Social Deacon (80%) fixed-term until December 2026
- 09 July 2026
- 80%
- Permanent position
- Zürich
About the job
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 multitude 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 (80%) fixed-term until December 2026
Mosaic Church is an urban community of the Evangelical Reformed Church Community of Zurich with a clear inclusive and queer-sensitive profile. It sees itself as a home for people with diverse lifestyles, especially young adults who want to live the Christian faith communally and contemporarily.
For the further development of Mosaic Church, we are looking by arrangement for a creative, reflective, and community-oriented personality as
Your tasks
- Low-threshold social support, counselling, and conversations, especially with queer people
- Development and implementation of diaconal offerings, group and educational formats for young adults
- Recruitment, support, and training of volunteers as well as building sustainable networks
- Participation in church services, devotions, and other formats
- Active involvement in the social media area (content planning, community management, moderation, reporting)
- Conceptual further development of diaconal and volunteer work
- Documentation, reporting, and participation in team meetings and supervision
Your profile
- Completed training in social diaconia or in socio-cultural animation, social work (FH) or community animation (HF)
- Experience in social work, counselling, or community work, ideally in a church context
- Personal anchoring in the Christian faith and openness to different theological approaches
- High sensitivity to diverse lifestyles
- Enjoyment of relationship work, group processes, and interdisciplinary collaboration
- Affinity for digital formats and social media
- Very good German and good English skills
We offer
- Possibly the option to extend the employment
- A meaningful role with great impact
- Support from a appreciative, open community
- Freedom to shape and space for your own ideas
Do you have a heart for church development and want to shape this diaconally with motivated volunteers and take on responsibility? Then we look forward to receiving your complete online application via link .
If you have any questions, the following people will be happy to provide information:
- Priscilla Schwendimann, Pastor, phone 076 214 14 61
- Kamila Kaiser, Project Manager Mosaic Church, phone 079 839 05 59
General information about us can be found at www.reformiert-zuerich.ch
