Leiter*in Geschäftsbereich Arbeitsintegration — Stadt Zürich

Full description

You shape the labour integration of the city of Zurich in a dynamic social and labour market policy environment. As a member of the management board of Social Institutions and Companies (SEB), you lead and develop the work integration division. At the same time, you share responsibility for the strategic development of the entire service department and report directly to the director. The position will be filled due to the imminent retirement of the previous management.

Tasks

• You will lead the work integration division strategically and entrepreneurially and be responsible for its professional, human, organizational and financial management.
• As a member of the SEB Management Board, you share responsibility for the strategic orientation and further development of the entire service department and actively bring the perspective of work integration into higher-level decisions.
• You lead and develop your leaders, promote personal responsibility and anchor a credible culture of participation. You involve employees at an early stage and make the scope for decision-making and action transparent.
• You observe societal, socio-political and labour market-related developments, derive the need for action from them and align the service portfolio with the needs of the target groups and the changing framework conditions.
• You initiate and control change processes and are responsible for the development and the consistent implementation of strategies, concepts and challenging projects.
• You represent the business area and its specialist topics convincingly to political bodies, within the city administration as well as to associations, specialist organisations and other partners.

Profile

• You have a university degree as well as a supplementary management or leadership education.
• You bring several years of senior management experience in a larger and complex organization, including leadership leadership.
• As a participatory leader, you provide orientation, enable real co-determination and make clear and comprehensible decisions even in complex situations.
• You have a sound understanding of social and labour market policy issues. Experience in work integration or a comparable field of action is an advantage.
• You combine strong strategic and conceptual thinking with high implementation and change competence.
• You bring in-depth management skills and experience in the effective and responsible management of human and financial resources.
• You have a high communication and integration ability and move sovereignly in the political and institutional environment. You succeed in bringing together different interests and representing positions clearly and appropriately.

We offer

You take on a central leadership function with great creative leeway and high social relevance. Together with the director and the other members of the management, you shape the future of work integration and SEB. You will benefit from the attractive employment conditions of the city of Zurich as well as a wide range of training opportunities.

About us

The Social Department of the City of Zurich works every day for a social Zurich. We support children, young people and adults in different situations. We make an important contribution to social cohesion and contribute to a high quality of life in the neighbourhoods.

The social institutions and companies operate around 60 offers at various locations in the city of Zurich. With more than 1,000 employees, we provide services in the areas of work integration, housing and shelter, family-supplemented child care and services for people who are threatened or affected by social exclusion.