Group Leader Daycare Schönenwegen 70 - 75% distributed over 4 - 5 days per week

About the job

Your new role

In your new role, you actively shape the future of our children and take on the main responsibility for a dynamic group of children aged 4 to 13 years. You influence their daily life as well as leisure activities and create a supportive, inspiring environment. In close collaboration with your team and in regular exchange with the parents, you ensure the best possible educational support according to our framework concept and quality guidelines. In addition, you are committed to promoting young talent by competently guiding apprentices (FaBe) and students of social and childhood education and supporting them on their professional path. Your working style is reflective and conceptually shaped, and you bring not only organizational skills but also administrative abilities and good PC knowledge.

We look forward to meeting you if you:

• have a tertiary degree (HF/FH) in social work or childhood education.
• have experience working with children and their diverse life worlds.
• convince through reliability, resilience, as well as an appreciative and solution-oriented attitude.
• enjoy working in a team and count a reflective and conceptual working style among your strengths.
• meet the requirements for practical training of apprentices and students.
• have a strong flair for administrative tasks.

Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:

Our operation

At 15 locations, we care for over 2400 school children from the city’s primary schools and kindergartens. At the Schönenwegen daycare, you will find a lively, multicultural environment where you can make a real difference.

We offer you

With us, you can expect a varied working environment with a high degree of personal responsibility and the opportunity to help shape it. You benefit from generous vacation regulations, families from a city family allowance, and fathers from a 20-day paternity leave. Thanks to a diverse training program, you can develop personally and professionally.

Our corporate culture

We value good cooperation, clear communication, and treat each other with respect. We live equal opportunities and support the compatibility of work and private life.

Our selection process

Your questions about the position and the selection process will be answered by Peter Lutz, Head of Daycare Schönenwegen, phone 071 499 25 44. Have we sparked your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application submitted online. Further information about the City of St.Gallen daycare can be found at www.betreuung.stadt.sg.ch.

We appreciate diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.