Stadt Dorsten

What Stadt Dorsten does

Stadt Dorsten is a municipal government (Stadtverwaltung) in Nordrhein-Westfalen, Germany, serving approximately 76,000 residents through a workforce of roughly 1,200 employees across more than 60 professional disciplines. The entity is a Körperschaft des öffentlichen Rechts — a public-law corporation — governed by Mayor Tobias Stockhoff and an elected municipal council, and operates as the constitutionally mandated monopoly provider of municipal services within its jurisdiction, including public safety (fire department and rescue services), urban infrastructure (civil engineering, building management, drainage), social services (youth welfare, family services, childcare), education (music school, vocational training, VHS adult education), environmental services (waste management, water management), and general citizen administration. The municipality maintains three wholly-owned operating subsidiaries: Kommunaler Servicebetrieb Dorsten (KSD), Atlantis Dorsten (a leisure and family swimming facility), and WINDOR (the municipal holding company).

Name

Stadt Dorsten

Legal name

Stadt Dorsten

Website

https://schluesselposition.de

Company type

Private

Operating status

Operating

Headcount range

51–100 employees

Short description

Stadt Dorsten is a German municipal government (Stadtverwaltung) in Nordrhein-Westfalen employing approximately 1,200 staff across 60+ professions to deliver statutory public services to roughly 76,000 residents of Dorsten.

Ownership category

akta.pro rank

Product category

Municipal Government Services

NAICS

Employment Placement Agencies (561311), Employment Placement Agencies and Executive Search Services (56131)

SIC

Services-Employment Agencies (7361)

akta.pro primary industry

Job Placement, Matching & Career Navigation Services (EDAAAOAL)

akta.pro secondary industries

General Permanent Placement (Multi-Industry) (BPACAFAA), Workforce Support Services & Case Management (Coaching, Wraparound) (EDAAAOAK)

Keywords

• Municipal government services
• Public administration careers
• Civil service recruitment
• Municipal career portal
• Vocational training programs

Headquarters

HQ city

Dorsten

HQ country

Germany

HQ region

Europe

Offices1 record

Markets served

GTM type

B2C

Offering type

Services

Cost components

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

Revenue model

1. Municipal Tax Revenue: Government funded through municipal taxes, state funding, and local fees from approximately 76,000 citizens

Go-to-market motion1 record

Distribution channels3 records

Marketing channels8 records

Core offering

Stadt Dorsten is a municipal government (Stadtverwaltung) that delivers public administration, public safety (fire department and rescue), education, social services, urban infrastructure, and environmental management to approximately 76,000 residents of Dorsten, North Rhine-Westphalia. Its primary outward-facing product is the Schlüsselposition Karriereportal, a unified digital recruitment platform aggregating around 100 vacancies per year across 60+ professions, supported by a Recruitee applicant tracking system, optional WhatsApp application channel, and multi-channel employer branding. The municipality also offers vocational apprenticeships, dual-study programs, and FSJ (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr) voluntary social year placements in partnership with the German Red Cross.

Product overview

Stadt Dorsten operates a unified recruitment platform centered on the Schlüsselposition Karriereportal, a career website that aggregates all job vacancies and apprenticeship opportunities across the city's municipal administration. The platform is supported by Recruitee's applicant tracking system for application management. The portfolio includes positions across 60 different professions including administrative roles, engineering, social services, emergency services, and technical trades. Vocational training programs and dual-study opportunities are offered in partnership with various educational institutions.

Differentiator

Problem solved

Functional benefit

Brands

• Schlüsselposition: Official career portal of Stadt Dorsten for recruiting and job applications

Products and services

• Schlüsselposition Karriereportal Official career portal of Stadt Dorsten aggregating all open positions across approximately 60 professions in the municipal administration, with employer-brand content, employee testimonials, an image film, and links to the Recruitee-powered application portal. Targeted at job seekers and career-changers in and around Dorsten.
• Recruitee Job Application Portal Recruitee-powered applicant tracking and application portal where candidates can view detailed job descriptions and submit applications for all open positions at Stadt Dorsten.
• Ausbildungsprogramme (Vocational Apprenticeship and Dual Study Programs) Multi-track apprenticeship and dual-study program offering vocational training in 10+ professions for candidates entering the municipal administration, in partnership with educational institutions including HSPV NRW. About 50 apprentices are engaged across the various professions.
• FSJ (Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr) Program Voluntary social year program for participants serving in municipal schools, day-care centers, and youth-work facilities, coordinated with the DRK (German Red Cross).

