Administration Specialist Professional Guardianship

Administration Specialist Professional Guardianship ##

Your new role

As an Administration Specialist, a versatile and demanding field of activity awaits you. You support legal guardians as well as clients with administrative and financial tasks. You perform your tasks with a high degree of independence according to the requirements of the mandate and within the framework of the orders from the KESB. In doing so, you work closely and at eye level with the legal guardians. Your tasks include managing the finances of the clients, in particular the payment processes, the claiming of social security benefits, the management of medical costs, inventories, as well as participating in the creation and adjustment of the clients' budgets.

This position is exciting for you if

• You have a sound commercial education and can demonstrate several years of professional experience in a comparable position.
• You feel confident in the social security system and ideally have further training at clerk level or a federal diploma in social insurance.
• You are payment-oriented and enjoy using your accounting knowledge.
• You are motivated to learn something new every day and encounter challenges in everyday professional life with joy.
• You value close cooperation with a wide variety of people and specialists.
• You enjoy working independently within a team, are resilient, empathetic, and humorous.

Our department

At the Social Services, the human being is at the center of action. Our employees provide diverse services in the field of child and adult protection law as well as social assistance for the benefit of the urban population. The Professional Guardianship, with its 60 employees, is a department of the Social Services. It carries out guardianship measures on behalf of the Child and Adult Protection Authority Region St.Gallen. We maintain an active professional exchange with various offices within and outside the city administration.

Our corporate culture

We live an appreciative working atmosphere, characterized by mutual trust, respect, and loyalty. We challenge and promote our employees based on their individual skills and resources. Equal opportunity is a high priority for us, and our framework conditions support you in reconciling work and other areas of life.

What we offer

A responsible and varied field of activity awaits you, which challenges and promotes you. Together with a dedicated team of experienced and up-and-coming colleagues, you have the chance to grow together and further develop your skills. We offer attractive employment conditions such as flexible working time models, home office, discounts for the Ostwind-Abonnement, municipal family allowances, or a diverse internal training offer. Your workplace is centrally located and is only a few minutes' walk from the train station.

Do you feel addressed?

The head of the Specialist Administration Department, Sevim Danho, telephone 071 224 57 67 (from 7 September 2026) and her deputy, Andrea Schelling, telephone 071 224 62 68, are at your disposal for further information. Please submit your complete dossier exclusively online.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.

Stadt St.Gallen, Personaldienste, Rathaus, 9001 St.Gallen, www.stadt.sg.ch