Social Deacon in the Youth Sector or Youth Worker 80%
Key information
- Publication date:07 October 2025
- Workload:80%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join Zürich's largest reformist church community, focusing on people. We offer a dynamic work environment, fostering modern societal needs.
Tasks
- Design and implement open youth work in the church district.
- Organize activities for youth, like camps and workshops.
- Support young adults and collaborate with community partners.
Skills
- Education in social work or related fields is required.
- Experience in church work with youth is essential.
- Strong team player with social media proficiency.
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The Reformed Church Community of Zurich is the largest and most member-strong church community in Switzerland. With a wide range of meaningful fields of activity, the focus is on the person. The church community reaches a large number of people throughout the city with its offerings. It stands for the needs of a modern and diverse society with its innovative forms of church life.
Social Deacon in the Youth Sector or Youth Worker 80%
The Church District Eleven belongs to the Zurich Church Community and includes the districts Affoltern ZH and Seebach. As reinforcement for our diaconal team, we are looking for you as of December 1, 2025, or by arrangement
Your tasks
- Design of open youth work in Church District Eleven
- Organizing and conducting offers for young people and young adults such as youth meetings, excursions, youth camps, workshops, etc.
- Collaboration in confirmation camps and design of elective courses for confirmands
- Support and promotion of young people and young adults
- Cooperation with employees of the church district and other players in open youth work (networking)
- Supervision of trainees
Your profile
- Training in social work (sociocultural animation, community animation, social work FH/HF)
- Preferably with CAS Diakonie / TDS Aarau or willingness to further education
- Experience and joy in church work with young people
- Team-oriented and experienced in dealing with young people
- Good Microsoft Office user skills and proficient use of social media
- Empathetic personality with the ability to build long-term relationship networks
- Flexibility for irregular working hours - also evenings and weekends
- Enjoyment in actively supporting and promoting trainees
- Christian attitude and identification with the Reformed Church
We offer
- Varied activity in a motivated and committed team with room for individual strengths
- Interdisciplinary cooperation in the church environment
- Opportunity to contribute personal skills and actively shape the lives of young people
- Scope for design in a diverse and lively church community
- Modern infrastructure in the shared office and attractive social benefits
- Home office possible by arrangement
Are you our new team member? Then we look forward to your complete online application via link .
Any questions? Alexandra Meier-Schmid, Head of Diakonie, will be happy to provide information:
Phone 043 495 90 54.
Phone 043 495 90 54.
