Head of Department Migration & Integration (80% workload)

About the job

The Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne comprises ten parishes, two networks with city-wide specialist departments, and an office. Around 300 employees work together for a lively church and social community.

The Migration & Integration department sets important impulses in the city of Lucerne: it promotes interreligious dialogue, supports refugees, and develops concrete integration projects. The department team consists of the head and four employees.

Due to the retirement of the long-standing position holder, we are looking for a

Your tasks

• Together with your team, you will shape and develop the department innovatively and future-oriented. You lead the employees, support them in their work, and lead or accompany projects.
• You network the department with organizations, projects, and initiatives in Lucerne and the surrounding area that are committed to peaceful coexistence of people from different backgrounds.
• You perform foundational work, create concepts, and develop new projects. You particularly focus on people with precarious residence situations.
• You are the central contact person for professional questions on migration and integration.

We offer

• a versatile field of work in which you can contribute to different life worlds and develop it participatively, creatively, and impact-oriented.
• a committed, interdisciplinary team
• appreciation, very good employment conditions and social benefits, attractive further training opportunities.

We look forward to

• an innovative, open personality with spiritual, social, and cultural commitment
• experience in intercultural coexistence and intercultural communication as well as good empathy for people with a migration background
• competences and experience in leadership, project management, as well as personnel and organizational development.
• a completed university degree in theology, social work/socioculture, sociology, or a comparable field.

Further information about the Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne can be found at www.kathluzern.ch. For questions, Astrid Gassmann, Head of the Social Network, Tel 041 229 99 24, astrid.gassmann@kathluzern.ch or Nicola Neider, Head of the Migration & Integration Department, nicola.neider@kathluzern.ch 041 229 99 22 will be happy to provide information.

Take the next step. We look forward to receiving your complete application. Please send your dossier by March 8, 2026, to our Human Resources Department, bewerbung@kathluzern.ch.

The Catholic Church of the City of Lucerne is part of the Alliance Equal Catholic.