Subject Matter Expert Supervision and Performance Controlling, Department of Institutions 70%

Work location: Bern Start date: 1. February 2027 or by arrangement Your tasks Due to retirement, we are looking for a successor as a subject matter expert. With your work, you create the prerequisites so that children and adolescents with special support and protection needs receive the support they require. You operate at the interface of technical expertise, supervision, quality development, and cooperation with service providers and actively help shape child and youth welfare in the Canton of Bern. Meaningful work with room for design and social relevance. Your profile • Licensing of residential institutions as well as supervision of outpatient and residential institutions (independent management of the assigned portfolio) • Advising service providers regarding offers, handling of special incidents, and during crises • Conducting contract negotiations • Ensuring and verifying the agreed services and quality standards • Developing concepts, guidelines, and working instruments • Participating in specialist committees and projects of child and youth welfare We offer you • Master's degree in Social Work (at university/university of applied sciences level) or comparable training • Several years of outpatient or residential activity in the field of child and youth welfare • Responsible • Strong in dialogue and assertive • Excellent German skills (C2) and good French skills (B1) Contact Curious? Your contact for questions: Joy Michel, Recruiting Partner, Telephone 031 635 17 82, hr-rekrutierungen@be.ch As a specialist office, the Kantonale Jugendamt (KJA) is responsible for, among other things, child and youth welfare and comprehensive child protection. An interdisciplinary team of well over 30 employees is committed with passion and competence, together with diverse actors, to ensuring that suitable offers are available for children and adolescents throughout the canton https://www.kja.dij.be.ch/de/start.html