Youth Worker (w/m/d) 75 %

"Wallisellen:

Diverse and attractive. Now and in the future."

Become part of our team and help fulfill the concerns of the population with great commitment and a high quality of service.

Jugendarbeit Wallisellen is responsible for extracurricular youth promotion in the city of Wallisellen. With its offerings in the youth house, in public space, and in the digital space, it creates low-threshold opportunities for encounter, education, and participation for children and young people.

Our youth work is in a phase of professional and conceptual further development. In doing so, we value a professional, participatory basic attitude, independent work, as well as constructive cooperation within the team and with our network partners.

In the Department of Society, Youth Work area, we are looking for you to strengthen our team as of 1 December 2026 or by agreement as

Youth Worker (w/m/d) 75 % ##

Your tasks

• You design professional relationship work and accompany as well as advise children and young people in different life situations.
• You recognize the interests and needs of the target groups and independently develop demand-oriented offers and projects from them.
• You promote the participation, self-determination, and initiative of children and young people.
• You plan, organize, and realize offers, projects, and events in the youth house, in public space, as well as in the digital space.
• You actively contribute your professional expertise and ideas to the conceptual further development of the youth work.
• You maintain cooperation with schools, associations, specialist agencies, and other partner organizations.

Your profile

• You have a recognized degree in Social Work (FH/HF) or a comparable qualification and ideally bring several years of experience in Open Youth Work.
• You have sound specialist knowledge, a professional self-image, and a reflective, resource-oriented basic attitude.
• You are characterized by initiative, joy of innovation, and an independent, reliable, and responsible way of working.
• You are an open, sociable personality and know how to build sustainable relationships with children and young people.
• You contribute actively and constructively to teamwork, communicate appreciatively, and represent your professional positions appropriately.
• You are interested in current social developments and the digital living worlds of children and young people.
• You are willing to work regularly in the evenings and on weekends, including Sundays.

Our offer

• A versatile and meaningful activity in a lively, intercultural working environment.
• Great professional scope for design and the opportunity to actively help shape the further development of the youth work.
• A committed team with regular professional exchange as well as appreciative and constructive cooperation.
• Supervision, team retreats, and attractive further training opportunities.
• Progressive employment conditions of the city of Wallisellen with a total of seven weeks of vacation.

Your next step

Become curious? We look forward to hearing from you. Please submit your complete application documents via our application tool at www.wallisellen.ch/jobs. For further information, Jenny Havret, Head of Youth, is available at Tel. 044 832 64 72.