Caseworker for Alimony Assistance 100%

Bülach

Key information

Publication date:14 August 2025
Workload:100%
Place of work:Bülach

Job summary

Join the Alimentenhilfe team at AJB in Zurich, focused on child support. Be part of a supportive work environment with great benefits.

Tasks

Represent beneficiaries in relevant legal proceedings and processes.
Collect maintenance claims for children and spouses effectively.
Process applications for financial assistance and manage payments.

Skills

Completed commercial training with experience in maintenance cases.
Strong numerical understanding and independent work skills.
Excellent communication skills and interest in legal matters.

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Caseworker for Alimony Assistance 100%

The Alimony Assistance is part of the Office for Youth and Career Counseling (AJB), which is responsible for extracurricular education and child protection in the Canton of Zurich. The Alimony Assistance department provides collection assistance and advance payments of maintenance contributions according to the Child and Youth Assistance Act.

We are looking for an engaged and motivated person with experience in handling alimony cases, who would like to apply their extensive expertise in the Canton of Zurich, starting from November 1, 2025, or by agreement.

Your tasks:

Representing maintenance claimants in the relevant proceedings
Claiming maintenance claims from children and spouses
Processing applications for financial assistance
Preparing applications to municipalities; executing decisions
Handling payment transactions
Preparing statements and reports for the financing municipalities

You bring:

Completed commercial basic training EFZ with several years of professional experience in the field of alimony or in similarly complex case processing (e.g., debt collection office, social insurance, fiduciary, accounting, collection)
Ideally, completed further training as an alimony specialist (or the willingness to complete this)
Good numerical understanding as well as precise and independent working style
Very good communication skills and assertiveness
Interest in legal issues (debt collection law, family law)

The Canton of Zurich stands out as a solid, fair, and reliable employer. The workplace is still centrally located in Bülach and will move to Zurich, to Ausstellungsstrasse, in spring 2026.

If you feel addressed and would like to work in an open and professional environment, we look forward to your online application. For additional information, Rosita Fontana, Head of Alimony Assistance, Tel. 043 259 9529, is happy to assist you.