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Team Leader Pre-Trial Detention 80 - 100%
- 30 April 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Zürich
Job summary
Join JuWe as a Team Leader in Investigation Detention. Enjoy a dynamic work environment with growth opportunities.
Tasks
- Lead a team ensuring safe and structured operations in detention.
- Coordinate daily operations and ensure efficient workflows.
- Maintain security and order, overseeing incidents effectively.
Skills
- Experience in correctional services or challenging environments required.
- Strong leadership and conflict resolution skills essential.
- Proficient in German and IT applications required.
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About the job
Team Leader Pre-Trial Detention 80 - 100%Correctional Services and Reintegration (JuWe) is part of the Directorate of Justice and the Interior of the Canton of Zurich and employs around 1,400 staff from a wide range of professional backgrounds. Our task is the secure execution of deprivation of liberty – with the aim of preventing recidivism and enabling the reintegration of offenders.
The Main Department of Pre-Trial Detention Centres Zurich (UGZ) operates several prisons for pre-trial and security detention. The Zurich prison, with 135 places, is the largest pre-trial detention centre in the canton and plays a central role in the admission and distribution of incarcerated persons.
As a team leader, you take responsibility for the operational daily routine of the execution and lead a team in direct contact with incarcerated persons. Together with four other team leaders, you ensure a safe, structured and professional operation.
This appeals to you
- Professional and personnel leadership of a team in the execution as well as promotion of employees according to JuWe's leadership principles
- Organisation and coordination of the daily service operations as well as ensuring efficient processes
- Ensuring safety and order in the daily execution, including supervision, controls and initiation of measures in case of special incidents
- Close cooperation with the execution management as well as participation in the further development of the execution and in projects
- Responsibility for administrative tasks, reporting and compliance with internal instructions as well as legal requirements
This is you
- Established leadership personality with assertiveness, conflict resolution skills and high resilience with experience in execution or a comparably demanding environment
- Completed vocational training (EFZ), (specialist) Matura or an equivalent qualification as well as ideally the federal specialist certificate as a specialist for correctional services or the willingness to complete this training
- Fluent German skills as well as confident handling of common IT applications
- Minimum age 25 years, impeccable reputation and willingness for shift, weekend and night duty
This awaits you
- Experience the versatility of a dynamic and demanding activity that awaits you in a challenging and inspiring working environment
- You shape a culture in which the professional relationship with people in correctional services is designed and lived in a factual, reflective, binding, respectful and consistent manner
- Discover the advantages of a workplace in Zurich, which is not only well connected in terms of transport but also impresses with its vibrant surroundings
- A wide range of training and further education opportunities as well as good employment conditions with the canton
And now?
Simply send us your application via our online tool. We look forward to getting to know you.
If you have any questions about the position, the heads of execution, Markus Isler, at 043 258 32 08 and Perparim Jerliu, at 043 258 32 05, will be happy to assist you.
Questions about the application process will be answered by the Recruitment & Assessment team at 043 258 50 24.
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).
