Supervisor / Caretaker - Career changers welcome 80 - 100%

Supervisor / Caretaker - Career changers welcome 80 - 100% #

With around 1400 employees, Justizvollzug und Wiedereingliederung (JuWe) is the largest office within the Direktion der Justiz und des Innern 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 convicted people and commit themselves effectively and progressively to a safe and just society.

The Untersuchungsgefängnisse Zürich (UGZ) are one of eight main departments of JuWe. They comprise seven facilities with around 735 prison places and about 500 employees. They are responsible for provisional arrest, investigative and security detention, as well as the early execution of sentences and measures until transfer to an execution facility. In doing so, they fulfill a central function within the Zurich justice system from the very beginning.

As part of the UGZ, the Gefängnis Zürich specializes in investigative detention for adult men and has 110 detention places.

As a supervisor / caretaker, you accompany inmates without prejudice in this difficult phase and contribute to ensuring that daily prison life runs safely and orderly. If you are characterized by loyalty, respect, consistency, and teamwork, you will find your place with us at the Gefängnis Zürich.

How you shape daily prison life ###

• Care and support of inmates: You ensure an orderly and safe daily routine and provide advisory and leading support to the incarcerated persons
• Ensuring security: You keep an eye on the security facilities and cameras and act calmly, purposefully, and prudently in special situations
• Coordination of processes: You organize the movements of inmates and ensure that operations run smoothly
• Administrative tasks: You document events, create reports, and thus keep all processes transparent and traceable
• Design and further development: You contribute ideas, show commitment, and support the continuous improvement of our operations

What you bring with you ###

• Minimum age 25 years and an impeccable reputation (no entries in the criminal and debt enforcement register)
• Completed training: a federal certificate of competency (EFZ), a (technical) maturity, or a comparable qualification
• Good German language skills in speaking and writing, further language skills are an advantage
• Confident handling of MS Office
• Flexibility for shift, weekend, night, and special services
• High level of resilience and stamina, keeping a cool head even in stressful situations

What you benefit from ###

• The Gefängnis Zürich is centrally located next to Helvetiaplatz, so you have top connections to public transport
• You can expect a well-thought-out introduction as well as a large range of work-related training and further education opportunities in theory and practice
• A Lunch Check card
• We offer you a fair, secure, and all-around good employment package
• You are working in a meaningful way in a socially relevant environment

How you become part of us - five steps to employment ###

1. Application via our online tool
2. Online Assessment
3. Virtual or in-person meeting with line management
4. Personal meeting and trial day at GFZ
5. Final decision

We are committed to unbiased application processes and therefore ask you to refrain from including a cover letter, application photo, and details about your marital status in your application. For this reason, we also use an online assessment early in the process to evaluate applicants as objectively as possible.

Further questions?
Have you any more questions about the activity? The Co-Management Execution, Markus Isler, can be reached at 043 258 32 08 and the Head of Execution, P. Jerliu, at 043 258 32 05.

Questions regarding the application process are answered by the Rekrutierung & Assessment team at 043 257 43 19.

Further information about our recruitment process and employment at JuWe can be found at Arbeiten bei JuWe | Kanton Zürich (zh.ch).