Head of Department Open Youth Work Center

Head of Department Open Youth Work Center ##

Your new role

You will take over the personnel, technical, organizational, and financial leadership of the Open Youth Work Center and actively shape its further development. Together with the team, you will ensure a contemporary, demand-oriented, and future-oriented orientation of the Open Youth Work in the city of St.Gallen.
As a member of the executive management of the Dienststelle Kinder Jugend Familie, you will contribute youth-relevant topics, participate in strategic decisions, and represent the concerns of adolescents and young adults within the municipal structures.
At the same time, you will remain close to practice: if required, you will work in the various offerings of the Open Youth Work Center, accompany projects and actions together with young people, and support your team in the implementation of innovative and participatory offerings. You will promote cooperation with schools, specialist agencies, associations, institutions, and other partner organizations and contribute to the visibility and further development of the Open Youth Work through targeted public relations work. Furthermore, you are responsible for budget planning and the careful use of the department's financial resources.
Irregular working hours as well as assignments in the evenings and occasionally on weekends are occasionally part of this function.

This position is for you if you

• have a university of applied sciences degree in Social Work or possess a comparable qualification.
• bring several years of experience in Open Child and Youth Work.
• possess leadership experience or proven leadership competencies.
• consider participation with the target group as well as with employees to be a matter of course.
• can combine strategic thinking with proximity to practice.
• enjoy promoting and developing employees and achieving goals together.
• bring experience in project development and project management.
• possess high social, communication, and networking competencies.
• can appear confidently and address the most diverse stakeholder groups in a target-group-oriented manner.
• wish to take responsibility for finances, budgeting, and resource planning.
• are flexible and bring the willingness to contribute at both a strategic and operational level.

Your employer

The Dienststelle Kinder Jugend Familie is a specialist agency for children and adolescents between 6 and 26 years, their reference persons, and other interested adults. It undertakes tasks such as counseling, providing information, support with ideas, as well as accompanying leisure activities.

The Abteilung Offene Jugendarbeit Zentrum of the Dienststelle Kinder Jugend und Familie of the Stadt St. Gallen provides diverse leisure offerings in the city center. With facilities such as the Jugendbeiz talhof, the Jugendkulturraum flon, the flonateliers, and the Mobile Jugendarbeit, it makes a significant contribution to youth culture in St. Gallen.

Our corporate culture

You work in an appreciative climate, which is characterized by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We promote our employees based on their individual abilities and resources.

What we offer

The Stadt St.Gallen supports the compatibility of profession, family, and other areas of life. Therefore, we offer flexible working models and family-friendly allowances. In our internal continuing education program, you will find interesting offerings for your professional and personal development.

Our selection process

Have we piqued your interest? For questions, Donat Richiger, Telephone 071 224 56 78, donat.richiger@stadt.sg.ch, is happy to assist you. Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.

Stadt St.Gallen, Personaldienste, Rathaus, 9001 St.Gallen, www.stadt.sg.ch