Co-Director Family Office (Focus on Children + Youth) 70%
Stadt Wetzikon (ZH)
Wetzikon
Key information
- Publication date:01 August 2025
- Workload:70%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Wetzikon
Job summary
Join the City of Wetzikon's Family Department, fostering social well-being. Embrace a role with great independence and responsibility.
Tasks
- Support the department leader in social matters and family coordination.
- Connect and coordinate all family-related actors with a focus on children.
- Monitor youth credits and develop new offerings for families.
Skills
- Degree in social or educational fields; experience with children/youth.
- Project management skills and conceptual thinking abilities are essential.
- Strong communication, negotiation, and organizational skills required.
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The Department of Society of the City of Wetzikon promotes social well-being of the population openly, networked, and at a low threshold, develops needs-based offerings on social issues based on cooperation, networking, and participation, and advocates for strong cohesion in a diverse society.
Co-Director Family Office (Focus on Children + Youth) 70%
We look forward to seeing you from September 1, 2025, or by arrangement.
Say YES to an exciting and diverse professional task with great independence and responsibility in a department that puts people at the center, creates trust through transparency and communication, and proactively, service-oriented, and curiously addresses social challenges.
Your Tasks
- Support for the head of the Department of Society or the head of the Business Area Society + Social Affairs
- Networking and coordination of all actors in the field of family - with a focus on children + youth
- Contact person for the concerns of children + youth
- Overview of the service portfolio and examination of new offerings
- Consultation of stakeholders
- Management/monitoring of the youth credit and performance agreements
- Participation in the future-oriented development of the Family Office
- Processing of projects and measures
- Creation of professional foundations and reporting
- Participation in the development of strategic foundations
- Preparation of resolutions and responses to motions
- Collaboration in the preparation and justification of the budget
- Collaboration with professional societies, interest representatives, and other internal and external partners/actors
- Close collaboration with the co-director (focus on early promotion)
Your Profile
- University of Applied Sciences degree or an equivalent recognized qualification in the social or educational field
- Professional experience in the field of children and/or youth
- Further training and experience in project management
- Conceptual thinking ability
- Solution-oriented and pragmatic approach in everyday work
- Consulting and communication skills regarding different partners (politics, organizations, population, authorities, etc.)
- Confident expression in speech and writing
- Sense of responsibility and independence
- Negotiation skills and assertiveness
- Organizational ability
- Agility, flexibility, empathy, and resilience
Your Future
Seize the opportunity to bring your experiences into interesting, varied, and meaningful activities and become part of the new Family Office. You can expect a modern environment with flexible working hours, attractive employment conditions, the possibility of home office, and subject-specific training opportunities.
Inquiries:
Barbara Hürlimann, Head of Business Area Society + Social Affairs, 044 931 23 69
Barbara Hürlimann, Head of Business Area Society + Social Affairs, 044 931 23 69
Applications by email or post will not be considered.
