Communication Specialist

About the job

Zurich-Wiedikon │80-100% │immediately

In a small team, you take responsibility for effective communication measures. The focus is on the website, stakeholder communication, presentations, and the accompanying communication of projects such as new buildings and renovations. You are strong in communication, think strategically, and act creatively. You love to place content precisely and make it visible across various channels. With your sensitivity for language and target groups, you help shape the communicative appearance and manage effective content for projects and events.

Your tasks

• You maintain and further develop our website (WordPress) and ensure understandable, user-oriented content.
• You structure, write, edit, and publish for digital and print channels and are responsible for our newsletter and mailings.
• You communicatively accompany major projects (renovations, new buildings, events, strategic initiatives) – from conception to implementation.
• You advise internal departments on marketing and communication topics, develop suitable solutions, and implement them.
• You create presentations for the board, management, and workshops and support internal communication.
• You support internal communication for events, change and project management, as well as other internal channels.
• You lead corporate publishing projects and contribute editorially.
• You coordinate and manage external service providers for the production of photo, video, and graphic material and ensure consistent quality across all communication media.

Your profile

• You have a university degree or further training in marketing & communication.
• You bring 5 – 8 years of experience in communication, marketing & corporate communications.
• You write stylistically confident & error-free German.
• You work independently, structured, and bring conceptual strength.
• You are confident in handling digital tools (CMS, newsletter tool, co-pilot, MS Office, PPT).
• You have several years of experience in project and stakeholder management as well as internal communication.
• You are an initiative personality who enjoys working in a team.
• You are interested in social issues, cooperative values, and meaningful work.

Your perspectives

The Allgemeine Baugenossenschaft Zürich (ABZ) is the largest housing cooperative in Switzerland and manages over 5100 apartments. As a non-profit organization, we stand for affordable housing, social sustainability, pioneering architecture, and community-promoting living forms.

Kununu has awarded ABZ as a Top Company 2025.

5 weeks of vacation, 6 weeks from age 50. The public holidays of the city of Zurich apply. Before Good Friday, Ascension Day, Christmas, and New Year, work ends at noon. In addition, ABZ supports various working time models so that you can optimally balance your professional and private life.

Team building Fun in the team is just as valuable as exciting tasks in everyday work. Therefore, we regularly meet for special events such as employee outings, Christmas dinners, information events, aperitifs, and sporting activities.

Contribution to training costs It is important to us that our employees continue to develop. For this purpose, ABZ provides 2 percent of the gross payroll as a training budget. The ABZ cost contribution ranges from 25 to 100 percent depending on the training.

High participation in social benefits ABZ pays 65 percent of the pension fund contributions. In addition, it covers the premiums for daily sickness and accident insurance. In case of accidents, you receive a single room in the private ward and have free choice of doctor in Switzerland and abroad.

Employee counseling In difficult life situations, our employees can get help. You and your family members can receive anonymous and free advice from Lyra Schweiz on legal, emotional, and practical life issues.

Public transport contribution You receive the BonusPass at a discounted price or the half-fare card for free. Both the office and our support points are located in the city of Zurich and are easily accessible by public transport.

Katharina Schär, Head of HR, looks forward to your electronic application.

We would be happy to read your answers in the motivation letter to the following questions: What attracts you to this position? Where can you set priorities? And where do you see the greatest opportunities and challenges in the field of communication in a cooperative?