Administrative Specialist in Professional Guardianship 80%

About the job

Your new role

As an Administrative Specialist, you can expect a varied and demanding range of tasks. You support guardians as well as clients with administrative and financial duties. You carry out your tasks with a high degree of independence according to the requirements of the mandate and within the framework of the orders of the KESB. In doing so, you work closely and on an equal footing with the guardians. Your duties include managing the finances of clients, especially payment processes, asserting social insurance benefits, managing health care costs, inventories, as well as assisting in the preparation and adjustment of clients' budgets.

This position is exciting for you if

• you have a solid commercial education and can demonstrate several years of professional experience in a comparable position.
• you are confident in social insurance matters and ideally have further training at the caseworker level or a federal specialist certificate in social insurance.
• you are financially savvy and enjoy applying your accounting knowledge.
• you are motivated to learn something new every day and face challenges in your professional life with enthusiasm.
• you appreciate close collaboration with a wide variety of people and professionals.
• you enjoy working independently within a team, are resilient, empathetic and have a good sense of humour.

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

Our department

At the Social Services, the person is at the centre of all actions. Our employees provide a wide range of services in the field of child and adult protection law as well as social welfare for the benefit of the city’s population. The professional guardianship with its 60 employees is a department of the Social Services. It carries out guardianship measures on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authority of the St. Gallen region. We maintain lively professional exchanges with various offices within and outside the city administration.

Our corporate culture

We foster a respectful working atmosphere characterised by mutual trust, respect and loyalty. We challenge and support our employees based on their individual skills and resources. Equal opportunities are highly valued here and our framework conditions support you in balancing work and other areas of life.

What we offer

You can expect a responsible and varied field of tasks that challenges and promotes you. Together with a committed team of experienced and aspiring colleagues, you have the chance to grow together and further develop your skills. We offer attractive employment conditions such as flexible working time models, home office, discounts for the Ostwind subscription, municipal family allowances or a diverse internal training programme. Your workplace is centrally located and just a few minutes’ walk from the train station.

Do you feel addressed?

The head of the Administrative Specialist Department, Sevim Danho, telephone 071 224 57 67 (from 7 September 2026) and her deputy, Andrea Schelling, telephone 071 224 62 68, will be happy to provide you with further information. Please submit your complete application exclusively online.

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