Community Worker
- 10 November 2026
- 50%
- Permanent position
- German (Native language)
- Horgen
About the job
Canton of Zurich
Department of Education
Office for Youth and Career Counselling
Community Worker
50%
The Office for Youth and Career Counselling Canton of Zurich, branch office for the districts of Affoltern, Dietikon, Horgen, is a cantonal competence centre offering professional support in the fields of family/youth and career counselling. Community work is organised as a regional office and offers its services in all three districts.
For the District of Dietikon we are looking for a Community Worker from 1 April 2027 or by arrangement.
Community work operates with access through territorial, functional and categorical communities. With its socio-spatial knowledge, community work complements and supports the work of individual and family assistance in the sense of universal and selective prevention.
For the District of Dietikon we are looking for a Community Worker from 1 April 2027 or by arrangement.
Community work operates with access through territorial, functional and categorical communities. With its socio-spatial knowledge, community work complements and supports the work of individual and family assistance in the sense of universal and selective prevention.
You plan, initiate and accompany projects with the aim of developing the community in a targeted, forward-looking and holistic manner and further shaping the social space involving the stakeholders. You lead temporary development aid and development work and understand community work as a dynamic, controlled and cooperative process. You work interdisciplinarily with internal and external specialist offices, authorities and affected stakeholders. You focus on the thematic priorities of early support and support for young people in the transition from school to vocational education, secondary schools.
You have a completed university of applied sciences degree in social work or socio-cultural animation with additional training (e.g. in community work, regional development, organisational consulting) and you bring experience in moderating groups, participatory processes and project work. We are looking for a creative, goal-oriented and negotiation-skilled personality with high social and self-competence.
We offer you a varied and responsible activity in an interdisciplinary field of work. You can expect a professional, committed and collegial team. The employment conditions correspond to the cantonal guidelines. The workplace is located in the Child and Youth Welfare Centre in Horgen and is very well accessible by public transport.
