MaßArbeit KAöR

What MaßArbeit KAöR does

MaßArbeit kAöR is a municipal public-law institution (kommunale Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts) established in 2005 by Landkreis Osnabrück in Lower Saxony, Germany. It operates as the official Jobcenter for the district under German Social Code II (SGB II), administering Grundsicherungsgeld (formerly Bürgergeld) basic-income benefits and delivering employment-integration services. The organization serves job seekers and Bürgergeld recipients, local employers, young people transitioning from school to work, and migrants and refugees, operating from a headquarters in Osnabrück and seven branch offices across the district (Bersenbrück, Fürstenau, Bramsche, Ostercappeln, Georgsmarienhütte, Melle, Dissen).

Its product portfolio centers on the JobZentrale, a regional meta-search portal aggregating over 15,000 job listings from the Federal Employment Agency, MaßArbeit itself, and commercial job boards. Adjacent products include the ArbeitgeberService for employer recruitment support, the Migrationszentrum for migrant integration (founded 2015), the Servicestelle Schule-Wirtschaft coordinating school-business connections, Ausbildungslotsen apprenticeship counselors, the Berufsorientierungsparcours (B.O.P.) career orientation event series, Schulabsentismus-Beratung for school-refusal counseling, WerkAkademien vocational training programs, and Bildung und Teilhabe for low-income family education support. Technology infrastructure is standard government IT: a Drupal 9 website, Matomo privacy-focused analytics, and the Landkreis Osnabrück digital service portal — no proprietary AI, matching engine, or platform IP is identified.

The entity is wholly owned by Landkreis Osnabrück with Anna Kebschull (Landrätin) chairing the supervisory board and Lars Hellmers serving as Vorstand (CEO). Revenue is not commercial; funding flows from the district's administrative budget and federal SGB II allocations, with services delivered free of charge to citizens. Strategic partners include WIGOS (joint Welcome & Work Center), the Bundesagentur für Arbeit, vhs Osnabrücker Land, the 22 municipalities of Landkreis Osnabrück, and the Familienbündnis Region Osnabrück. As of June 2026, 3,768 long-term unemployed residents were registered, and the regional youth unemployment rate stands under 1%.

Name

MaßArbeit KAöR

Legal name

MaßArbeit kAöR (kommunale Anstalt des öffentlichen Rechts)

Website

https://massarbeit.de

Company type

Private

Founded year

2005

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

11–50 employees

Short description

MaßArbeit kAöR is the municipal Jobcenter for Landkreis Osnabrück, Germany, administering Grundsicherungsgeld benefits and providing job placement, employer recruitment, school-to-work transition support, and migrant integration services across seven branch offices and the JobZentrale meta-search portal.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Public Employment Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Services (5613)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

Workforce & Job-Seeker Services (Community-Based) (EDAAAFAM), Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK), Career Transition & Reemployment Services (Job Search Support) (BPACAOAD), Immigrant & Refugee Workforce Integration Programs (EDAAAOAJ)

Keywords

• Public employment services
• Job placement agency
• Vocational counseling
• Employer recruitment
• Welfare benefit administration

Headquarters

HQ city

Osnabrück

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices8 records

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

Personnel, Operations, Infrastructure

Revenue model

1. Public Funding - Administrative Budget: MaßArbeit is funded by the Landkreis Osnabrück (district government) and receives federal funding for operating the Jobcenter. As a municipal public-law institution (kAöR), it does not generate commercial revenue.

Go-to-market motion2 records

Distribution channels4 records

Marketing channels6 records

Core offering

MaßArbeit kAöR is the municipal employment agency (kommunale Arbeitsvermittlung) and Jobcenter for Landkreis Osnabrück, providing publicly funded labor market integration services. Its offerings include job placement, career counseling, vocational training support, administration of Grundsicherungsgeld (formerly Bürgergeld) basic income benefits, employer recruitment support via ArbeitgeberService, and youth school-to-work transition programs including the JobZentrale meta-search portal, Migrationszentrum, and Ausbildungsregion Osnabrück.

Product overview

MaßArbeit kAöR is a municipal employment agency (Jobcenter) for Landkreis Osnabrück offering a unified public employment service. Its core product is the JobZentrale meta-search portal that aggregates regional job listings, complemented by the ArbeitgeberService for employer recruitment support. The organization operates dedicated services for youth career transition including the Servicestelle Schule-Wirtschaft, Ausbildungslotsen counselors, and the Berufsorientierungsparcours (B.O.P.) event series. Additional offerings include the Migrationszentrum for immigrant integration, Schulabsentismus-Beratung for school dropout prevention, and Bildungs und Teilhabe for youth education support. The Ausbildungsregion Osnabrück portal and WerkAkademien training programs complete the portfolio for vocational integration.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• JobZentrale: Meta search engine for job and apprenticeship listings in the Landkreis Osnabrück region, aggregating offers from various job boards including the Federal Employment Agency and commercial providers.
• Migrationszentrum
• Ausbildungsregion Osnabrück
• WWC Welcome & Work Center

Products and services

• JobZentrale

Quantifiable outcome

• Youth unemployment rate under 1% in Landkreis Osnabrück
• +2 more outcomes

Named customers4 records

Segments4 records

Ideal customer profiles4 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

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Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Partnerships

