Social Deacon in the Youth Sector / Youth Worker (80%)
Key information
- Publication date:27 November 2025
- Workload:80%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join the largest reform church community in Switzerland. Enjoy a vibrant work environment with diverse opportunities.
Tasks
- Design and implement open youth work in the community.
- Organize activities like youth meetings, excursions, and workshops.
- Support and guide young people and collaborate with community partners.
Skills
- Degree in social work or related field, ideally with CAS in Diakonie.
- Team-oriented with experience in youth engagement.
- Empathetic with strong relationship-building skills.
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The Reformed Church Community of Zurich is the largest and most populous church community in Switzerland. With a wide range of meaningful fields of activity, the focus is on the individual. The church community reaches a large number of people throughout the city with its offerings. It represents the needs of a modern and diverse society with its innovative forms of church life.
Social Deacon in the Youth Sector / Youth Worker (80%)
The Church District Eleven belongs to the Zurich Church Community and includes the districts of Affoltern ZH and Seebach. As reinforcement for our diaconal team, we are looking for you as a committed person to start immediately or by arrangement
Your tasks
- Design of open youth work in Church District Eleven
- Organizing and conducting activities for young people and young adults such as youth meetings, excursions, youth camps, workshops, etc.
- Participation in confirmation camps and design of elective courses for confirmands
- Support and promotion of young people and young adults
- Collaboration with employees of the church district and other players in open youth work (networking)
- Supervision of trainees
Your profile
- Education in social work (sociocultural animation, community animation, social work FH/HF)
- Preferably CAS Diakonie / TDS Aarau or willingness to further education
- Experience and enjoyment in church work with young people
- Team-oriented and experienced in dealing with young people
- Good Microsoft Office user skills and proficient use of social media
- Empathetic personality with the ability to build long-term relationship networks
- Flexibility for irregular working hours - also evenings and weekends
- Enjoyment in actively supporting and promoting trainees
- Christian basic attitude and identification with the Reformed Church
We offer
- Varied activity in a motivated and committed team with room for individual strengths
- Interdisciplinary collaboration in a church environment
- Opportunity to contribute personal skills and actively shape the lives of young people
- Scope for design in a diverse and lively church community
- Modern infrastructure in the shared office and attractive social benefits
- Home office possible by arrangement
Are you our new team member? Then we look forward to receiving your complete online application via link .
Any questions? Alexandra Meier-Schmid, Team Leader Diaconate, will be happy to provide information from 1.12.25:
Phone 043 495 90 54.
General information about us can be found at www.reformiert-zuerich.ch .
Offers from personnel agencies will not be considered.
Phone 043 495 90 54.
General information about us can be found at www.reformiert-zuerich.ch .
Offers from personnel agencies will not be considered.
