HR Generalist (50%)

About the job

The Youth Network Foundation operates various facilities in the field of child, youth and family support: family activation, Start-Life youth housing, residential groups. At our headquarters in Zurich-Wiedikon, the staff of the Central Services ensure structured processes in administration, personnel, finance, etc.

From 1 January 2027 or by arrangement, we are looking for you as an HR Generalist (50%)

Here you can make a difference with your HR expertise: In this newly created position, you will be the central contact person for our approximately 125 employees, responsible for the entire personnel administration (excluding payroll) and will further develop our HR processes and structures together with the Head of Central Services.

Your tasks
• You take on diverse, administrative and coordinative HR tasks and ensure the entire personnel administration – from job postings, applicant management, onboarding and offboarding, through changes and role transitions to work references and time tracking.
• You are the contact person for employees and managers and competently support them with all HR questions.
• You participate in HR projects, HR controlling and prepare evaluations and statistics.
• If needed, you also assist in other areas of the central services.

Your profile
• You enjoy working independently, keep an overview even with many different topics and take pleasure in not only managing HR but also developing processes, policies and work tools digitally and efficiently.
• You have a commercial basic education and further training in human resources – ideally as an HR specialist with a federal diploma or a comparable qualification.
• You are well versed in Swiss labour law and social insurance and navigate these confidently.
• You work proficiently with MS Office, especially Excel, and ideally know Abacus.
• You work in a structured and careful manner, take responsibility and can organise yourself well even in a dynamic environment.
• You communicate fluently in German – both spoken and written.
• You are service-oriented and enjoy working with different people and stakeholder groups.
• You are reliable, discreet and trustworthy and approach others openly, appreciatively and respectfully.

What we offer you
• A varied and responsible HR role in a meaningful non-profit organisation that is continuously developing.
• The chance to actively shape HR, contribute ideas and advance things together.
• A dynamic environment with short decision-making paths and modern infrastructure.
• A motivated, open and humorous team where collaboration and mutual support matter.
• A central workplace in close proximity to Zurich-Wiedikon station.
• Attractive employment conditions and good social benefits.

Does this sound like you? Then we look forward to getting to know you.
Please send us your complete application documents including salary expectations to info@jugendnetzwerk.ch.
If you have any questions, Zina Benbiri, Head of Central Services, will be happy to provide information at Tel. 044 727 40 20.
For this position, we only consider direct applications and explicitly do not cooperate with recruitment agencies.