Union Secretary: Care & Support 80 - 100% - St. Gallen
Unia Arbeitslosenkasse
St. Gallen
Key information
- Publication date:07 October 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:St. Gallen
Job summary
Join Unia, Switzerland's largest union, as we fight for fair work! Enjoy a dynamic and supportive work environment.
Tasks
- Advocate for better working conditions in care homes across Eastern Switzerland.
- Engage with workers and translate their needs into collective action.
- Support self-organization and effective representation of workers' interests.
Skills
- Completed vocational training; experience in retail, hospitality, or caregiving is a plus.
- Fluent in German with strong negotiation skills; knowledge of Eastern European languages is beneficial.
- Ability to work independently, reliability, and flexibility.
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Unia is the largest union in Switzerland. With our approximately 1,200 employees, we are committed to fair working conditions and a social Switzerland. This dynamically and combatively.§
Would you like to stand up for a good cause? Let's get to know each other.
Strengthen our team in the Eastern Switzerland-Graubünden region at the St. Gallen location from January 1, 2026, or by arrangement as
Union Secretary Care & Support 80 - 100%
This is what you move
With dynamism and persuasiveness, you work together with employees from nursing homes in Eastern Switzerland to improve working conditions. Your exciting tasks include addressing employees and translating their concerns into a collective movement to build union structures in the company and industry. In doing so, you support them in organizing themselves, effectively representing their own interests, and enforcing them in creative campaigns. This also includes recruiting members.
This is what you bring
- Completed vocational training
- Work experience in retail, gastronomy, or care is an advantage
- Category B driving license
- Fluent German in spoken and written form
- At least one Eastern European language (Polish, Romanian, Serbo-Croatian, etc.); any additional foreign language is an advantage
- Identification with union goals
- Independent work, reliability, and flexibility
What we offer
At Unia, you will enjoy progressive working conditions and
good social benefits. We support part-time work. This also includes the ability to balance work and family. In addition, we promote your development potential. Look forward to an appreciative, collegial, and lively environment.
Are you interested?
Are you ready to take on this challenge? Then we look forward to receiving your complete application with a meaningful motivation letter by 11/09/2025 directly via the application tool.
Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Danijela Dragicevic, Head of KMB Eastern Switzerland-Graubünden, by email danijela.dragicevic(at)unia.ch .
