Apprenticeship as a Childcare Specialist EFZ – Start 2026
Stadt St.Gallen
Key information
- Publication date:13 January 2026
- Workload:100%
Job summary
Join St.Gallen's childcare team, focusing on holistic child development. Enjoy a supportive work environment with meaningful responsibilities.
Tasks
- Facilitate children's language, cognitive, and motor skill growth.
- Create engaging individual and group activities for diverse learning.
- Observe and adapt to children's needs with patience and care.
Skills
- Must have strong observational skills and practical sense; resilience is key.
- Ability to work precisely and attentively with children.
- Strong connected thinking and health for an active role.
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Your new role
In the field of childcare, the holistic development of children is central. This includes linguistic, intellectual, and motor skills, social behavior, and personality. Childcare specialists design everyday life age- and situation-appropriately with guided sections and free play, individual and group activities. You enable children to have diverse learning experiences, to develop individually, and at the same time to find their way in the group.
This position is for you if you bring the following
- Patience and sensitivity in dealing with children
- Good powers of observation
- Precise work
- Practical sense
- Resilience and good health
- Networked thinking
Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:
What we offer
With us, you work in one of the municipal daycares and are an important part of the team. This offers you a wide variety of tasks where you can make a meaningful impact for St.Gallen. We offer apprenticeships at the Hebel daycare and at the Hof-Kreuzbühl daycare.
Benefits
Performance bonus
Welcome day
Santa Claus dinner
Spring event
Ostwind subscription
Any questions?
All information about apprenticeships at the City of St.Gallen can be found at stadtsg.ch/lehre.
We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.
