Board Member for the Social Affairs Department of Baugenossenschaft St. Jakob, Zürich

Would you like to contribute your experience and commitment to social issues and actively help shape coexistence in a vibrant housing cooperative? Then we offer you the opportunity to help shape the future of our cooperative as a board member with a focus on social affairs.

Baugenossenschaft St. Jakob, Zürich (BGSJ) has stood for affordable living space and a vibrant community since its founding in 1922. With around 544 apartments in the Zurich city districts 2, 3, 4 and 9, we are among the medium-sized cooperatives in the city.

Your tasks

As Head of the Social Affairs Department, you will engage in promoting cooperative coexistence and will particularly undertake the following tasks:

• Participation in the strategic management of the cooperative
• Promotion of cooperative cohesion and an active neighborhood
• Contribution of social perspectives and demographic developments to the board's work
• Initiation and support of neighborhood projects
• Support and further development of the settlement commissions
• Promotion and ensuring the participation of the cooperative members.

Your profile

• Experience in the areas of community work, social affairs, volunteer work, integration, neighborhood or community development
• Interest in social issues and cooperative coexistence
• Understanding of how a cooperative works or willingness to acquire this knowledge
• High social and communication competence
• Sense of responsibility, ability to work in a team and enjoyment of interdisciplinary cooperation

Framework

The time commitment is around 100 hours per year and includes participation in board meetings, annual retreats, as well as meetings of the settlement commission. The election to the board takes place at the General Assembly 2027.

Our offer

• A meaningful and responsible task
• The opportunity to actively help shape coexistence in a long-standing cooperative
• Further training opportunities in the field of the cooperative system
• Collaboration in a committed board
• Appropriate compensation

Interested?

We look forward to your application! Please send your motivation letter and your CV by 25 November 2026. For questions, Sabine Binder from kreis & rund gmbh is at your disposal: Telephone .

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