Youth Worker / 70% - 80%

About the job

Job Offers Parishes/Pastoral Area

Youth Worker / 70% - 80%

The Roman Catholic Church Community of Thun is looking for the two parishes St. Marien and St. Martin, starting immediately or by arrangement, a

Youth Worker / 70% - 80%

The church community has around 11,000 members in the area of 39 municipalities in the Bern Oberland pastoral area. Your future field of activity is very diverse and includes many facets
We are looking for a person

• who enjoys working with young people and is open to collaboration in the pastoral area

• willing to work situational, flexible hours / assignments
• who appreciates the diversity of different people
• who is dynamic, able to handle change well and works goal-oriented.
• who is ready to actively shape transformation processes and for cross-departmental collaboration (including with catechesis, social diaconia and ecumenism)

• who lives an appreciative and supportive basic attitude
• who does not shy away from difficulties but likes to tackle them proactively
• who is independent, open, sociable, reliable and authentic

• who brings organisational talent or is willing to acquire it

• who cultivates and lives team and communication culture

• who has good IT user skills

• who is willing to learn to manage local communication tools such as M&M App, Canva, Instagram, Facebook and TikTok

Your tasks
• Open church youth work: actively supervise the youth centre with young people and young adults and network with the community and in ecumenism
• Actively initiate and implement various projects
• Plan and carry out trips with young adults
• Network with missions in other languages
• Support and co-manage diaconal projects

You bring with you
A qualification in socio-cultural animation, social pedagogy, religious education (RPI) or equivalent training

We offer
• An open, dynamic, committed, diverse team
• Cultural diversity
• Good infrastructure and sufficient resources to implement projects
• Opportunity for personal development
• Large platform for networking

Have we caught your interest?
We look forward to receiving your complete application. Please send the documents electronically by 27.11.2026 to the administration

If you have any questions, please contact:
• Nicole Macchia, Community Leader, Phone 076 337 77 43
• Thomas Studer, Church Council Personnel, Phone 079 707 68 44