Bern
Child & Youth Care Worker
- 11 September 2026
- 5 – 20%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
What awaits you:- A workplace in a multicultural and diverse environment
- A committed, appreciative and supportive team
- A varied and lively working day with room for co-creation and initiative
For this position, we deliberately do not require a cover letter. Please submit your current CV as well as your complete certificates and diplomas.
Child & Youth Care Worker
Become part of our team
Your work has an impact – for Bern and for the people who live and work here. Help shape the community and the future of this city with us: visible, tangible, sustainable.
At the Directorate for Education, Social Affairs and Sport, the person is at the centre. The daycare in the city of Bern is a voluntary family-supporting care service for school children.
What you achieve
- Collaboration and responsibility as part of the team in a care group with children aged 4 - 12 years in cooperation with the care team
- Promotion of skills in the non-formal education sector
- Participation in shaping the leisure programme
What you bring
- Solution-oriented, committed and empathetic personality
- Conflict and team skills
- Individual and appropriate communication
- Open and flexible attitude in the dynamic care routine
Your benefits in Bern
For meaning & city life
With us, you make a difference. You help shape city life, take responsibility and make Bern more liveable.
Security & stability
We offer you fair pay, clear structures, regulated working hours and long-term prospects.
Room for your whole life
Our working model adapts, wherever possible, to your life. With us, you bring all areas of life into harmony.
Growing with Bern
We give you space for development, further training and independent action.
Healthy in everyday life
With sport, exercise and advice, you stay in shape: physically, mentally, socially – and not just at work.
Advantages for every day
We offer you practical extras that make your everyday life easier and more enjoyable.
Contact
Do you have questions about the application process or the employer City of Bern? I look forward to helping you.
Elisabetta Zulian
Personnel Officer
031 321 40 90
Would you like to learn more about this position and our team at the City of Bern? I look forward to meeting you and am happy to assist!
Sabrina Baffa
Co-Head of Daycare
079 607 41 03
Your application process
This is how the application process works with us:
Step 1: Online application
Submit your application documents online via our job portal. To allow us to process your documents, you must create a login. After submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation. We assess each application individually based on the criteria in the job advertisement. This sometimes takes a little time. If your application fits, we will contact you for a first interview.
Step 2: Interviews
In the interview – by phone, on site or online – we want to get to know you. We check whether your expectations of the position match ours, what experience and skills you bring, whether you like our culture and how you fit into the team. If there is mutual interest and depending on the position, several interviews may take place. All your questions about the position, the team or the employment conditions are always welcome.
Step 3: Further steps in the process
Depending on the position, we arrange a trial or taster day, give you a professional task, organise a meeting with the team or invite you to an assessment. Reference checks are usually also part of our application process. You will be transparently informed about all steps in the process.
Step 4: Application decision
Are you convinced by us and we by you? After a verbal offer, you will receive a confirmation, the contract documents and information on what happens until you start the job. It didn’t work out? We look forward to you applying for other exciting positions despite a rejection.
For Bern. With heart. With impact.
More than 4,500 people work together in the city of Bern across five directorates and more than 80 professions. We are passionately and convincingly committed to the people who live and work here. Together we shape the community and the future of this city – visible, tangible, sustainable. For our city. For Bern.