Sociocultural Animator at 80% - Maison de Quartier de St-Jean

La Maison de Quartier de St-Jean is looking for a person with experience or a strong interest in working with adolescents, who will be called upon to become the co-referent for the adolescent sector, while participating fully in the general missions of the animation team and the life of the Maison de Quartier.

The function is structured around two complementary dimensions:

• A priority responsibility of co-reference and development of the adolescent sector
• Full and complete participation in the general sociocultural animation missions of the Maison de quartier.

1. Ensure the co-reference of the adolescent sector

Your responsibilities will notably include:

• Developing and ensuring free reception for adolescents, in a posture of listening, availability, non-judgment, and free adherence
• Promoting the creation and maintenance of links with young people attending the Maison de quartier, by being attentive to individual and collective dynamics
• Identifying the needs, interests, resources, and emerging issues of the adolescent public and contributing to their consideration in the actions of the Maison de quartier
• Accompanying young people in the development and realization of collective, cultural, sporting, civic, or leisure projects
• Developing approaches that notably reach diverse adolescent publics and promote inclusion and diversity
• Seeking socio-educational attitudes adapted to the prevention and management of situations of tension or conflict within the spaces frequented by young people
• Developing methods of consultation while maintaining collaborations with partners concerned with youth: schools, other animation structures, associations, municipal and cantonal services, social actors and, depending on the situations, families and other partners
• Participating in the evaluation of actions carried out in the adolescent sector

1. Participate in the general missions of the Maison de Quartier

Beyond the priority responsibility of the adolescent sector, you will participate in the various missions of a Maison de quartier, notably:

• By contributing to the sociocultural animation actions intended for the different publics of the neighborhood (children, families, seniors, all publics) and the development of associative life
• By participating in approaches promoting meeting, social links, moments of exchange between the young and the less young and the inhabitants of the neighborhood, civic participation, solidarity, and better living together
• By participating in activities and projects during school holidays, as well as certain events in the evening or during the weekend
• By contributing to the management, organization, and proper functioning of spaces, equipment, and activities
• By ensuring administrative tasks related to the function: planning, communication, assessments, reports, registrations, project monitoring, and other tasks related to assigned responsibilities
• By supervising monitors and collaborating with them as well as with administrative and technical staff
• By collaborating with the management committee and having an interest in working with inhabitants within commissions and all other persons involved in the activities

This function is part of a team dynamic where collegiality is paramount. The Maison de quartier favors an operation based on collaboration, consultation, complementarity of skills, and sharing of responsibilities.

We are looking for a person who:

• Holds a Bachelor HES in social work or an equivalent training
• Has confirmed experience in sociocultural animation
• Has skills in the conception, management, and evaluation of projects
• Is capable of working autonomously while having a strong team spirit
• Possesses good writing skills and masters standard IT tools
• Is comfortable working in a network and knows the Geneva social system
• Has a good ability to manage unforeseen events, tensions, and complex situations

Experience in the fields of prevention, mediation, youth participation, urban cultures, collective projects, or community work is an asset.

Start date: As soon as possible

Hours: flexible and irregular hours (evenings, weekends, and during the holidays of certain collaborators and school holidays).

Application deadline: 08.11.2026

The Fondation genevoise pour l'animation socioculturelle (FASe) is a partner institution, funded by the Canton and the municipalities, whose mission is to promote and maintain social cohesion in the Canton of Geneva, i.e., to ensure the quality of the relationship between individuals and society. Through socio-educational, sociocultural, and associative field actions carried out by centers and outreach teams, the Foundation responds to the needs of the population in terms of meeting, exchange, solidarity, citizenship, and quality of life, with a general objective of preventing social exclusion.