Community Social Worker at 70%
- 20 August 2026
- 70%
- Permanent position
- Genève
About the job
The Social Service (SOC) of the City of Geneva contributes to improving the living environment and conditions of the inhabitants of our city by creating connections and enabling them to fully participate in social life. Favouring a proximity-based approach, the SOC offers services and develops projects aimed at promoting solidarity, integration, and inclusion of people in vulnerable situations, in collaboration with institutional and associative partners. To complete its team, the SOC is looking for a
Community Social Worker at 70%
Your mission and responsibilities
- Contribute to developing, consolidating, and improving local social ties through innovative actions and collaborations with actors from the institutional and associative fabric, within a local social team.
- Listen and identify needs to prevent social breakdowns, isolation, or feelings of isolation among vulnerable people.
- Facilitate access to public services, particularly for families and elderly people in difficulty, and mobilise inhabitants as well as various networks of actors in the neighbourhood to strengthen local solidarity.
- Support, connect, and provide assistance and advice to associations, communities, and inhabitants in organising actions, events, and activities in the neighbourhood.
- Manage and coordinate activities that have been subject to a call for projects within the Neighbourhood Spaces.
- Lead and coordinate sessions within the framework of social projects and/or neighbourhood platforms, while providing general socio-health information and/or guidance to inhabitants to increase access to existing public and associative services.
Your profile
- Hold a Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in social work or an equivalent qualification.
- Have knowledge of the Geneva network of public and associative socio-health institutions, as well as the associative fabric in general.
- Demonstrate a strong interest in innovative, varied, and evolving fieldwork.
- Possess strong analytical, relational, and communication skills.
- Have experience managing a social venue, including programming as well as administrative and logistical aspects.
- Be able to work within a multidisciplinary team, lead groups, and mobilise various actors.
- Be willing to work irregular hours (evenings and weekends).
- Have experience both community-based and individual, with a particular focus on developing initiatives led by inhabitants.
Conditions and application procedure
Application deadline: 10.09.2026
Start date: 01.03.2027
Job classification: Class I of the salary scale
Application file
The application file must contain the following elements:
- Cover letter;
- Detailed curriculum vitae or, failing that, completed "Job Application" form (available for download on our website);
- Copies of diplomas and work certificates.
Application follow-up
In the City of Geneva, the recruitment process is decentralised. This means that each service or department is responsible for following up applications for the positions it offers.
An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to candidates.
Employment conditions
- Meet the job requirements in terms of diplomas and experience as stated in the job offer.
- Hold a valid work permit or authorisation.
Employees of the City of Geneva must reside within the authorised residential area ( https://www.geneve.ch/emploi ).
In its commitment to combat unemployment, the city encourages applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.
More information on the working conditions of the City of Geneva: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi
- Contribute to developing, consolidating, and improving local social ties through innovative actions and collaborations with actors from the institutional and associative fabric, within a local social team.
- Listen and identify needs to prevent social breakdowns, isolation, or feelings of isolation among vulnerable people.
- Facilitate access to public services, particularly for families and elderly people in difficulty, and mobilise inhabitants as well as various networks of actors in the neighbourhood to strengthen local solidarity.
- Support, connect, and provide assistance and advice to associations, communities, and inhabitants in organising actions, events, and activities in the neighbourhood.
- Manage and coordinate activities that have been subject to a call for projects within the Neighbourhood Spaces.
- Lead and coordinate sessions within the framework of social projects and/or neighbourhood platforms, while providing general socio-health information and/or guidance to inhabitants to increase access to existing public and associative services.
Your profile
- Hold a Bachelor of Arts HES-SO in social work or an equivalent qualification.
- Have knowledge of the Geneva network of public and associative socio-health institutions, as well as the associative fabric in general.
- Demonstrate a strong interest in innovative, varied, and evolving fieldwork.
- Possess strong analytical, relational, and communication skills.
- Have experience managing a social venue, including programming as well as administrative and logistical aspects.
- Be able to work within a multidisciplinary team, lead groups, and mobilise various actors.
- Be willing to work irregular hours (evenings and weekends).
- Have experience both community-based and individual, with a particular focus on developing initiatives led by inhabitants.
Conditions and application procedure
Application deadline: 10.09.2026
Start date: 01.03.2027
Job classification: Class I of the salary scale
Application file
The application file must contain the following elements:
- Cover letter;
- Detailed curriculum vitae or, failing that, completed "Job Application" form (available for download on our website);
- Copies of diplomas and work certificates.
Application follow-up
In the City of Geneva, the recruitment process is decentralised. This means that each service or department is responsible for following up applications for the positions it offers.
An acknowledgement of receipt will be sent to candidates.
Employment conditions
- Meet the job requirements in terms of diplomas and experience as stated in the job offer.
- Hold a valid work permit or authorisation.
Employees of the City of Geneva must reside within the authorised residential area ( https://www.geneve.ch/emploi ).
In its commitment to combat unemployment, the city encourages applications from the Cantonal Employment Office.
More information on the working conditions of the City of Geneva: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi
