Head of Social Services 80-100%

About the job

Your new role

In this demanding position, you bear overall responsibility for the strategic, personnel, and financial management of the Social Services with around 150 employees. Together with your leadership team, you continuously develop the organisation and its services and create the conditions to ensure that people in challenging life situations are reliably, professionally, and effectively supported.

This position is for you if

• You have a university degree in Social Work, Law, Business Administration, or a comparable qualification.
• You bring several years of leadership experience and successfully lead, promote, and develop employees and managers.
• You embody a respectful and binding leadership culture, lead with clarity and empathy, and build trust.
• You possess sound knowledge of the social sector and can manage a complex service area professionally, organisationally, and economically.
• You actively shape the strategic development of an organisation and implement change processes with foresight and persuasiveness.
• You are confident in a political environment, think in networks, and win different stakeholders for common solutions.

Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:

Your department

The Social Services make an important contribution to social cohesion in our city. They support people in various life situations and fulfil diverse statutory tasks, especially in the areas of social assistance including social and professional integration, the management of child and adult protection mandates including support for private guardians, maintenance matters, socio-pedagogical family support, and assisted living. Effective, professional support tailored to the needs of the population and a high quality of service are central to their actions.

Our corporate culture

We are a performance-oriented department and foster a respectful working atmosphere characterised by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We challenge and promote our employees based on their individual abilities and resources. We grant employees the greatest possible scope for action within their tasks. Equal opportunities are highly valued, and our framework conditions support the compatibility of work and other areas of life.

What we offer

With us, you can expect a challenging, meaningful leadership role with societal impact and a versatile, professional working environment. You will work with committed employees and managers and benefit from short communication paths as well as good networking within the city administration and with numerous external specialist offices and institutions. We offer you contemporary working conditions, flexible working time models including home office, and diverse opportunities for personal and professional development. Look forward to a central workplace in the heart of the city of St.Gallen.

Further information

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Sarah Gerteis, Chief of Staff, Directorate of Social Affairs and Security, telephone 071 224 56 37.

Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.