Head of Social Insurance Department 80-100 %
Gemeindeverwaltung Wald
Wald
Key information
- Publication date:28 October 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Wald
Job summary
Join the Gemeinde Wald ZH as a Bereichsleitung Sozialversicherungen.
Tasks
- Lead the social insurance team with personnel and organizational skills.
- Manage quarterly and annual financial statements and budgeting.
- Develop tools and oversee claims for additional benefits.
Skills
- Seeking a social insurance expert with federal diploma and experience.
- Strong leadership and team development abilities required.
- Excellent communication and service-oriented attitude needed.
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The municipality of Wald ZH is "city and country", has 10,500 inhabitants and is a recreational area in the Zurich Oberland.
Head of Social Insurance Department 80-100 %
Due to the upcoming retirement of our department head, we are looking for a successor for our social insurance team as of February 1, 2026, or by arrangement.
Your area of responsibility
- Personnel, professional and organizational management of the Social Insurance Department (supplementary benefits to AHV/IV and AHV branch office)
- Responsibility for quarterly and annual financial statements, as well as budgeting
- Creating and further developing tools (instructions, checklists, calculation aids)
- Checking, calculating and issuing claims for supplementary benefits to AHV/IV and bridging benefits for older unemployed persons
- Independent case management (carrying out periodic reviews, changes, reimbursements from estates)
- Checking and billing of illness and disability costs
- Processing and drafting decisions in objection, remission, appeal and criminal proceedings
- Advising pension recipients and their relatives and providing information
Your profile
- Social insurance specialist with federal diploma and several years of professional experience
- Leadership skills with a sense for employee development
- Organizational skills, personal responsibility and assertiveness
- Service-oriented demeanor as well as good written and oral communication skills
- Team-oriented and supportive personality with negotiation skills and open communication style
- Experience with the Zuscalc program is an advantage
Our offer
- Challenging and exciting work in a stable team
- Opportunity to contribute your own ideas and actively further develop the department
- Experienced, competent and committed team
- Home office option for the necessary flexibility
- Support for your personal development
- Attractive employment conditions and modern social benefits
- Modern workplace with very good transport connections
Excited? Then please send us your application online. We look forward to getting to know you. For questions, please contact Brigitte Erzinger, Head of Social Insurance, phone 055 256 51 35.
