Head of UMA Department 80-100%

Head of UMA Department 80-100%

Exciting tasks await:

• Personnel, professional and organisational leadership of the UMA department (unaccompanied minor asylum seekers) with around 15 directly subordinate employees, overall responsibility for the area with around 120 employees and 12 internally and externally supervised accommodations with around 500 accommodation places
• Responsibility for timely and appropriate accommodation as well as professional and trauma-pedagogical care of UMA in a demanding, dynamic and politically sensitive environment
• Ensuring and further developing performance and quality standards as well as continuous adaptation of concepts and processes to changing framework conditions
• Managing cooperation with internal and external partners, negotiating service offers and ensuring controlling of agreed services
• Representing the department vis-à-vis authorities, institutions, expert committees and the public as well as early identification and handling of risks and matters of particular significance

What you bring:

• University degree (FH/Uni) in Social Work, Social Pedagogy, Business Administration or a comparable field
• Several years of leadership experience with a large number of employees, preferably in the asylum, social, care, security or penal system sector, combined with pronounced decision-making and implementation competence
• High resilience, pronounced independence and the ability to provide orientation and remain capable of action even in complex, dynamic and sensitive situations
• Very good communication, negotiation and conflict skills as well as a confident appearance towards different stakeholders
• Networked and strategic thinking, business understanding as well as a pronounced political sensitivity for working in the environment of administration and the public

Benefits

We offer flexible working options, a wide range of further training and attractive social benefits. You can find all our benefits at ag.ch/personal.

Your working environment

The population is at the centre of the activities of the Department of Health and Social Affairs. We work sustainably and purposefully for the security of their living environments.
The Cantonal Social Service is responsible for public social assistance, asylum and refugee affairs as well as victim counselling and victim support. It is the appeals authority in the area of social assistance and supports municipalities in implementing their family and senior policies. In doing so, we work closely with other administrative offices, municipalities, other cantons, the federal government and third-party organisations.

Contact

Interested? For professional enquiries, please contact Günter Marz, Tel. 062 835 38 32. For questions about the application process, Dominik Roth, Tel. 062 835 32 12, will be happy to assist you.

We look forward to receiving your online application.