Department Manager and Vocational Trainer Food and Fresh 80%
Basel
Key information
- Publication date:27 August 2025
- Workload:80%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Basel
Job summary
Join a non-profit in Basel dedicated to integrating individuals with mental health challenges. Enjoy a supportive work environment and meaningful responsibilities.
Tasks
- Train and support learners with disabilities in a retail setting.
- Manage assigned sections, primarily baked goods, while following guidelines.
- Maintain accurate training records and uphold quality standards.
Skills
- Completed vocational training in retail, preferably in food.
- Experience with fresh food and a passion for helping others.
- Strong computer skills and willingness to work flexible shifts.
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gaw is a non-profit organization and has stood since 1987 for professional and sustainable work and residential integration for people with mainly psychological impairments in the Basel region. A diverse team of around 100 professionals contributes in the areas of retail/production, gastronomy, housekeeping, packaging and shipping, commercial professions as well as housing with around 230 supported work and training places and 35 semi-supported residential places.
Are you looking for an exciting challenge in retail with an interesting, unusual social additional task? To complement our team at the Migros partner Zürcherstrasse in Basel, we are looking for a versatile and committed personality as Department Manager and Vocational Trainer Food and Fresh 80% immediately or by arrangement.
Your tasks - versatile & meaningful
- Training and supervision of our learners and employees with performance impairments
- Management of the assigned departments/mainly baked goods including ordering and compliance with Migros guidelines
- Regular journal entries (Abacus) about the progress of the training
- Deputizing for another department
- Ensuring and complying with operational processes according to internal quality management
Your profile - professionally competent & personally committed
- Completed basic training in retail EFZ, mandatory in the food sector
- Several years of professional experience in the fresh produce sector and ideally in the food sector
- Joy, patience and understanding in dealing with people with performance impairments
- Experience in apprentice training, ideally with vocational trainer course
- Independent and responsible way of working
- Numerical flair, solid IT skills (SAP, Abacus, Outlook, Word)
- Willingness to work in alternating day shifts
Our offer - more than just a job
- Meaningful, responsible task and opportunity to enter pedagogical work
- Short decision-making paths and open, collegial environment
- Freedom to design: bring in your ideas and implement them
- Further training opportunities
- 40-hour week for full-time, 5 weeks vacation
- Attractive employment conditions and a supportive environment
- You are part of a multidisciplinary operational environment with short distances and open communication
Does this sound like the perfect opportunity? Then become part of our team!
For further information, Roger Lutz, Head of Retail, Tel. +41 78 317 84 25, is happy to assist you. We look forward to your application including your salary expectations.
Society for Work and Living, Roger Lutz, Head of Retail, St. Alban-Rheinweg 222, 4052 Basel.
