Success Story: Executive search successfully implemented in the senior civil service

Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH has once again successfully supported a challenging executive search task in the higher public service. Our headhunters were able to build up an exceptionally qualified field of candidates for a central management function in the Audit Office of the City of Frankfurt am Main within a short period of time.

The search was for a permanent replacement for the head of the Audit Office - a key position in municipal financial control with responsibility for audit planning, strategic management and advising political bodies.

Successful appointments are particularly challenging in this area. The market for experienced managers in municipal auditing is comparatively small.

Specialized market: few audit offices, few candidates

There are only a limited number of audit offices the size of large cities throughout Germany. The number of potential candidates with:

• Experience in municipal auditing

• Management responsibility in the senior civil service

• Competence in dealing with administration, politics and participation structures

Many suitable individuals are also already in responsible positions at major cities, state authorities or audit offices and are not actively looking for a job.

For our headhunters, this means that traditional job advertisements alone are not enough.

Direct approach and network in the public sector

Our executive search team therefore focused on direct approach and network activation in the public sector.

Thanks to the combination of market knowledge, structured active sourcing and a personal approach, several highly qualified candidates were identified and recruited for the process within a short space of time.

The result: a professionally and personally convincing shortlist that offers the City of Frankfurt am Main an excellent starting point for the subsequent selection process by the responsible committees.

Executive search for the senior civil service

The assignment shows once again how important specialized personnel consulting has become in the public sector. Especially for senior management positions

• sound market knowledge

• experience with career systems

• legally compliant selection procedures

• and a resilient network

are decisive for the success of a search process.

Kontrast Personalberatung GmbH has been supporting authorities, local authorities and public companies in the recruitment of specialists and managers for over 30 years - especially in complex executive search mandates.