Kreis Recklinghausen

What Kreis Recklinghausen does

Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen is a municipal employment agency operating since January 1, 2012 as a permitted municipal provider under §6a Abs. 2 SGB II of the German Social Code. It is owned and governed by the Kreis Recklinghausen district authority (Kreisverwaltung Recklinghausen), a public-law corporation represented by Landrat Bodo Klimpel, and is supervised by the Ministry of Labor, Health and Social Affairs of North Rhine-Westphalia. The organization administers unemployment benefits (Arbeitslosengeld II / Bürgergeld), provides job placement services, and runs qualification programs for residents across all ten cities of the Kreis Recklinghausen district: Castrop-Rauxel, Datteln, Dorsten, Gladbeck, Haltern am See, Herten, Marl, Oer-Erkenschwick, Recklinghausen, and Waltrop.

The organization's core product surface consists of five offerings: (1) an Online-Service Portal enabling citizens to submit benefit applications, upload documents, report changes, send messages, and request appointments online; (2) the Jobakademie, an AZAV-certified vocational activation and job-coaching program operating at multiple locations; (3) the Vermittlungsservice, a dedicated employer placement service for job matching and recruitment support; (4) Bildung und Teilhabe (BuT), education and participation benefits for children from low-income families; and (5) the Sozialer Arbeitsmarkt (Social Labor Market) program that creates subsidized employment for long-term unemployed individuals via §16i SGB II. Underlying technology is a web-based service portal hosted by GKD Recklinghausen, with Matomo open-source analytics for traffic analysis; the Jobcenter's accessibility status under BITV NRW is currently partial/non-conform. The organization has no commercial revenue model — services are provided free of charge to citizens under German social law and funded entirely through public taxation and federal-state cost-sharing arrangements under SGB II. As of 2018, it served 37,101 Bedarfsgemeinschaften (benefit-recipient households), achieved 500 Social Labor Market placements by 2019, and secured €25 million in federal rehapro funding over five years for a health-related employment support program jointly developed with Jobcenter Rhein-Berg.

Name

Kreis Recklinghausen

Legal name

Vestische Arbeit Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen

Website

https://jobcenter-kreis-recklinghausen.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2012

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen is a municipal German employment agency (permitted provider under §6a SGB II) serving all ten cities of the Kreis Recklinghausen district with unemployment benefits administration, job placement, AZAV-certified vocational training (Jobakademie), and subsidized social labor market programs, funded entirely through public taxation.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Headquarters

HQ city

Recklinghausen

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices10 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure, Technology or R&D, Others

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels4 records

Core offering

Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen is a government employment agency that administers unemployment benefits (SGB II / Bürgergeld-Grundsicherung), provides job placement and matching services, delivers AZAV-certified vocational activation and qualification measures through the Jobakademie, runs employer recruitment and wage-subsidy programs, and administers Bildung und Teilhabe educational benefits for children from low-income families. All services are delivered free of charge to citizens across ten district offices and an integrated online service portal.

Product overview

The Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen is a government employment center providing a unified digital service platform for citizens across ten cities in Kreis Recklinghausen, Germany. The core offering consists of an integrated Online-Service Portal that enables citizens to apply for benefits, submit documents, and communicate with the job center, complemented by the Jobakademie (a certified activation and qualification academy), Vermittlungsservice for employer job placement support, Bildung und Teilhabe services for educational support to low-income families, and Soziale Arbeitsmarkt programs for integrating long-term unemployed into the labor market.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Jobakademie: AZAV-certified vocational activation and qualification measure operated by the Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen with multiple locations in the district.

Products and services

• Online-Service Portal

Quantifiable outcome

• 500 Förderungen im Sozialen Arbeitsmarkt erreicht (2019) - 281 at non-profits, 118 in private sector, 101 municipal
• +1 more outcomes

Segments3 records

Ideal customer profiles3 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

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Partnerships

Ten partnerships are on record, tiered minor and core.

