HEAD OF RESIDENTIAL SERVICES 80-100%

About the job

Because you successfully bring people, strategies and housing services together. ⚡️

You don’t just want to lead, but actively shape the future of housing? Then you are exactly right with us. Together with your leadership teams and the management, you will further develop our housing services, create conditions for self-determination and participation, and put the Inclusion Strategy 2035 into practice. We are looking for you from 1 January 2027 or whenever suits you. ❤️

Your Züriwerk workplace

As Head of Department, you are responsible for the personnel, business management and professional-strategic leadership of our housing services in Bubikon with around 55 residential places as well as the residential home in Zollikon with around 14 residential places. You directly lead four residential department heads as well as the night shift department head. ⛅
You work closely with the other department heads in internal and external housing, the studios and the Head of the Work & Housing business area and actively shape the future of our housing services. For this responsible role, you can expect an annual salary between CHF 115,000 and CHF 130,000 (at 100%). ☀️

You are right with us,

Because you shape these tasks:

• Driving strategic topics forward while keeping an operational overview? This exact combination appeals to you. ⚖️
• Together with your leadership teams, you create conditions that enable self-determination, participation and quality of life.
• You further develop our housing services and shape the future of the residential services area together with the business area management.
• Collaboration across departments and professional boundaries? You network people, build bridges and bring different perspectives together.
• Your leadership provides orientation, trust and development opportunities for employees and leaders.
• You implement the Inclusion Strategy 2035 step by step with foresight, clarity and enthusiasm. ✌️

Because you bring this background:

• You have training or further education in social management as well as several years of leadership and management experience. ✅
• You are familiar with supporting people with disabilities and current developments such as the Self-Determination Act or the UN CRPD.
• You naturally combine strategic topics, business management thinking and social space orientation.
• Accompanying people through change and providing orientation? You enjoy that.
• You communicate clearly, appear confident and move between very different stakeholders on an equal footing. ✨
• Even in demanding situations, you keep an eye on the big picture and set the right priorities.

Your benefits at a glance

Holidays & time off

• Look forward to 6 weeks of holiday per year
• Treat yourself to more: buy up to 2 additional weeks of holiday per year
• Unpaid leave is uncomplicated with us
• Every 5 years you receive between 5 and 15 additional days off as a gift
• 12 public holidays per year, including 24th and 31st December (substitute rule for weekends)

Health & flexibility

• 50% coverage of daily sickness benefits (KTG) and non-occupational accident (NBU) insurance contributions
• Broad support for further training and education
• Change of perspective: work one day per year in another profession within the Züriwerk Foundation
• Part-time, home office, annual working hours: with us you work flexibly
• Your health is important to us! We operate company health management (BGM)

Family time & life balance

• 18 weeks maternity and adoption leave for optimal bonding time
• Leave for the other parent: 6 weeks, 4 of which can be taken flexibly
• A day off on your birthday, even if it falls on a weekend or public holiday
• Commitment to a good cause: from the age of 30, you can use two working days per year for social engagement

Do you like what you see?

Then apply now for #yourjobwithmeaning

The Züriwerk Foundation promotes professional equality of all genders and lifestyles. Applications from People of Colour, people with a family migration background or representatives of marginalised groups are therefore expressly welcome.

Contact person

Andrea Kaufmann (she/her)
Head of Operations & Housing Business Area
T +41 44 405 71 07