Legal Auditorate in Child Protection 80 - 100%
Kanton Zürich
Winterthur
Key information
- Publication date:28 September 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Winterthur
Legal Auditorate in Child Protection 80 - 100%
The Office for Youth and Career Counseling of the Education Directorate provides, commissions, manages, and coordinates services for child and youth welfare and career counseling. It carries out the various counseling and support services centrally and decentrally at various locations in the canton of Zurich. The Regional Legal Service takes over the legal representation of children and adolescents in child protection and ensures internal and external legal advice.
To strengthen the Regional Legal Service in Winterthur, we are looking for an auditor with a workload of 80-100% starting April 1, 2026, or by arrangement. The position is limited to 1 year.
Your area of responsibility:
- Advising unmarried parents on maintenance and custody issues
- Legal advice to internal specialist departments and clients (children, adolescents, and their parents), especially in areas such as paternity, maintenance, and custody
- Drafting applications and legal documents to child protection authorities and in court proceedings
- If suitable and interested: opportunity for independent representation of children's interests before courts or criminal prosecution authorities
Your profile:
- Completed legal education (Licentiate or Master of Law)
- Interest in family and child law as well as civil and criminal procedural law
- Initial professional experience in the legal field is an advantage
- Very good German skills, additional languages are an advantage
- Team player, independent, and quick to grasp new topics
- Empathetic and motivated to represent the interests of children and families
What we offer:
- Meaningful, varied work in a cross-departmental and dynamic environment
- Direct contact with clients, professionals, authorities, and courts
- Interdisciplinary team with 8 employees, including one auditor partner
- Professional introduction
- Modern infrastructure, easily accessible in Winterthur
- Flexible working hours with compensation and, after an appropriate familiarization period, the possibility of home office
- Canton of Zurich as a solid, fair, and reliable employer, with employment conditions in accordance with cantonal guidelines
- Possibility to credit the auditorate for the lawyer's license (according to the ordinance of the Supreme Court on the aptitude test for the legal profession)
Application
Become part of our team and actively shape child protection!
We look forward to your application via the online tool. The interviews are expected to take place on October 27, 2025.
For more information, please visit Legal Auditorate in Child Protection | Canton of Zurich. Of course, the head of the Regional Legal Service, lawyer Jessica Rohner, Tel. 043 259 94 14, is also available for further questions.
The Office for Youth and Career Counseling of the Education Directorate provides, commissions, manages, and coordinates services for child and youth welfare and career counseling. It carries out the various counseling and support services centrally and decentrally at various locations in the canton of Zurich. The Regional Legal Service takes over the legal representation of children and adolescents in child protection and ensures internal and external legal advice.
To strengthen the Regional Legal Service in Winterthur, we are looking for an auditor with a workload of 80-100% starting April 1, 2026, or by arrangement. The position is limited to 1 year.
Your area of responsibility:
- Advising unmarried parents on maintenance and custody issues
- Legal advice to internal specialist departments and clients (children, adolescents, and their parents), especially in areas such as paternity, maintenance, and custody
- Drafting applications and legal documents to child protection authorities and in court proceedings
- If suitable and interested: opportunity for independent representation of children's interests before courts or criminal prosecution authorities
Your profile:
- Completed legal education (Licentiate or Master of Law)
- Interest in family and child law as well as civil and criminal procedural law
- Initial professional experience in the legal field is an advantage
- Very good German skills, additional languages are an advantage
- Team player, independent, and quick to grasp new topics
- Empathetic and motivated to represent the interests of children and families
What we offer:
- Meaningful, varied work in a cross-departmental and dynamic environment
- Direct contact with clients, professionals, authorities, and courts
- Interdisciplinary team with 8 employees, including one auditor partner
- Professional introduction
- Modern infrastructure, easily accessible in Winterthur
- Flexible working hours with compensation and, after an appropriate familiarization period, the possibility of home office
- Canton of Zurich as a solid, fair, and reliable employer, with employment conditions in accordance with cantonal guidelines
- Possibility to credit the auditorate for the lawyer's license (according to the ordinance of the Supreme Court on the aptitude test for the legal profession)
Application
Become part of our team and actively shape child protection!
We look forward to your application via the online tool. The interviews are expected to take place on October 27, 2025.
For more information, please visit Legal Auditorate in Child Protection | Canton of Zurich. Of course, the head of the Regional Legal Service, lawyer Jessica Rohner, Tel. 043 259 94 14, is also available for further questions.
