Head of Department Supervisory Authority KESB, 40-50%

Move with commitment. – This is the chance, in a meaningful activity of political and social relevance, to bear responsibility and to drive sustainable developments for the population and economy with your own imprint. Behind this promise stands the Canton Solothurn with countless possibilities, tangible flexibility, and stability in the working environment.

Head of Department Supervisory Authority KESB, 40-50%

The Office for Society and Social Affairs supports people in the Canton Solothurn in various life situations. The Social Services Department includes the departments of supplementary family benefits, asylum, social assistance, and the supervisory authority KESB. For the Social Services Department, we are looking for a Head of Department Supervisory Authority KESB, 40-50% at the Solothurn location, starting on or after agreement.

Your responsibility

• You supervise the three Child and Adult Protection Authorities (KESB) in the Canton Solothurn through supervisory visits, controlling, as well as reporting, and lead harmonization and further development projects in cooperation with the KESB.
• You ensure the controlling and reporting of the supervisory authority.
• You lead strategic-political as well as operative working groups with systemic partners such as representatives of the social regions and the Association of Municipalities.
• You lead your department professionally and personally.
• You work intensively with the legal service and the social assistance department.

Your profile

• You have several years of sound experience in child and adult protection.
• Thanks to your suitable university degree, e.g., in a legal or social science discipline, you possess analytical-abstract thinking skills, a holistic understanding of problem-solving, and ideally knowledge of political processes and an affinity for municipal structures and concerns.
• Preferably, you have leadership experience as well as expertise in social assistance.
• You are a team-oriented, communicative, and confident person with an independent and structured way of working. You maintain an overview amidst many parallel tasks and enjoy familiarizing yourself with complex subject areas.
• For this, you bring flexibility and commitment as well as endurance and a spirit of innovation: you want to shape things rather than simply administer them.

Benefits.

Flexible working models

• Promotion of personal work-life balance through an annual working time model
• Part-time work, even in management
• Possibility for mobile working

Fair salary system

• Progressive employment conditions based on a GAV
• Equal pay between men and women
• Loyalty bonuses

Family & Career

• 16 weeks of maternity leave with full pay
• 2 weeks of paternity leave
• Financial contributions to childcare

Education & Development

• Comprehensive range of internal and external further training
• Cooperation with the FHNW in leadership training
• Promotion of individual skills

Social benefits & Pension

• Flexible retirement age; attractive benefits from the internal pension fund
• 12 months of continued salary in case of illness and a further 12 months of sickness daily allowance

Health

• Internal occupational health management
• Comprehensive advisory service for professional and personal topics
• Rotating range of impulse courses

Questions?

Nicole Röthlisberger
Head of Social Services Department

Convinced?

We wish to fill this position without the support of external service providers. E-mail applications cannot be considered.

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