Schule Küsnacht
Küsnacht
‘Floaters’ as Care Assistants
- 07 August 2026
- 100%
- Küsnacht
About the job
Küsnacht on Lake Zurich is considered an attractive municipality near Zurich thanks to its excellent location. The municipality's employees provide comprehensive, high-quality services for the population.
Municipality of Küsnacht as an employer - Video
The Küsnacht school offers lunch, day, and holiday care for around 1,000 children from 1st kindergarten to 6th primary class in four school-complementary care facilities (KICK). The children are cared for during non-teaching times and school holidays. Additionally, there is a family-complementary offer. In the municipally owned Heslibach nursery with 24 day places, children aged from three months to kindergarten entry with diverse social and cultural backgrounds are cared for.
For our KICK pool of ‘floaters’ for our care facilities KICK Itschnach, KICK Goldbach, KICK Heslibach, KICK Dorf and the Heslibach nursery, we are looking to fill several positions immediately or by arrangement
‘Floaters’ as Care Assistants
Your tasks
- ‘Floaters’ are needed for sickness or other absences of existing employees, often at very short notice – a permanent position or employment 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 ‘floaters’ must be available for at least three full days per week (please indicate your three possible deployment days from Mon to Fri in the application tool)
- Participation in the care of children and toddlers
- Accompanying the children on their way
- Household tasks, including cleaning duties
- Care and leisure activities for the children in close cooperation with the group leader and care team
- Participation in holiday care
What you bring with you
- Preferably previous professional experience in caring for groups of children in kindergarten, primary and preschool age
- Career changers and re-entrants are welcome
- Positive view of 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 varied 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 gladly accept your complete application via the following link "Apply online now". We look forward to hearing from you.
Please note: Due to holiday absences, there may be delays in processing your application during the summer holidays from 13 July to 16 August 2026.
