Social Deacon

Do you enjoy working with people? Would you like to offer them space for joint activities and engage in conversations about God and the world? With your ideas and passion for working with and supporting people, you are in the right place with us.

From 01.04.27 or by arrangement, we are looking for the Reformed Church Community Thalwil

a Social Deacon

with a focus on meeting spaces, senior work and volunteers, initially limited to 2 years.

Your main tasks are:

• Preparation and – from autumn 2027 – operation of our new café/meeting space as a place of encounter and community connecting generations
• Development and support of theme-based volunteer groups around the meeting space and beyond
• Continuation and shaping of social diaconal work (senior and life support, visits, events).
• Neighbourhood work and outreach presence
• Implementation and design of the diaconal concept in evaluable steps
• Networking and cooperation with cantonal and local specialist offices and institutions

What we wish for:

• Enthusiasm for people and church
• High initiative, organisational skills, creativity and sociability
• Experience in age/life support, volunteer and/or community work
• Connection with the values of the Reformed Church
• Willingness to work evenings and some weekends
• Qualification as a Social Deacon FH/HF or a comparable qualification

We offer you:

• Integration into a motivated team of employees, volunteers and pastors
• A varied job with room for creativity and initiative
• Support for training and further education
• An initially fixed-term employment for 2 years according to the personnel regulations of the Evangelical Reformed Church of the Canton of Zurich with the option to convert to a permanent position

Thalwil is an urban lakeside community near Zurich with about 3800 church community members. We regularly cooperate with neighbouring communities in Oberrieden and Horgen and offer a joint attractive programme for all age groups, which is to be expanded.

Further information about the position

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