Head of UMA Department 80-100%

Head of UMA Department 80-100%

Buchs

1. January 2027 or by arrangement

Home office possible

Exciting tasks await:

• Personnel, technical, and organizational leadership of the UMA department (unaccompanied minor asylum seekers) with around 15 directly subordinate employees, the overall responsibility for the area with around 120 employees and 12 internally and externally supervised accommodations with around 500 accommodation places
• Responsibility for the timely and appropriate accommodation as well as professional and trauma-pedagogical care of UMA in a demanding, dynamic, and politically sensitive environment
• Ensuring and further developing performance and quality standards as well as continuous adaptation of concepts and processes to changing framework conditions
• Steering the cooperation with internal and external partners, negotiating service offers, as well as ensuring the controlling of agreed services
• Representation of the department towards authorities, institutions, specialist committees, and the public, as well as early recognition and processing of risks and matters of particular significance

What you bring:

• University degree (FH/Uni) in Social Work, Social Pedagogy, Business Administration, or a comparable field of study
• Several years of leadership experience with a large number of employees, preferably in the asylum, social, care, security, or correctional services sector, combined with strong decision-making and implementation competence
• High resilience, strong independence, and the ability to provide orientation and remain capable of acting even in complex, dynamic, and sensitive situations
• Very good communication, negotiation, and conflict resolution skills as well as a confident appearance towards different stakeholder groups
• Networked and strategic thinking, business understanding, as well as a strong political sensorium for working in the environment of administration and the public

Your working environment

The population is at the center of the activities of the Department of Health and Social Affairs. We work sustainably and purposefully for the safety of their living areas.
The Kantonaler Sozialdienst is responsible for public social assistance, asylum and refugee affairs, as well as victim counseling and victim support. It is the appeals body in the field of social assistance and supports municipalities in the implementation of their family and age policies. In doing so, we work closely with other administrative offices, the municipalities, other cantons, the Confederation, and third-party organizations.

Benefits

Please note that the terms of employment may vary for certain functions.

Any questions?

Roth Dominik
HR Department Manager

+41 62 835 32 12

We look forward to your online application.