Workshop Manager / Work Agogist 80-90%

Since 1972, the non-profit association team72 in Zürich has been committed to the successful reintegration of people who are in the final phase of penal or measure execution or who require support after their release. The services are primarily operated within the framework of a service mandate with the Amt für Justizvollzug und Wiedereingliederung of the Canton of Zürich. Politically and confessionally neutral, team72 offers a versatile range of support: penal/measure execution within the framework of AEX and WAEX, semi-residential probation assistance, work and workshop programs, counseling for women at risk according to the Violence Protection Act, job placement and job coaching, a volunteer position, as well as low-threshold counseling for offenders and relatives.

The semi-residential residential offer is operated at two locations in Zürich-Oerlikon (6 residential places) and Zürich-Albisrieden (10 residential places). The workshop, which enables internal employment and work, is located at the site in Zürich-Oerlikon.

Due to a professional reorientation of our long-standing workshop manager, we are looking for a qualified successor for the management of internal employment as of December 2026 or by arrangement.

The Workshop ###

In the basement of Zürichholzstrasse 4 in 8057 Zürich-Oerlikon, the workspaces and a large garden are located on approx. 75 m2. A maximum of five people can be deployed, with value placed on as wide a range of manual activities as possible. The workshop produces products primarily from wood and metal in small series and carries out restoration work. Furthermore, it carries out renovations and maintenance work within the company's own properties.

The goal of the work program is to maintain social integration, for which a daily structure is of central importance. The offer can be utilized from Monday to Friday for half days.

Your Tasks ###

• Operational management of the internal workshop including acquisition and product development, project work for service development
• Teaching work-relevant and recidivism-preventive skills to workshop participants or guiding them towards employment
• Active inter-institutional cooperation with relevant work partners as well as writing reports about clients
• Carrying out minor repair work in the house, organization of more extensive repairs (incl. instruction of commissioned craftsmen), management of the furniture as well as the locking system, responsibility for disposal/recycling
• Independent handling of the workshop accounting as well as control over expenditure items
• Participation in team meetings, inter-/supervisions as well as further training
• Carrying out controls on clients regarding abstinence compliance (urine samples, breath tests)

Requirement Profile ###

• Completed manual vocational training, preferably as a painter, carpenter or similar
• Several years of professional experience in the manual trades
• Joy of design and initiative, e.g., in the development of products and workflows
• Entrepreneurial thinking regarding costs and quality
• High social competence in dealing with challenging clients
• Good German skills and confident documentation on the PC
• Flawless criminal record extract
• Experience in penal execution, in work integration or in the social sector is an advantage
• Training in work agogics, social pedagogy or social work is an advantage

We Offer ###

• A workshop that you can further develop and shape according to your ideas
• A responsible task with a lot of creative freedom
• A dedicated, experienced and humorous team
• A manageable number of workshop participants
• A meaningful task at the interface of manual trades, execution and social reintegration
• Support for agogic further training
• Modern and fair employment conditions: 42-hour week, at least five weeks of vacation and an employer contribution of 60% to the pension fund, remuneration based on cantonal guidelines