Zürich
Security Centre Staff 40 - 60%
- 22 October 2026
- 40 – 60%
- Zürich
Job summary
Join our team at the Zurich Detention Center, specializing in women's incarceration. Enjoy a supportive work environment with growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Operate the security center, mainly during evenings and weekends.
- Ensure safety by managing door access and responding to alarms.
- Coordinate staff deployments for visits and transfers efficiently.
Skills
- You must be at least 25 years old and mentally resilient.
- Empathetic, respectful communication and conflict resolution skills.
- Technical understanding and proficiency in German and another language.
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About the job
We do what works.
Correctional Services and Reintegration
40 - 60%
from January 2027
Security Centre Staff
As part of the Zurich Remand Prisons (UGZ), Dielsdorf Prison specialises in the accommodation of women and has 57 detention places. The focus is on remand and security detention, complemented by the enforcement of short and substitute custodial sentences. If necessary, women can be admitted together with their infants up to around 18 months old.
To strengthen our team, we are looking for a resilient and committed individual from January 2027 on a fixed-term basis for one year (with possible transfer to a permanent position).
To strengthen our team, we are looking for a resilient and committed individual from January 2027 on a fixed-term basis for one year (with possible transfer to a permanent position).
This is what you will achieve with us
- Operating the security centre, mainly in the evenings, at weekends and on public holidays
- Ensuring security as well as opening doors and handling alarms
- Triggering the security protocol in emergency situations
- Coordinating the deployments of supervisors/caretakers, for example during visits and transfers
- Conducting entrance control
- Receiving and processing call requests from detainees as well as answering and forwarding concerns
- Maintaining the journal and required documentation
- Transmitting information to detainees as instructed
- Supporting care and administrative tasks
This is what you bring
- You are at least 25 years old and mentally resilient
- You treat people with empathy, respect and friendliness and can build relationships as well as resolve conflicts professionally
- You act responsibly, independently, discreetly and carefully
- You are a team player, communicate clearly, enjoy learning new things and develop professionally
- You have technical understanding as well as good German language skills in speaking and writing and good oral skills in at least one other language
Your contacts
Any questions?
Simone P. Keller
Prison Director
+41 43 258 16 01
Izabela Rueck
Deputy Prison Director
+41 43 258 16 02
Prison Director
+41 43 258 16 01
Izabela Rueck
Deputy Prison Director
+41 43 258 16 02
Luisa Ciullo
Recruitment & Assessment
+41 43 258 58 35
Recruitment & Assessment
+41 43 258 58 35
Dear recruitment agencies! Unfortunately, we cannot consider dossiers associated with fee demands. Only direct applications will be answered and considered in the selection process.
About us
The Zurich Remand Prisons (UGZ) are one of eight main departments of JuWe. They comprise seven facilities with around 735 prison places and about 500 employees. They are responsible for provisional detention, remand and security detention as well as early enforcement of sentences and measures until transfer to a correctional facility. Thus, they fulfil a central function within the Zurich justice system from the outset.
As employees of the Zurich Remand Prisons, we ensure structured and humane care of detainees with expertise and commitment and contribute to orderly conduct of criminal proceedings before guilt or innocence is decided.
With around 1400 employees, Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is the largest office within the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs and is responsible for the enforcement of sentences and measures as well as for the execution of various types of detention. Our employees from around 40 professions support and promote the reintegration of offenders and are committed effectively and progressively to a safe and just society.
As employees of the Zurich Remand Prisons, we ensure structured and humane care of detainees with expertise and commitment and contribute to orderly conduct of criminal proceedings before guilt or innocence is decided.
With around 1400 employees, Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is the largest office within the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs and is responsible for the enforcement of sentences and measures as well as for the execution of various types of detention. Our employees from around 40 professions support and promote the reintegration of offenders and are committed effectively and progressively to a safe and just society.
We offer…
Lunch voucher
Induction
Fair salaries
Good and broad training and further education opportunities
Responsible work
Good social benefits (pension fund)
Your application process
Online assessment
First interview
Second interview
Final decision
