentation and decision-making skills as well as initiative/self-motivation and diligence/conscientiousness
- Predominantly field service work
- Car driving licence
- Knowledge of regional conditions (forest stock) an advantage
- Willingness to participate in the on-call duty "forest fire", to participate in the on-call "Forest Fire Protection Service" of the Forestry and Agriculture Department
- Willingness to work weekends and nights
- Valid hunting licence an advantage
- Chainsaw licence desirable
- German language skills at least level C1 of the Common European Framework of Reference for Languages (proof required)

Our offer:

- Pay in line with the collective agreement according to pay group 9c of the TVöD-VKA pay scale
- Flexible and family-friendly working hours within the framework of the applicable service agreement
- Interesting and responsible field of activity
- Support for task-related training and further education
- company health management with offers for health promotion
- company pension scheme and all other social benefits of the public sector
- bicycle leasing
- corporate benefits

For technical questions, please contact the head of the forestry and agriculture department, Mr Richter, on 03521 725-2481.

The prerequisite for employment is no entry in the extended certificate of good conduct, which must be submitted upon employment.

If we have aroused your interest, we look forward to receiving your detailed and complete application including relevant diplomas and references as well as the diploma, state recognition certificate. For the recognition of foreign university degrees, a certificate evaluation from the Central Office for Foreign Education must be submitted with the application. Please understand that we cannot consider incomplete application documents.

We kindly ask you to submit applications by 19 May 2026 at the latest via our career portal at www.kreis-meissen.de/Stellenausschreibungen (http://www.kreis-meissen.de/Stellenausschreibungen). Please refrain from submitting a paper application or an application by e-mail.

In view of the equal opportunities in all areas of professional life to be striven for in the district administration of Meißen, applications from persons of all genders are equally welcome.

Applications from severely disabled persons and persons of equal status within the meaning of Section 2 (3) of the German Social Code - Ninth Book (SGB IX) - are expressly encouraged. Proof of this must be enclosed with the application documents.

By submitting your application, you consent to the storage of your personal data during the application process. Further information on the processing of personal data can be found on our homepage www.kreis-meissen.de (http://www.kreis-meissen.de/) . Consent can be revoked at any time.

Ralf Hänsel
Landrat