Project Mentoring Site Manager 60%

"All children and young people grow up with confidence and joy, thanks to an environment that supports and strengthens them, and in a society that allows them to help shape their own future."

This is our vision and today around 200 employees, together with over 1,000 volunteers throughout Switzerland, passionately and dedicatedly work every day to realise it. Through our services - such as the emergency line 147, letters to parents, application preparation courses, media use workshops and many others - we support children, adolescents and their families daily.

The Pro Juventute Switzerland Foundation is active in youth policy and education. Since 2008 it has managed the Mentoring project, which develops an innovative educational approach: for limited periods, non-professional mentors, positive adult role models, are paired with young people who are struggling mainly due to existential reasons that jeopardise their growth path.

We are looking for a site manager (60% operational role based in Biasca) with the possibility of increasing the work percentage.

The person in the role of site manager will lead and coordinate a team of 10–15 non-professional adult mentors. In addition, they will participate in building individual educational projects for the young people who turn to our project.

• Coordinate and develop the programme in line with the educational project and Pro Juventute’s strategy, ensuring its quality and evolution
• Plan, organise and coordinate activities, projects and the resources necessary for their implementation
• Support, train and coordinate employees and volunteers, managing complex situations and crisis cases
• Collaborate with schools, families, authorities, companies and other network partners, developing and maintaining trusting relationships
• Represent Pro Juventute at institutions, working groups, commissions, events and other local initiatives
• Manage internal and external communication, including media contacts and presence on digital channels
• Carry out administrative and organisational tasks, including managing documentation, files, contracts and reporting
• Contribute to project monitoring, budget management and actively participate in decision-making processes and internal working groups

• Education: university degree in pedagogy or educational sciences or a higher professional diploma in the field of human sciences
• Passion, enthusiasm, ability to engage others, desire to learn and initiative
• Work experience in the cantonal territory with knowledge of its services
• Proven basic IT skills (Office package or similar)
• Good knowledge of German and/or French
• Flexibility and willingness to work irregular hours
• Identification with the role and mission of Pro Juventute
• Responsibility for the future of our Canton
• Ability to create meaningful and reliable relationships
• Ability to care for the group and the individual according to the pedagogical principles of Pro Juventute Italian Switzerland

• A serious, professional, dynamic and constantly evolving working environment
• Opportunities for continuous training
• State-of-the-art social benefits
• Participation in the development and consolidation of cantonal youth policies
• Theoretical-practical framework provided by the Educational Project of Pro Juventute Italian Switzerland, built around the principles of active education
• A 40-hour work week with flexible hours and extensive possibilities for mobile working
• 6 weeks of annual holiday
• 5 paid days of continuous training (equivalent to 40 hours, regardless of employment level), to be used freely
• 6 weeks paternity leave / 20 weeks maternity leave (from the 2nd year of service)

Start date: 1 September 2026 or date to be agreed.

For further information contact ilario.lodi@projuventute.ch.