Named customers1 record

Segments1 record

Ideal customer profiles2 records

Technology focussed No

API detail

Has API

No

API docs

API detail

Core technology

AI maturity

App detail

Integration7 records

Partnerships

Six partnerships are on record, tiered core and minor.

• Atlantis DorstencoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerPublic leisure and swimming facility operated by the municipality. Partnership provides health and sports benefits for municipal employees including fitness programs and sports offerings. Atlantis is also a separate employer entity under the city's municipal holdings (Windor).
• WindorcoreStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal holding company of Stadt Dorsten managing various city-owned commercial operations and facilities including Atlantis leisure center. Coordinates municipal business activities and subsidiaries.
• DRK (German Red Cross)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerPartnership for Freiwilliges Soziales Jahr (FSJ - Voluntary Social Year) programs. DRK coordinates volunteer placements at municipal schools, daycare centers, and youth facilities.
• Volkshochschule (VHS) DorstenminorStrategic or Co-development PartnerMunicipal adult education center offering continuing education programs. Part of the city's educational ecosystem.
• HSPV NRW (Hochschule für Polizei und öffentliche Verwaltung)minorStrategic or Co-development PartnerUniversity of Applied Sciences for Police and Public Administration in North Rhine-Westphalia. Partner for dual study programs (Bachelor of Laws - Stadtinspektoranwärter) with practical phases at the municipal administration.
• KOMMUNIKATION LOHNZICH GmbH & Co. KGminorImplementation/ SI/ Consulting PartnerDesign and production agency responsible for creating the recruitment portal and marketing materials (website design, graphics, content). Located in Essen, Germany.

Scale indicators4 records

Recent moves6 records

Expansion highlights4 records

Direct peers

• Stadt Düsseldorf: NRW municipal government operating a dedicated career portal (karriere.duesseldorf.de) for direct-hire recruitment across municipal departments. Same NRW state, same TVöD framework, and comparable multi-channel employer branding approach — a direct regional peer.
• Stadt München: Large German municipal government with a sophisticated career portal (karriere.muenchen.de) featuring employer branding content and multi-channel recruitment. Directly comparable as a German municipal employer competing for the same talent pools in public administration and technical roles.
• Stadt Köln: Major German municipal government operating its own career portal (karriere.stadt-koeln.de) for permanent placement across many professions. Closely comparable as a NRW municipal employer running a dedicated employer-brand recruitment function, though at significantly larger scale than Stadt Dorsten.

Emerging players

• StepStone: Major commercial German/European job board increasingly used by public-sector employers for talent sourcing. Comparable as a digital recruitment channel competing for the same candidate attention as schluesselposition.de, particularly for technical and professional roles.
• Kimeta: Aggregator-based German job search platform used alongside municipal career portals. Represents an alternative candidate-acquisition channel for the same applicant pool that Stadt Dorsten targets through its own portal and job-board partnerships.

Broad incumbents

• Bundesagentur für Arbeit: Federal employment agency operating the national job platform and vocational placement services. Provides the broader workforce infrastructure within which Stadt Dorsten's recruitment operates, including Jobcenter services referenced in Stadt Dorsten's departmental structure.
• Interamt: Germany's leading public-sector job board operated by the Bundesagentur für Arbeit. Stadt Dorsten distributes job postings through Interamt alongside its own portal; Interamt represents the incumbent platform for municipal job matching at a national scale.

Others

• Indeed Deutschland: Global job board where Stadt Dorsten distributes postings as a recruitment channel. Functions as a complementary distribution channel rather than a direct competitor, but represents a structural alternative to municipal career portals for candidate acquisition.
• LinkedIn Recruiter: Professional networking platform actively used by Stadt Dorsten as a talent-sourcing integration. Functions as both a sourcing channel and an indirect competitor to its own employer-brand portal, particularly for passive candidates in professional and technical roles.

Regional players

• Stadt Essen: Adjacent NRW municipal government (Ruhr area, near Dorsten) operating its own career portal for direct-hire municipal positions. Regional peer competing for similar talent in the Ruhr/NRW labor market with comparable TVöD structures and demographic challenges.

Market position

Strengths4 records

Weaknesses4 records

Competitive moat3 records

Key risks5 records

Key highlights5 records

Customer concentration

• YouTubeyoutube.com/@dubistderschlussel/videos
• Facebookfacebook.com/KarriereportalderStadtDorsten
• Instagraminstagram.com/dubistderschluessel
• LinkedInlinkedin.com/company/dorsten

Revenue estimate

Valuation estimate

Number of profiles

Profiles1 record

Subsidiaries3 records

Funding overview

Funding rounds

Investors

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M&A

Investments

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