Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Employee in Work Operation 80 - 100%
- 11 July 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Zürich
Job summary
Join the Justizvollzug und Wiedereingliederung team in Zürich! Make a difference in rehabilitation and social reintegration.
Tasks
- Support incarcerated individuals in various tasks like packaging and renovations.
- Acquire jobs and ensure quality and safety standards are met.
- Conduct administrative tasks, including reports on inmates.
Skills
- Completed vocational training, strong German skills, and another language.
- High social competence and ability to maintain professional boundaries.
- Resilience and ability to manage shift work including weekends.
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About the job
Employee in Work Operation 80 - 100%The Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and employs around 1,400 women and men with diverse professional profiles. JuWe is responsible for penal and measure enforcement as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For JuWe employees, the successful social reintegration of offenders and the prevention of recidivism are of particular importance.
The main department of Remand Prisons Zurich (UGZ) - one of eight main departments of JuWe - currently operates seven prisons for remand and security detention. One of these prisons is the Limmattal Prison (GFL), located in the district building Dietikon, which together with the Horgen Prison Department (GFH) offers 121 places for detainees. In addition to a department for adult detainees, the GFL has a strictly separated youth department as well as a crisis intervention department.
To complement our team in the work operation, we are looking for a committed individual from 1 November 2026 or by arrangement, limited until 30 April 2027.
This is your field of activity
- You support detainees in simple packaging, folding, renovation, etc. tasks
- You acquire orders and ensure quality and occupational safety standards
- You perform administrative tasks such as preparing reports and assessments of detainees
- You foster a culture in which the relationship with people in correctional services is handled and lived in a factual, reflective, binding, respectful and consistent manner
This is what you bring
- You have a completed vocational training in a craft
- Very good German skills in spoken and written form as well as good oral skills in at least one other language
- Minimum age of 25 years
- You understand how to consciously regulate closeness and distance to detainees and are characterised by high social competence and assertiveness
- You are physically and mentally resilient and can reconcile day, holiday and weekend shifts with your other commitments
- Impeccable character (no entries in the criminal and debt enforcement registers)
This is what makes the position special
- A demanding, interesting and varied activity in a dynamic and extraordinary working environment
- A reliable, supportive team
- Attractive employment conditions according to cantonal guidelines with a wide range of training and further education opportunities
Your application
Take the next step in your professional career with us and send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to receiving your dossier!
Any questions about the position? Humberto Diz, Deputy Prison Director, is happy to assist you at 043 258 21 02. Questions about the application process can be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 257 43 19.
Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton Zurich (zh.ch).
