Dual leadership for Basel culture department
From January 2018, Sonja Kuhn and Katrin Grögel will jointly manage the Basel City Department of Culture as part of a top-sharing concept. The management concept is being implemented in the canton's administration for the first time.
According to the canton's press release, Sonja Kuhn and Katrin Grögel cover the profile for the management of the Culture Department due to their respective professional backgrounds and broad experience. Sonja Kuhn was previously deputy head of the Culture Department and Katrin Grögel was responsible for cultural projects in the Culture Department.
With the top-sharing model, the Department of Presidential Affairs is responding "to socio-political changes and to the demands of highly qualified employees to take on responsibility in management functions as part-time employees". Sonja Kuhn and Katrin Grögel will each work 70 percent of the time. They will be jointly responsible for all management decisions and transactions in the Culture Department. Mutual deputization is also integrated into the model.
