Higher service
Do you want to take on management tasks? Are you looking for a career with a future?
Then apply now as a fully qualified lawyer for the higher civil service in the tax administration of the state of Baden-Württemberg. With at least two satisfactory state examinations, you will have the opportunity to take on management responsibility in a varied working environment right from the start. Find out more about your development opportunities in the senior civil service and how you can apply.
Versatile use
The areas of work
Many wheels interlock to ensure efficient tax administration: Our fully qualified lawyers in the higher civil service work as field and office managers in tax offices, e.g. in tax investigations, the appeals office or assessment, they manage tax offices or units in the Chief Finance Directorate and the Ministry of Finance.
They organize work processes, coordinate personnel assignments and manage projects. In doing so, you will communicate at eye level with politics and business - whether during tax audits, briefings or negotiations.
Your start
The first year
You will take on a responsible position in the tax office right from the start. We will prepare you for this in theory and practice in a 12-month trainee program (introductory period):
You will get to know different areas in the tax office (four months), the senior tax office (one month) and the tax audit department (three months).
Your practical experience will be supplemented by a postgraduate course at the Federal Finance Academy in Brühl. Here you will acquire the tax law foundation for your varied work. You will also have the opportunity to exchange ideas with other newcomers. A clear advantage is the work on skills that you will need for your management function. After the first year, you will take on a management position in the tax office (head of department), depending on your personal inclinations and interests.
Your perspective
A systematic career
Performance pays off: Your possible career path in tax administration is structured over five stages.
- You will receive 12 months of practical and theoretical training. During this induction period, you will take over a specialist area in a tax office.
- You will work in the tax office and pass through stations at the Chief Finance Directorate or the Ministry of Finance.
- You will become a consultant at the Chief Finance Directorate or the Ministry of Finance.
- You will head a tax office or a department in the Directorate General of Finance.
- You will head a department in the Directorate General of Finance or a unit in the Ministry of Finance.
In addition to the classic activities in the tax administration, you will have other exciting opportunities:
- representing the state in Berlin or Brussels
- working at the Federal Fiscal Court
- teaching at the University of Applied Sciences for Public Administration and Finance
- after several years of experience, a judgeship at the tax court
You could also consider working at the State Statistical Office, the State Office for Remuneration and Pensions or the State Property and Building Administration.
Even if there are various paths open to you, the basic principle is always the same: Those who prove themselves are recommended for higher positions.
Career and family
Our work-life balance
You should be passionate about your job - but you shouldn't burn out. That's why we take work-life balance very seriously. We are interested in the brightest minds, in committed people who are willing to take on responsibility and perform. But we also know that there is a life outside of work.
The Ministry of Finance is certified by audit berufundfamilie for the implementation of innovative measures to reconcile work and private life. These include, for example
- tailor-made part-time models - naturally also for management positions
- Parental leave for mothers and fathers
- Leave of absence rules that are not possible in the private sector
- Leave of absence to care for relatives with a guarantee of return to an equivalent job
Teleworking in suitable areas
Your qualifications
What you should bring with you
You have successfully completed your law studies with the second state examination and have at least two satisfactory state examinations. You have a high level of analytical competence, act in a solution-oriented and efficient manner. You want to take on management tasks, are decisive and a team player. You are interested in tax law issues and communicate confidently and respectfully. You spur yourself and others on to top performance.
Your application
What you need to submit
We need the following documents in order to get an initial, well-founded picture of you:
- detailed curriculum vitae in tabular form
- Copy of your high school diploma
- Copy of your first state law examination certificate (with score)
- Copy of the certificate of the second state law examination (with score; if applicable, result of the written examination)
- copy of the certificate of the place number achieved in the second state law examination, if applicable
- Copies of the station certificates
- copies of other references, if applicable
- Indication of where the trainee lawyer files are kept and declaration of consent to inspect these files
If you have already received the result of the written part of the second state law examination, you can also send us your application before the oral examination.
Please send your complete documents by post to
Oberfinanzdirektion Baden-Württemberg
Referat OPH 11
Postfach 100265
76232 Karlsruhe
or by email to
Einstellung.HoehererDienst@ofd.bwl.de
Contact and contact person
Do you have any questions?
There is always a question that is not covered. Here you will find contacts who will be happy to help you. Give us a call or write to us.
Sabrina Müller-Igel
0721 926 27 10
Sabrina.Mueller-Igel@ofd.bwl.de
Brigitte Steffan
0721 926 24 36
Brigitte.Steffan@ofd.bwl.de
Holger Junker
0721 926 22 81
Holger.Junker@ofd.bwl.de