Aufseher/in / Betreuer/in – Quereinsteiger Willkommen — Kantonale Verwaltung Zürich
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Canton of Zurich Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs Correctional Services and Reintegration Supervisor / Supervisor - Career Change Welcome 80 - 100% With around 1,400 employees, Corrections and Reintegration (JuWe) is the largest office within the Directorate of Justice and Home Affairs and is responsible for the execution of sentences and measures as well as for the implementation of various types of detention. Our employees from around 40 professions support and promote the reintegration of people who have committed crimes and work effectively and progressively to ensure a safe and fair society. The Zurich remand prisons (UGZ) are one of eight main departments of JuWe. They include seven companies with around 735 prison places and around 500 employees. They are responsible for provisional arrest, pre-trial detention and preventive detention as well as early execution of sentences and measures until transfer to a correctional facility. From the very beginning, they have fulfilled a central function within the Zurich justice system. As part of the UGZ, the Zurich prison specializes in pre-trial detention for adult men and has 110 places. As a guard/carer, you accompany prisoners without prejudice during this difficult phase and help ensure that everyday prison life is safe and orderly. If you are characterized by loyalty, respect, consistency and teamwork, you will find your place with us in Zurich Prison. This is how you shape everyday prison life
- Care and support for prisoners: You ensure an orderly and safe everyday life and provide advice and guidance to the prisoners
- Ensure safety: You keep an eye on the security devices and cameras and act calmly, deliberately and prudently in special situations
- Coordination of processes: You organize movements of prisoners and ensure that operations run smoothly
- Administrative tasks: You document events, create reports and keep all processes transparent and comprehensible
- Design and further development: You contribute ideas, show commitment and support the continuous improvement of our company. This is what you bring with you
- Minimum age 25 years and an impeccable reputation (no entries in the criminal or debt enforcement register)
- Completed training: a federal certificate of proficiency, a (technical) baccalaureate or a comparable qualification
- Good knowledge of spoken and written German, additional language skills would be an advantage
- Confident use of MS Office
- Flexibility for shifts, weekends, nights and special shifts
- High resilience and resilience, keeping a cool head even in stressful situations You will benefit from this
- The Zurich prison is centrally located next to Helvetiaplatz, so you have great connections to public transport
- You can expect a well-thought-out introduction as well as a wide range of part-time training and further education in theory and practice
- A lunch check card
- We offer you a fair, secure and all-round good employment package
- You work meaningfully in a socially relevant environment This is how you become part of us - five steps to employment 1) Application via our online tool 2) Online assessment 3) Virtual or on-site getting to know each other with line 4) Personal getting to know each other and trial day at the GFZ 5) Final decision We are committed to unbiased application processes and therefore ask you to include a letter of motivation, application photo and information about your marital status in your application forego. For this reason, we also use an online assessment early in the process to evaluate applicants as objectively as possible. Further questions? Do you have any questions about the activity? The co-head of enforcement, Markus Isler, will be happy to help you on 043 258 32 08 and the head of enforcement, P. Jerliu, will be happy to help you on 043 258 32 05. The Recruitment & Assessment team will answer any questions you may have about the application process on 043 257 43 19. Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found under Working at JuWe | Canton of Zurich (zh.ch).
Workload: 80-100%
Job details
- Company: Kantonale Verwaltung Zürich
- Position: Aufseher/in / Betreuer/in – Quereinsteiger Willkommen
- Location: Zürich, Zürich
- Salary: CHF 73'500 - 111'500 (source unverified)
- Sector: Amministrazione Pubblica
- Posted on: 2026-10-03
- Expired on: 2026-10-23
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