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Team Leader Custodial Services 80 - 100%
- 16 May 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Zürich
Job summary
Join the team at Justizvollzug und Wiedereingliederung in Zürich! Be part of a meaningful journey.
Tasks
- Lead and support your team in achieving operational excellence.
- Actively contribute to the development of innovative practices.
- Ensure the safety and well-being of all involved during operations.
Skills
- Completed education in relevant fields and leadership experience.
- Strong conflict resolution and communication skills are essential.
- Empathy and a positive attitude towards rehabilitation are key.
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About the job
Team Leader Custodial Services 80 - 100%Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and employs around 1,400 staff with diverse professional profiles. JuWe is responsible for criminal and measure enforcement as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For JuWe employees, the successful social reintegration of offenders and the prevention of recidivism are of particular importance.
The Main Department of Remand Prisons Zurich (UGZ) - one of seven main departments of JuWe - currently operates seven prisons for remand and security detention. One of these facilities is Winterthur Prison (GFW), which manages its tasks with a staff of around 49 employees and offers space for 92 detainees and 9 places for provisional arrest.
For our custodial services, we are looking immediately or by arrangement for a committed, strong leadership and responsible personality as team leader.
This is your field of activity
- You take over the professional and personnel leadership of your team and implement the leadership principles of Correctional Services and Reintegration Zurich with conviction and clarity
- As a member of the management team, you actively shape the further development of custodial services and contribute your ideas and experience
- Coordination and organisation of the operational daily business as well as deputising for the custodial management are part of your varied responsibilities
- With a trained eye, you recognise potential crisis situations and emergencies early and initiate the necessary measures to ensure the safety of all involved
- You promote teamwork and support your employees specifically in their professional and personal development
- Your work deployment includes day, weekend and public holiday shifts; in exceptional cases also at night, complemented by taking on on-call duties
What you bring with you
- You have a completed federal vocational certificate (EFZ), a (specialist) baccalaureate or an equivalent qualification. Initial leadership experience or completed leadership training is an advantage
- Ideally, you have completed training as a correctional officer with a federal specialist certificate
- Very good German skills as well as knowledge of at least one other language distinguish you, as does confident handling of common IT applications
- Resilience, assertiveness, conflict competence and a confident appearance are among your particular strengths
- A positive attitude towards people as well as motivation to actively help shape a development-oriented remand detention
- You are at least 25 years old and have an impeccable record (no entries in the criminal and debt enforcement registers)
What you will benefit from
- Look forward to a varied and responsible activity in an exciting and demanding working environment
- You help shape a culture in which dealing with people in correctional services is consistently respectful, empathetic and consistent
- A broad range of training and further education opportunities with diverse development possibilities
- Attractive employment conditions according to cantonal guidelines
Your application
Ready for a new challenge? Then apply now via our online tool. We look forward to receiving your documents!
Questions about the position will be gladly answered by Cornelia Rindlisbacher, Head of Custodial Services, at 043 258 17 41.
For questions about the application process, the Recruitment & Assessment team is happy to assist you at 043 258 35 83.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
