Head of Social Affairs Department 70-100%

About the job

Your new role

As Head of Social Affairs, you are responsible for the personnel, professional, financial, and organizational management of the department. Recognizing socially and politically relevant topics and further developing the service offerings for the population are important to you. You perform public relations work, organize and coordinate internal projects, and work across departments in various committees. Together with your team, you ensure the proper completion of your tasks and are responsible for fulfilling political mandates.

This position is for you if

• you have a university degree, ideally in the social or economic field, and have already gained practical professional experience in the social sector;
• you are an empathetic personality who enjoys interacting with a wide variety of people and have very good communication skills;
• you have leadership experience, enjoy shaping the Social Affairs Department with your employees, and want to further develop it professionally and organizationally.

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

Your department

People are at the center of our actions. The Social Affairs Department develops the basis for municipal social policy and supervises municipal subsidies in the areas of aging, health, social counseling, family-supportive care for preschool children, early promotion, integration, addiction help, neighborhood work, and volunteer work. It also manages the AHV branch office of the City of St.Gallen. We value good cooperation and treat each other with respect.

Our corporate culture

In our interdisciplinary department, we foster professional exchange within the team as well as with other specialist departments. The close proximity to important interfaces of the city administration and the collegial interaction among each other support our work.

What we offer

With us, you contribute personally together with your colleagues to a livable city and the well-being of our diverse population. After the introduction, we support our employees with a versatile internal training program in their personal and professional development. We offer flexible working time models including home office. Look forward to a central workplace in the middle 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, phone 071 224 56 37.

Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

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