Framework conditions for work in municipal daycare centers

• Employment in the public sector (according to TvöD)

  Working in the public sector offers many advantages. These include

  • Secure job
  • Vacation entitlement 30 days/year
  • Time off with pay on Christmas Eve (24.12.) and New Year's Eve (31.12.)
  • SuE allowance
  • 2 days off per year (so-called regeneration days/relief days)
  • A further 2 days off can be taken instead of the SuE allowance (conversion days)
  • Secure and punctual payment of salary
  • Special annual payment ("Christmas bonus") currently amounting to 79% of your average gross monthly salary as well as the option of performance-related pay
  • Discounted job ticket for local public transport
  • Good co-determination through the staff council
  • Good combination of career and child rearing
  • Various options for part-time work in the public sector
  • Supplementary pension scheme (company pension) as a supplementary pension for employees
  • Sick pay supplement: under certain conditions, sick pay is topped up

• A secure, permanent employment relationship

  All of our specialists receive a permanent employment contract. For specialists who do not yet have a completed nursery teacher training or equivalent qualification as a pedagogical specialist in accordance with the NKiTaG, the employment contract contains the condition that this qualification must be acquired. This helps us to ensure the quality of the educational work and to enable equal working conditions in all teams.

• Flexible working hours

  You are free to decide whether you would like to join us full-time (39 hours/week) or part-time (at least 19.5 hours/week). Scheduling takes place in close coordination with the team and, in many facilities, is self-determined by the teams. Parents of younger children can work with us within the core childcare hours (08:00-16:00) to ensure a good work-life balance.

• Affiliation with your facility, the municipal KiTas and the city of Wolfsburg

  With us, you have a fixed facility for which you work. You are part of this KiTa and its team. At the same time, the municipal KiTas consist of a strong network of 12 KiTas and KiFas. This gives you the opportunity to take part in projects, study days and working groups across all facilities and to exchange ideas with your colleagues from other facilities.

  As a provider, we can offer our employees a wide range of support in their daily work, e.g. specialist advice and in-house training. We also offer you a wide range of opportunities to develop yourself. For example, you have the option of changing facilities if required.

  Your employer is the city of Wolfsburg. This offers many other benefits, such as a wide range of internal city activities and training courses, a strong staff council and the city's own activity program.

• Further education and training opportunities

  Good childcare centers need good professionals. That is why we offer our employees various training and further education opportunities:

  • 8 study days per year
  • In-house training on various educational topics (e.g. observation methods, EE strategies, parent-teacher conferences, child welfare, gender-sensitive education) and personal development (e.g. work techniques and time management, first aid, practical guidance)
  • Every year, we offer the opportunity to gain the following qualifications, among others: Marte Meo Practitioner, Curative Education Specialist, EE Specialist, EE Consultant, Long-term daycare training
  • In-house specialist advice & Supervision options
  • City's own qualification program on a wide range of topics, for example dealing with office products, mindfulness or administrative know-how.

• A good induction

  To make it easier for our new colleagues to get started, there is an onboarding week for all new employees every spring and summer. This provides lots of information for everyday working life, initial pedagogical training and plenty of opportunities to network with others.

  We have also adapted our documentation booklet "Growing & Maturing" for the induction of new colleagues: In "Arriving & Roots", the milestones of your induction are made visible and reflected on together.

• Support from a strong team of sponsors

  As a public provider, we offer you a professional creative space for the implementation of educational ideas, concepts and individual priorities at eye level. The municipal KiTas have an 8-member team to manage the organization. This team is multi-professional in order to provide the best possible support to the employees of the municipal KiTas. The team includes its own specialist advisor and experts for team development, recruiting, personnel development, quality development, controlling, personnel administration and much more.

• This is how you can apply:

  Via application form: Click here and simply enter your details.
  By e-mail: Send your complete application to kita-bewerbung@stadt.wolfsburg.de
  By post: Send your application folder to

  City of Wolfsburg
  Youth Division
  Early childhood education
  Municipal day care centers
  Lessingstraße 12,
  38440 Wolfsburg

  What happens after your application?
  We have summarized all the information about the application process for you here.