Social Deacon with Focus on Senior Work (60%)
Key information
- Publication date:17 October 2025
- Workload:60%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join the largest reform church community in Switzerland. Experience a supportive work environment with diverse opportunities.
Tasks
- Organize and design activities for seniors, like outings and meals.
- Provide social counseling and support for elderly community members.
- Engage in communication efforts and network within the community.
Skills
- You need a degree in diakonie or social work and experience in church settings.
- Strong organizational skills with Microsoft Office proficiency.
- Empathy and a passion for working with seniors.
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The Reformed Church Community of Zurich is the largest and most populous church community in Switzerland. With a wide range of meaningful fields of activity, the focus is on the individual. 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 with Focus on Senior Work (60%)
The Church District Eleven belongs to the Zurich Church Community and includes the neighborhoods Affoltern ZH and Seebach. For our lively and committed diaconal team, we are looking for a March 1, 2026 a
Your tasks
We look forward to a new team member who wants to preserve proven practices and bring in new impulses. Together with two pastors, you will shape senior work in Church District Eleven as follows:
- Organization and design of offers for seniors such as senior holidays & excursions, Glaubten lunch, 60+ afternoons, dance tea, etc.
- "Va bene" visiting service
- Social counseling for seniors
- Participation in communication and public relations work
- Active networking in the church district, the neighborhood, and the church community
- Enjoyment in accompanying and motivating volunteers
- Supervision of trainees
Your profile
- Diaconal training (TDS / CAS Diakonie) and/or FH/HF Social Work / socio-cultural animation / community animation
- Experience and joy in diaconal work in a church environment
- Team-oriented and trustworthy personality with pronounced social skills
- Empathetic and compassionate personality who enjoys working with older and elderly people
- Organizational talent with good Microsoft Office user skills
- Enjoyment in actively supporting and promoting trainees
- Christian attitude and identification with the Reformed Church
We offer
- Varied, independent, and responsible activity
- Opportunity to use versatile skills with personal responsibility and scope for design
- 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 receiving your complete online application via link .
Any questions? Alexandra Meier-Schmid, Team Leader Diakonie, will be happy to provide information at,
Phone 043 495 90 54.
General information about us can be found at www.reformiert-zuerich.ch .
Offers from personnel agencies will not be considered.
General information about us can be found at www.reformiert-zuerich.ch .
Offers from personnel agencies will not be considered.
