Care Management 85%
Schule Küsnacht
Küsnacht
Key information
- Publication date:03 October 2025
- Workload:85%
- Place of work:Küsnacht
Job summary
Küsnacht am Zürichsee offers a vibrant community near Zurich! Join a supportive and dynamic work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Lead and manage the KICK operation for children's care.
- Ensure quality standards and develop the KICK program.
- Oversee budget and collaborate with educational partners.
Skills
- Recognized social pedagogy qualification needed.
- Strong leadership and motivational skills required.
- Excellent communication and organizational abilities essential.
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Küsnacht on Lake Zurich is considered an attractive community near Zurich thanks to its excellent location, and here you are at the heart of the action! The employees of the municipal administration provide comprehensive services of high quality for the population.
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.
The KICK Village cares for around 120 children. Due to the retirement of our long-standing position holder, we are looking for a new
Care Management 85%
Your tasks
- Educational, operational, and personnel management of the KICK Village operation
- Operational quality assurance and further development of the KICK operation
- Budget responsibility for the care operation
- Interdisciplinary collaboration with the school administration, school principals, school social work, and other school cooperation partners as well as the personnel service
- Occasional deputy care assignments in case of staff shortages in your own care operation
- Communication with parents and internal departments
- Recruitment of employees in cooperation with the personnel service
Your profile
- Recognized training in the social-pedagogical professional segment (for applications with a foreign diploma/certificate, a Swiss diploma recognition must be enclosed)
- Proven leadership skills with motivation and assertiveness as well as a clear and appreciative leadership style
- Motivated, open, humorous, resilient personality with a positive view of people and joy in dealing with children and parents
- Flexibility and independence as well as good team and communication skills
- Organizational talent and good IT skills
- Confident and fluent expression in spoken and written language. Foreign language skills are an advantage
What we can offer you
- Through the annual working time model, working hours during school weeks can be compensated during school holidays
- Progressive employment conditions according to municipal guidelines
- Challenging and varied tasks with plenty of scope for action and design opportunities in a modern and centrally located care facility
- A multicultural, exciting environment
- Support from the school management and the care managers of the other three school-complementary care facilities
- Active participation and commitment within the framework of the legislative goals defined by the school board for the implementation of a voluntary day school according to the Küsnacht model in cooperation with the school management and other offices
- Workplace easily accessible by public transport
- 5 weeks of vacation, 6 weeks from the age of 50
- Own pension fund with an above-average employer contribution
- Various employee discounts and promotions
Would you like to learn more about this exciting position? For further information, Martin Hermann, Head of School-Complementary Services a.i., is happy to assist you at 044 913 14 20. We look forward to receiving your complete application via the following link "Apply online now". We look forward to hearing from you.