Eight partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• WIGOS (Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Osnabrücker Land)coreStrategic or Co-development Partner · 15 June 2026Close operational partnership with WIGOS under the umbrella of the 'Geschäftsbereich Wirtschaft & Arbeit' (Business Division for Economics & Labor). Together they operate the Welcome & Work Center (WWC) for international talent recruitment and operate the ArbeitgeberService for employer support. Joint initiatives include company visits, recruitment events, and integration of migrants into the workforce.
• Ausbildungsregion OsnabrückcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership managing the online portal www.ausbildungsregion-osnabrueck.de for school-to-career transition, connecting over 1,000 companies with students and schools across the district. The portal includes event calendar, company profiles, and job listings for apprentices.
• LEADER Regionalmanagement pro-t-inminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration on rural development initiatives including organizing career orientation events in the Wittlager Land and southern Osnabrück County. LEADER provides funding and coordination support while MaßArbeit contributes employer connections and youth services.
• Familienbündnis Region OsnabrückminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for family-friendly employer certification. MaßArbeit has been certified as a family-friendly employer, demonstrating commitment to work-life balance policies for its staff.
• Servicestelle Schule-WirtschaftcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerJoint initiative with schools and businesses to provide career orientation services. Contact persons include Katja Bielefeld, Kerstin Hüls, and Annika Schütte who coordinate school-business connections across the district.
• Kreisangehörige Kommunen des Landkreises OsnabrückcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerCollaboration with 22 municipalities in Landkreis Osnabrück including Artland, Bad Essen, Bad Iburg, Bad Laer, Bad Rothenfelde, Belm, Bersenbrück, Bissendorf, Bohmte, Bramsche, Dissen, Fürstenau, Georgsmarienhütte, Glandorf, Hagen, Hasbergen, Hilter, Melle, Neuenkirchen, Osnabrück, Ostercappeln, and Wallenhorst for local service delivery and employment initiatives.
• Agentur für Arbeit (Federal Employment Agency)coreTechnology or IntegrationIntegration with the national job database and coordination on employment policy implementation. JobZentrale aggregates listings from the Bundesagentur für Arbeit platform.
• vhs Osnabrücker LandminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerProvides language courses and vocational training, particularly for migrants and refugees. Offers berufsbegleitende Sprachförderung (occupational language support) directly in companies.

Scale indicators6 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Regional players

• GIZ (Deutsche Gesellschaft für Internationale Zusammenarbeit): Germany's federal agency for international development cooperation, which runs migration-related workforce integration programs internationally. Comparable in the cross-border integration and qualification function, though operating at scale and geography far beyond MaßArbeit's municipal scope.
• Jobcenter Berlin Mitte: Another German municipal Jobcenter operating under the same SGB II framework. While geographically distinct, it offers the same combination of basic-income administration, job placement, and integration services, making it a direct functional peer in a different district.
• Jobcenter München: Municipal Jobcenter for the city of Munich, executing the same SGB II mandate at a much larger urban scale. Comparable service portfolio (placement, counseling, employer service) and statutory structure, but operating in a fundamentally different labor market.

Emerging players

• Adecco Germany: One of Germany's largest private staffing agencies, providing temporary and permanent placement across occupations. Comparable in the placement/matching function measured against MaßArbeit's JobZentrale, but operating as a commercial intermediary rather than a public-mandate entity.
• Randstad Germany: Major private-sector staffing and workforce solutions provider in Germany. Overlaps with MaßArbeit on employer-facing recruitment and candidate matching, particularly for SMEs in the Osnabrück region, but in a commercial model without public-sector mandate.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Germany's federal employment agency, the national counterpart to MaßArbeit. Operates the country's primary job database (Jobbörse) and shares SGB II integration responsibilities with municipal Jobcenters. Directly comparable as the higher-tier partner in the same dual-track German employment system.

Others

• Handwerkskammer Osnabrück-Emsland: Regional Chamber of Skilled Crafts that registers apprenticeships and certifies vocational qualifications in the same geography as MaßArbeit. Strong overlap with the Ausbildungsregion portal and apprenticeship placement function, but as a sector-specific industry body.
• IHK Osnabrück-Emsland-Grafschaft Bentheim: Regional Chamber of Commerce covering the same geography as MaßArbeit. Operates apprenticeship broker services and Ausbildungs-industry coordination that intersects with MaßArbeit's school-to-work programs, but as an employer-side membership body rather than a public employment agency.

Direct peers

• vhs Osnabrücker Land: Local adult education provider delivering language and vocational training courses, including occupational language support for migrants. A direct on-the-ground partner that complements MaßArbeit's integration role with workforce-relevant instruction.
• WIGOS (Wirtschaftsförderungsgesellschaft Osnabrücker Land): Regional economic development agency for Osnabrück Land and MaßArbeit's core operational partner. Co-delivers the Welcome & Work Center and ArbeitgeberService, functioning as a peer within the same regional labor-market ecosystem with overlapping employer-facing services.

Market position

Strengths5 records

Weaknesses5 records

Competitive moat4 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights6 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@massarbeit
• Instagraminstagram.com/landkreis_osnabrueck
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/ma%C3%9Farbeit-ka%C3%B6r

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Number of profiles

Profiles4 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

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