Specialist Employee in Basketry with Agogical Function 60% - 80%

The St. Jakob Foundation in Zurich offers around 450 people with disabilities protected workplaces and day structures. The employees are guided at work by 150 specialist staff. 

With us, you can expect the opportunity to carry out your work in a unique environment and at a modern workplace. In doing so, you support the integration of people with disabilities into the labor market.

For our basketry department, we are looking for a motivated, sensitive personality with pronounced manual skills to start immediately or by arrangement.

Your tasks

• Supervision of employees in the second labor market during production
• Active participation in daily production or service execution
• Independent handling of special customer orders
• Leading, instructing, promoting, and supervising a group of employees in the second labor market
• First point of contact for problems and concerns of employees in the second labor market
• Conducting and documenting employee interviews as well as maintaining the internal employee support tool, regularly recording progress reports
• Contact with customers, suppliers, and partners 
• Creating vacation plans, continuous optimization of the deployment planning of employees in the second labor market
• Time management of assigned employees 
• Adherence to processes, order, cleanliness, and occupational safety

Your skills

• Completed training in a manual, creative, or production-related profession
• Completed training as a basket and wickerwork designer EFZ is an advantage
• Several years of professional experience in a comparable profession
• Willingness to familiarize yourself with basketry techniques 
• Agogical or social pedagogical further education or willingness to complete one
• Strong empathy and high social competence
• Enjoyment of a dynamic and versatile work environment
• High resilience and flexibility 
• Enjoyment of manual work as well as willingness to actively participate in production

Take the opportunity to apply and expand your professional and life experience in an economically oriented social enterprise. We offer you an attractive working environment in a harmonious team where you can contribute your skills and personality daily and make a difference. We value your participation in process design, offer a centrally located workplace in the middle of Zurich city, good social insurance conditions, and at least 28 vacation days.

Are you interested in this responsible, challenging, and enriching position? Please send us your application electronically via professional.ch. Please note that we can only consider direct applications.

If you have any questions, please feel free to contact Tamara Brönnimann, HR Business Partner Trade. You can reach her by phone at 044 295 93 52.