Unit Manager M/F, 80%, CDI, Welcome Living Together Service - Aid to migrants

• 03 September 2026
• 80%
• Indefinite duration
• Rue des Glacis de Rive 12, 1216 Genève

Company Description

At Hospice général, we work for better living together in Geneva

Founded in 1535 in Geneva, our institution accompanies people who, at a point in their lives, need support for the necessary time to (re)find sustainable autonomy. We promote the social and professional reintegration of people receiving social assistance, we welcome and host people from asylum seeking backgrounds whom we follow in their integration process. Finally, we participate in the fight against isolation of seniors.

We are more than 1' 600 female and male employees distributed across 60 sites throughout the territory of the canton. We accompany more than 40' 000 people.

By joining our institution, you will participate in the realization of our social mission, anchored in our values of collaboration, respect, commitment, and benevolence.

In a context where our teams evolve in demanding and constantly changing fields, we make it a point of honor to offer them stimulating working conditions: we aim for diversity and inclusion, we value collective intelligence, encourage exchanges and innovation, and promote initiative-taking and experimentation.

Job Description

Your mission

The manager guarantees, through their unit, a quality welcome allowing migrant persons to orient themselves quickly in their new environment. He/she promotes their rapid, sustainable, and participatory integration within the Genevan community, in coordination with internal and external partners of the Hospice général. He/she also works towards the development of living together, the strengthening of social cohesion, and the promotion of harmonious, respectful, and inclusive cohabitation within collective accommodation centers and the neighborhoods in which they are located.

To this end, the unit:

• Ensures the implementation of processes, devices, and infrastructures necessary for the welcome, information, and orientation of new arrivals;
• Develops interactions, intercultural exchanges, and opportunities for meeting between the migrant population and the host society in order to promote social integration, participation in local life, and living together;
• Designs, supports, and coordinates actions promoting inclusion, autonomy, civic engagement, the development of empowerment, and the development of social links between residents and their environment;
• Accompanies beneficiaries in the progressive acquisition of their autonomy in daily life acts and in the understanding of their social, administrative, and institutional environment, in order to promote their active participation in society;
• Develops and animates a network of local partners (public, private, associative, volunteers, inhabitants, communes, cultural and sports institutions, etc.) contributing to integration and social cohesion;
• Promotes the participation of residents in collective life and encourages initiatives reinforcing responsibility, mutual respect, and the sense of belonging to the community;
• Manages collective life within the accommodation centers and prevents, accompanies, or resolves situations of tension or conflict in an approach promoting dialogue, mediation, and respect for diversity;
• Ensures the planning, monitoring, and control of the unit's budgetary framework, ensures the efficient use of allocated resources, and contributes to the optimization of services in compliance with institutional objectives;
• Represents the service to political authorities, state services, communes, and any other entity concerned by the issues of welcome, integration, and social cohesion.

The manager anticipates and accompanies the organizational evolutions necessary for the adaptation of the unit in order to offer services meeting the needs of beneficiaries and the issues of integration, social participation, and living together of the canton. He/she furthermore guarantees responsible management of human, financial, and material resources made available to the unit.

Qualifications

Your profile

• You have a university education (minimum Bachelor) or a HES degree and experience in a position with managerial responsibilities, preferably in accommodation structures for a public in a situation of precariousness;
• Dynamic and flexible personality, you are comfortable in human contacts and demonstrate openness;
• You demonstrate a good sense of analysis as well as an aptitude to adopt a broad vision;
• Your sense of diplomacy and your capacity for innovation are recognized;
• Your interest in social work in complexity is proven;
• You have a very good knowledge of legal frameworks and demonstrate administrative rigor;
• You master common IT tools;
• Knowledge of project management methodology is a plus, and knowledge of the migration field and the Genevan associative fabric is an asset.

Additional Information

We offer you

• An open and respectful corporate culture;
• Continuous development of skills thanks to an attractive training policy;
• Opportunities for career evolution and internal mobility;
• Numerous cultural and sporting activities to experience collectively within the institution.

Activity rate: 80%

Contract type: CDI

Function class: 19

Start date: 01.10.2026

Application deadline: 11.09.2026

Our recruitment process

It takes place in several phases according to the type of position, where each step conditions the next: application analysis, interview te