Olten
Head of Social Administration 60-80%
- 15 July 2026
- 60 – 80%
- Permanent position
- Olten
Job summary
Join the Sozialregion Olten as a leading Sozialadministration! Enjoy a dynamic work environment and great benefits.
Tasks
- Lead the Sozialadministration department with a focus on financial management.
- Manage budgeting, financial planning, and accounting for the social directorate.
- Oversee team leaders and ensure quality management across services.
Skills
- Must have financial expertise, leadership training, and social system knowledge.
- Strong organizational and leadership skills are essential.
- Ability to enforce and manage processes effectively.
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Head of Social Administration 60-80%
Are you an organised and committed individual looking for a responsible position? Then you are in the right place with us as Head of Social Administration 60-80% in the Olten social region.
About us:
As a strong social partner of the public service within the municipality of Olten, the core task of the social region is to stabilise and support people in vulnerable life situations individually and situationally, respecting and incorporating the current legal framework. The goal is to ensure existential security and enable our clients to live a self-determined life. Under public mandate, we provide professionally qualified services in the areas of statutory social assistance, asylum, and child and adult protection. We continuously develop our services in close cooperation and coordination with our clients. As a competent and reliable partner, we provide our services for the municipalities of Olten, Trimbach, Winznau, Wisen, Hauenstein-Ifenthal, as well as for the adult protection authority [KESB] Olten-Gösgen.
General information
- Workload
- 60-80%
- Start date
- 1 September 2026 or by arrangement
- Employer
- Municipality of Olten
- Type of employment
- Permanent
- Type
- Job offer
Tasks
- Management of the Social Administration department of the Olten social region with a focus on financial management of the Social Directorate and application support
- Accounting of the Social Directorate according to HRM2
- Budgeting and financial planning
- Leadership of the team leaders of the AHV branch office, accounting, and the secretariat
- Member of the management of the social region
- Deputising for the management in administrative matters
- Responsibility for the operational organisation of the entire directorate
- Benchmarking, evaluations, statistics
- Quality management (IKS, management manual, BFS)
Expectations
- Financial and accounting specialist with business management knowledge
- Leadership training with leadership experience
- Knowledge of the social security system desirable
- Assertiveness and organisational strength
We offer
- A responsible, varied and independent role
- Thorough introduction to the role
- Annual working hours
- Contemporary employment and salary conditions
- Individual training opportunities
- A central workplace in the heart of Olten with good connections
Procedure
We look forward to meeting you:
Please send your complete application documents to bewerbungen@olten.ch
Further information
For enquiries about the position, please contact:
Ms Jolanda Kröll, Managing Director of the Olten social region; at 062 / 206 12 15.
