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Head of Housekeeping
- 04 March 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Opfikon
Job summary
Join the Alterszentrum Gibeleich as a Leiter/in Hauswirtschaft! This public institution focuses on senior care in Opfikon.
Tasks
- Oversee cleaning and laundry services with a team of 14 staff.
- Ensure high-quality service and continuous improvement standards.
- Collaborate on budget planning and service development initiatives.
Skills
- Completed training in hospitality housekeeping is required.
- Experience in a similar leadership role is a must.
- Strong IT skills and excellent German language proficiency.
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About the job
Head of Housekeeping
The Gibeleich Senior Center is a public institution for the care and support of the elderly in the city of Opfikon. It offers a total of 76 care places, which are distributed across long-term, transitional, and dementia care. In addition, the Gibeleich Senior Center operates a public restaurant, runs a meal service for the residents of the city of Opfikon, and supplies 11 children's daycares. With its various offerings, the senior center serves as a meeting place for seniors, relatives, volunteers, and residents of the city of Opfikon.
In the coming years, the senior center will develop into a competence center for elderly people, with a replacement new building planned. For this exciting and demanding process, we are looking for an innovative and creative leader who wants to help shape the cleaning and laundry areas of the senior center in the future.
General Information
- Workload
- 80-100 %
- Start date
- June 1, 2026, or by arrangement
- Employer
- Gibeleich Senior Center
- Type of employment
- Permanent
- Type
- Job offer
Tasks
- Professional, organizational, and personnel overall responsibility for the cleaning and laundry areas (approx. 14 employees)
- Ensuring optimal service quality and quality assurance
- Co-responsible for budget planning as well as purchasing and inventory management
- Active development and co-design of services and processes
- Collaboration with internal and external stakeholders
Expectations
- Completed vocational training in the field of hotel housekeeping
- Professional experience in an equivalent function
- Further training as a department head in hotel housekeeping BP, head of hotel housekeeping HFP, or equivalent further training
- Knowledge in process and project management
- Good IT user skills
- Very good German language skills, spoken and written
We offer
- Responsible leadership role with scope for design
- Future-oriented and committed management team
- Attractive employment conditions and social benefits
- Very good accessibility by public and private transport
- Generous training and further education opportunities
Procedure
Please send your complete application documents to Mr. Martin Siegrist, Head of Hotel Services, personal.az@opfikon.ch
Further information
For further questions, Mr. Martin Siegrist, Head of Hotel Services, is available by phone at 044 829 85 93.
