Gardener or related green professions 80 - 100%
Kanton Zürich
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:17 December 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join our team at the Justizvollzug and Wiedereingliederung in Zurich! This role offers a unique chance to work in a supportive environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Support and guide inmates in daily work following pedagogical principles.
- Manage greenhouses and outdoor cultivation areas effectively.
- Maintain tools, machines, and the facility to ensure a safe environment.
Skills
- Completed apprenticeship as a gardener or related green profession with experience.
- Strong social competence and ability to engage with diverse individuals.
- Good language skills in German; other languages are a plus.
Is this helpful?
Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and is responsible for criminal and measure enforcement as well as the implementation of various types of detention. For our 1,400 employees from around 40 professions, the successful social reintegration of offenders, the prevention of recidivism, and the detention and preparation of the departure of persons without a valid residence permit are of particular importance.
The Bachtel Correctional Center (VZB) is one of the enforcement facilities of the Canton of Zurich (VEZ) – one of seven main departments of JuWe – and is an institution specialized in open enforcement of custodial and substitute custodial sentences. The VZB offers space for over 90 incarcerated persons.
The basic concept of the organic nursery is oriented towards the enforcement operation. Depending on the season, 8 to 14 incarcerated persons are employed. The nursery includes various greenhouses, open-field vegetable cultures, site maintenance, etc. The team consists of three people.
We are looking for an experienced and socially competent individual for our nursery at the Hinwil location, starting immediately or by arrangement.
This is your field of activity
- Care, support, and promotion of inmates in everyday work according to work-pedagogical principles as well as collaboration with the assigned inmate group
- Setting up and designing inmate workplaces
- Cultivation of various greenhouses and open-field cultures
- Maintenance and care of equipment, tools, machines, and vehicles as well as care and maintenance of the site and associated infrastructure
- Supervising inmates during industrial and firewood work
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with work pedagogues of the work departments as well as participation in daily reports and team meetings
- Assignments and substitutions in other work departments of the correctional center
What you bring
- Completed basic training as a gardener EFZ (specialization in vegetable growing is an advantage) or in a related green profession as well as several years of professional experience
- Knowledge in organic vegetable/ornamental plant cultivation is an advantage
- IT user skills
- Very good German skills in spoken and written form; knowledge of other languages is a great advantage (especially Italian, French, English, or Arabic)
- Resilient and stable personality with a high degree of social competence
- Experience, understanding, and tolerance in dealing with people of different social and cultural backgrounds
- Minimum age of 25 years
- Driver's license category B
- Impeccable reputation (no entries in the criminal record and debt enforcement register)
What is special about this position
- Versatile, responsible, and demanding activity in an unusual working environment
- Regular working hours
- Attractive training opportunities
- Employment conditions according to cantonal guidelines
- Workplace in the beautiful Zurich Oberland
How to apply
Take the next step in your professional career with us and send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to your dossier!
Any questions about the position? Daniel Meier (Head of Work Operations) at 043 258 14 30 and Wolfgang Geginat (Head of Nursery) at 043 258 14 50 are happy to assist you.
Questions about the application process can be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 34 28.
JuWe uses an online assessment as part of the application process. Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
