Kanton Zürich
Winterthur
11 hours ago
Legal Auditorate in Child Protection (Winterthur) 80 - 100%
- Publication date:25 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Winterthur
Job summary
Join the Juristisches Auditorat in Winterthur, supporting child protection. Be part of a meaningful team enhancing youth legal services.
Tasks
- Provide legal advice to various clients and interdisciplinary teams.
- Draft applications and legal documents for child protection cases.
- Support unwed parents with custody and support matters.
Skills
- Law degree required; interest in family and child law preferred.
- Strong German language skills; other languages are a plus.
- Team-oriented, efficient, and empathetic towards children's needs.
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About the job
Legal Auditorate in Child Protection (Winterthur) 80 - 100%The Office for Youth and Career Counseling of the Department of Education provides, commissions, manages, and coordinates services for child and youth welfare and career counseling. It carries out the various counseling and support services centrally and decentrally at various locations in the canton of Zurich. The Regional Legal Service takes over the legal representation of children and adolescents in child protection (child representation) and ensures internal and external legal advice.
We are continuously looking for legal auditors (limited to one year) in child protection for the Winterthur location.
Too early to apply? Register anyway, we will keep you informed about current auditorates.
Your field of activity
- Legal advice to various internal and interdisciplinary specialist offices as well as our clients (children or adolescents and their parents) in various areas of law, especially in the areas of paternity, maintenance, and custody as well as other child protection matters
- Drafting applications to the child protection authorities
- Drafting legal documents in court proceedings (especially civil and criminal law)
- Supporting the VUS counseling center (paternity/maintenance/parental custody) in advising unmarried parents regarding maintenance, care, and custody arrangements for their children
- If suitable and interested: possibility to independently represent child interests in court or criminal prosecution authorities as a substitute
Professional and personal requirements
- Completed legal education (licentiate or Master of Law)
- Special interest in family and child law, civil child protection, as well as civil and criminal procedural law
- Initial professional experience in the legal field is an advantage but not mandatory
- Very good German skills in spoken and written form, additional language skills are an advantage
- You are a team player, work precisely, efficiently, and independently
- You can quickly familiarize yourself with new topics and recognize the essentials within a short time
- You can collaborate with contact persons of various professional competencies (keyword interdisciplinarity)
- You bring great interest and empathy for the concerns of children, adolescents, and their families
- You have the desire to perform meaningful and responsible work in the service of the child
Why you should apply with us
- Interesting, meaningful, challenging, and independent activity in a varied and lively environment
- Direct contact with clients, professionals, authorities, and courts
- Professional and interdisciplinary team of 8 employees
- Workplace with modern infrastructure
- Canton of Zurich as a solid, fair, and reliable employer, with employment conditions in accordance with cantonal guidelines
- Credit of the auditorate towards the professional experience required for obtaining the cantonal lawyer's license (according to the ordinance of the Higher Court on the aptitude test for the legal profession)
- Workplace in Winterthur and very well accessible by public transport (approx. 10 minutes by public transport from Winterthur main station)
Application
If you see challenges as opportunities and diversity as enrichment, take the next step in your professional career with us. We look forward to your spontaneous application for this meaningful internship position via the online tool.
Please indicate your possible availability for the auditorate.
For additional information, the head of the Regional Legal Service, attorney Jessica Rohner, Tel. 043 259 94 14, is happy to assist you. Further information is also available at www.ajb.zh.ch
