Team Leader Pre-Trial Detention 80-100% 100 - %

11 March 2026
80 – 100%
Zürich

Job summary

Join the Zürich Department of Justice as Team Leader! Lead a dynamic team in a secure environment.

Tasks

Oversee daily operations and ensure safety and order.
Coordinate team activities and support staff development.
Collaborate on projects to enhance correctional practices.

Skills

Experience in correctional settings, leadership skills required.
Strong conflict resolution and management abilities.
Proficient in German and familiar with IT applications.

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About the job

Team Leader Pre-Trial Detention 80-100% 100 - %

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 staff from a wide range of professional backgrounds. Our task is the secure execution of deprivation of liberty – with the goal of preventing recidivism and enabling the reintegration of offenders.

The Main Department of Pre-Trial Detention Centers Zurich (UGZ) operates several prisons for pre-trial and security detention. The Zurich prison, with 135 places, is the largest pre-trial detention center in the canton and plays a central role in the admission and distribution of incarcerated persons.

As a team leader, you take responsibility for the operational daily routine of execution and lead a team in direct contact with incarcerated persons. Together with four other team leaders, you ensure a safe, structured, and professional operation.

This appeals to you
- Professional and personnel leadership of a team in execution as well as promotion of employees according to the leadership principles of JuWe
- Organization and coordination of daily service operations as well as ensuring efficient processes
- Ensuring safety and order in the daily execution, including supervision, controls, and initiation of measures in case of special incidents
- Close cooperation with the execution management as well as participation in the further development of execution and projects
- Responsibility for administrative tasks, reporting, and compliance with internal instructions and legal requirements

This is you
- Established leadership personality with assertiveness, conflict management skills, and high resilience with experience in execution or a comparably demanding environment
- Completed vocational training (EFZ), (specialized) Matura or an equivalent qualification, and ideally the federal specialist certificate as a specialist for correctional services or willingness to complete this training
- Confident German language skills as well as secure handling of common IT applications
- Minimum age 25 years, impeccable reputation, and willingness for shift, weekend, and night duty

This awaits you
- Experience the versatility of a dynamic and demanding activity that awaits you in a challenging and inspiring work environment
- You shape a culture in which the professional relationship with people in correctional services is designed and lived in a factual, reflective, binding, respectful, and consistent manner
- Discover the advantages of a workplace in Zurich, which is not only well connected in terms of transport but also impresses with its vibrant surroundings
- A wide range of training and further education opportunities as well as good employment conditions with the canton

And now?
Simply send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to getting to know you.

If you have any questions about the position, the execution managers Markus Isler at 043 258 32 08 and Perparim Jerliu at 043 258 32 05 are happy to assist you.

Questions about the application process will be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 50 24.

JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the recruitment process. Further information about the Zurich prison, our office, and our exciting tasks can be found at Correctional Services and Reintegration | Canton of Zurich.