"Substitutes" as Childcare Specialist and Group Leaders
Schule Küsnacht
Küsnacht
Key information
- Publication date:21 October 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Küsnacht
Job summary
Küsnacht am Zürichsee offers a prime location near Zurich. Join a supportive community providing quality services.
Tasks
- As a "Springer/in", cover absences of existing staff on short notice.
- Engage in educational support and care for children.
- Collaborate with teams for children's activities and holiday care.
Skills
- Completed training as FaBe EFZ, preferably in child care.
- Empathetic, patient, and caring approach towards children.
- Strong teamwork, resilience, and good communication skills.
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Küsnacht on Lake Zurich is considered an attractive community near Zurich thanks to its excellent location. The employees of the municipality provide comprehensive services of high quality for the population.
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The Küsnacht school offers lunch, day, and holiday care for around 1,000 children from 1st kindergarten to 6th grade in four school-complementary care facilities (KICK). The children are cared for during non-teaching times and school holidays. Additionally, there is also a family-complementary offer. In the municipal nursery Heslibach with 24 day places, children aged from three months to kindergarten entry with different social and cultural backgrounds are cared for.
For our KICK pool of "substitutes" for our care facilities KICK Itschnach, KICK Goldbach, KICK Heslibach, KICK Dorf and the Heslibach nursery, we are looking for several people to start immediately or by arrangement
"Substitutes" as Childcare Specialist and Group Leaders
Your tasks
- "Substitutes" are needed for illness or other absences of existing employees, often at very short notice – a permanent position or a position with a fixed workload is not possible
Possible working hours are Monday to Friday and daily deployment times are from 07:00 to 18:15, whereby "substitutes" must be available at least three full days per week (please indicate your three possible deployment days from Mon to Fri in the application tool)
- Educational care and support of the children
- Household tasks, including cleaning
- Care and leisure activities for the children in close cooperation with the group leader and the care team
- Participation in holiday care
What you bring with you
- Completed training as FaBe EFZ (preferably in the field of children, alternatively also in the field of people with disabilities in old age possible)
- Positive attitude towards people, quality awareness, teamwork, resilience, and independence
- Empathetic, loving, and patient in dealing with children
- Motivated, eager to learn, and interested in the development of children
- Resilient, responsible as well as humorous
- Very good oral and written German skills
- Residence preferably in the Küsnacht ZH region
What we can offer you
- A versatile and demanding area of responsibility in a multicultural environment
- A committed, supportive, and motivated team
- Competent support from the care management and group leaders
- Family-friendly employment conditions
- Workplaces easily accessible by public transport
Would you like to learn more about this exciting position? For further information, Gabriela Chaves, Care Manager, is happy to assist you at 044 910 42 77. We look forward to receiving your complete application via the following link "Apply online now". We look forward to hearing from you.
