The Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas (TLLLR), Department 5 "EU Funds and Agricultural Payments", has a vacancy for a

Clerk (m/f/d)

"KULAP"

to be filled in Unit 52 "Area and animal-related payments" for a fixed term up to and including 31 December 2029 at the Sömmerda office. Further employment is possible/planned if EAFRD funding continues in a subsequent period.

About the Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas:

The Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas is part of the Thuringian Ministry of Economic Affairs, Agriculture and Rural Areas and acts as the higher agricultural authority, higher horticultural authority and higher state authority for the development of rural areas with around 800 committed and qualified employees.

Division 52 is responsible within the EU EAGF/ELER Paying Agency for fundamental issues relating to area and animal-related payments, the cross-compliance/conditionality control procedure and for providing technical guidance to the authorising and control bodies.

The area of responsibility essentially comprises:

- Providing technical guidance, training, advice and monitoring to units 54 to 57 on the procedure for granting aid from the Thuringian Cultural Landscape Management Programme (KULAP)

- Interpreting and implementing technical specifications from European and national legislation to create the technical programme implementation in the specialist software used for the paying agency procedure, including operational helpdesk error management

- Creating evaluations, Reports and statistics

- Preparation of working materials, forms and protocols

- Preparation of statements on findings of the audit authorities

- Preparation of statements on draft legislation

Your requirements profile:

- Completed university degree (FH diploma or bachelor's degree) in agricultural sciences or comparable subject areas

- Car driving licence (class B)

- For applicants whose native language is not German: German language skills at least at level B2 (CEFR), proof required

In addition, desirable are:

- In-depth specialist knowledge of the KULAP administrative procedure

- Experience in the preparation and implementation of training events

- Organisational skills and conversation skills

- Teamwork and communication skills

- Presentation skills and media skills

- Analytical thinking skills, willingness to learn and diligence

- Ability to work under pressure and commitment

- Overview knowledge in the field of software development

What we offer you:

- Flexible working time arrangements for a better work-life balance

- Opportunity for IT-supported work outside the office

- 30 days annual holiday

- 24 December / 31 December are non-working days. December / 31 December are non-working days

- wide range of internal and external training and further education opportunities

- attractive annual special payment as well as sick pay allowance and VBL pension benefits (employees covered by collective agreements) and

- many other benefits under the collective agreement of the federal states (TV-L)

Important information about your application:

Applicants are requested to provide information on the fulfilment of the above requirements and to enclose relevant supporting documents. The fulfilment of the requirement profile must be proven by means of certificates. The position is limited in time up to and including 31 December 2029 in accordance with Section 14 (1) of the Part-Time and Fixed-Term Employment Act. Recruitment is subject to the proviso that the budgetary and labour law provisions do not prevent a temporary appointment.

The remuneration of employees covered by collective agreements is in accordance with the provisions of the collective agreement for the public service of the federal states (TV-L) if the personal requirements are met according to pay group 10 TV-L. The current pay scale and the pay calculator can be found at https://oeffentlicher-dienst.info/.

The working time is 40 hours per week. Taking into account the requirements of the job, the position is also suitable for part-time employment.

Please send your informative application (at least a cover letter, CV and copies of qualification certificates) by 7 June 2026 at the latest, quoting reference number 52.1/2026 to:

Thüringer Landesamt für Landwirtschaft und Ländlichen Raum

Referat 11 "Personal, Organisation"

Naumburger Straße 98

07743 Jena

You are also welcome to send your application by email to the following address:

bewerbung@tlllr.thueringen.de

For foreign educational qualifications, proof of equivalence with a German qualification and a certified translation are required. Information on this can be found at https://wirtschaft.thueringen.de/wissenschaft/anerkennung. Proof of personal recognition of the educational qualification must be enclosed with the application documents by the end of the application period, otherwise the qualification cannot be considered. The Thuringian State Office for Agriculture and Rural Areas will not cover the costs of recognition.

Please note that no confirmation of receipt will be sent. Expenses incurred in connection with the application will not be reimbursed.

The job advertisement is aimed equally at all genders. The TLLLR guarantees professional gender equality in accordance with the Thuringian Equal Opportunities Act. Therefore, in the event of equal suitability, performance and qualifications, preference will be given to applicants of the corresponding gender in the event of underrepresentation.

Applicants with severe disabilities will be given special consideration in accordance with the statutory provisions.

If the application is sent by e-mail, please note that the TLLLR has not yet opened access for the receipt of encrypted e-mails and therefore the confidentiality of the information for the transmission channel cannot be guaranteed and therefore applicants bear the risk of unauthorised access by third parties. Consent to check the e-mail and attachments for malicious code and viruses is assumed when using e-mail communication.

The documents sent can only be accepted as PDF documents. For IT security reasons, attachments in other file formats or as a ZIP archive as well as links or QR codes for downloading further documents will not be considered.

By submitting their application, applicants consent to the processing of their personal data, insofar as this is required as part of the selection process. This data will only be used for the selection procedure and stored for the duration of the procedure. Once the selection procedure has been completed, the data of unsuccessful applicants will be destroyed in accordance with data protection regulations.

Information on how your data is handled at TLLLR and on your rights under the EU General Data Protection Regulation can be found online at https://tlllr.thueringen.de/fileadmin/TLLLR/Wir/Daten-schutz/Informationspflichten_Stellenbesetzungsverfahren.pdf.

A paper copy will be sent to you on request.