• Westfälische HochschuleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 July 2026Expanded cooperation between Kreis Recklinghausen and Westfälische Hochschule for workforce development and qualification programs.
• Jordan-Mai-SchuleminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026Pilot project partner for systemic school assistance (instead of individual support) in Gladbeck, in cooperation with Caritas.
• CaritasminorStrategic or Co-development Partner · 14 July 2026Social services organization partnering on pilot project for systemic school assistance at Jordan-Mai-Schule in Gladbeck.
• Jobcenter Rhein-BergcoreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 9 April 2019Joint project partner for health-related employment support model (rehapro). Together developed a 25 Mio Euro federally-funded program to support job seekers with health barriers. Runs over 5 years with ~375 participants per year in Kreis Recklinghausen.
• Bildungsträger (Training Providers)coreOthers · 23 August 2018Network of approximately 30 training providers participating in 'Neustart auf Tour' qualification fair and ongoing training measures. AZAV-certified providers delivering vocational training and qualification programs.
• Gestüt GrasekampminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerPrivate sector employer in Datteln that successfully employed a long-term unemployed worker through Social Labor Market program (Teilhabe am Arbeitsmarkt §16i SGB II). Example of private sector integration success.
• Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency)coreStrategic or Co-development PartnerSupervisory and strategic partner. BA CEO Detlef Scheele visited Kreis Recklinghausen to review Social Labor Market program success. National coordination of employment policies.
• Phoenix development GmbH / Phoenix Herten GmbHminorOthersReal estate developer for new Jobcenter premises in Herten (Haus der sozialen Leistungen). 2,830 sqm office space rented in new shopping and service center, planned opening mid-2021.
• Gemeinsame Kommunale Datenzentrale (GKD) RecklinghausencoreTechnology or IntegrationTechnical implementation and web hosting provider for jobcenter websites. Also conducted accessibility evaluation (BITV testing). Located at Castroper Straße 30, 45665 Recklinghausen.
• Kreis Recklinghausen (District Authority)coreOthersLegal parent entity (Rechtsträger). The district authority owns and governs the jobcenter. The district administration (Kreiverwaltung) is a public law corporation represented by Landrat Bodo Klimpel.

Scale indicators9 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Jobcenter Köln: City-level jobcenter providing the same statutory SGB II benefits and employment services portfolio, serving as a comparable urban/Rhineland peer to the Kreis Recklinghausen operation.
• Agentur für Arbeit Recklinghausen: Local employment agency branch of the Bundesagentur für Arbeit, co-located with the Jobcenter and administering Arbeitslosengeld I alongside shared employer/job-seeker services in the same district.
• Jobcenter München (Münchner Jobcenter): Municipal jobcenter serving Munich, performing the same SGB II benefits administration, placement, qualification, and employer engagement functions under comparable German social law.
• Jobcenter Rhein-Berg: Another municipal jobcenter (zugelassener kommunaler Träger) that is explicitly the co-development partner for the rehapro program. Operates under the same SGB II framework with similar service portfolio including benefits administration, placement, and qualification.
• Jobcenter Essen: Adjacent Ruhrgebiet municipal jobcenter operating under §6a SGB II with similar demographic and labor-market challenges; directly comparable service scope and target population.
• Jobcenter Berlin: Operated as a joint venture between the Bundesagentur für Arbeit and Berlin boroughs to administer SGB II benefits and employment services in Berlin, directly comparable in statutory function and service mix to the Kreis Recklinghausen Jobcenter.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesagentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency): Federal supervisory and strategic partner of Jobcenter Kreis Recklinghausen. Operates the national employment services infrastructure, including Arbeitslosengeld I and oversight of SGB II implementation across Germany, making it the most directly comparable overarching entity.

Others

• Westfälische Hochschule (University of Applied Sciences): Regional university with an expanded cooperation agreement (July 2026) for workforce development and qualification programs. Functions as an education-sector peer/enabler for the jobcenter's qualification pipeline.
• Gemeinsame Kommunale Datenzentrale (GKD) Recklinghausen: Municipal IT services provider hosting the Jobcenter's web presence and conducting BITV accessibility testing. Functions as an enabling technology/infrastructure partner rather than a direct service peer.

Regional players

• Caritasverband Recklinghausen: Regional nonprofit social services organization partnering on the systemic school assistance pilot. Comparable as a regional social-services actor delivering complementary employment-adjacent support within the same geography.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key highlights7 records

Customer concentration

• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/kreis-recklinghausen

Compliance4 records

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Number of profiles

Profiles8 records

Funding overview

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