Service Dog Handler*in, 80-100 %

Within the Stadtpolizei, the Einsatzabteilung is deployed around the clock in the city of Zürich with various specialist departments and uniformed operational forces. These include leadership support, the Lagezentrum and Operationen commissariats, instruction, intervention, the Sonderkommissariat, as well as the Diensthunde-Kompetenzzentrum. The DKZ ensures special supply in the areas of service dogs and dogs as well as animal welfare. It supports basic care as well as other organizational units primarily with service dogs and in the area of animal welfare offenses. This patrol is available as a support element for the benefit of basic care and other organizational units. To reinforce the personnel, we are looking for new colleagues by arrangement. Tasks ## • Keeping, training and leading a service dog • Supporting all front departments with dog deployments • Regular DKZ patrol service, DKZ-specific prevention deployments, public relations, order service and other special deployments and missions • Performing on-call duties Profile ## • Several years of police experience after completion of basic training and operational experience as a service dog handler*in • High commitment, great motivation for the demanding service in the special unit DKZ, strong interest in cynology and a special affinity for dogs • Readiness to train, coach and perform police service with a service dog for at least 8 - 12 years, as well as the possibility to keep a service dog privately in a species-appropriate manner • Previous knowledge or great interest in the field of animal welfare • High teamwork skills, flexibility, initiative, resilience and social competence We offer ## • Attractive, demanding activity in a specialist function with careful introduction to cynology and animal welfare legislation as well as modern, well-structured training and further education • Work in a flexible working time model and state-of-the-art infrastructure such as parking spaces, kennel facilities, exercise enclosures and an in-house training ground • Attractive terms of employment and generous coverage of the costs for the acquisition and maintenance of the service dog • Coverage of 60% of the PK savings contributions, mobility contribution of up to CHF 600 per year and monthly up to CHF 100 meal compensation (depending on the workload) • Favorable mobile subscriptions (private use included) as well as other interesting fringe benefits Apply Apply About us ## The Stadtpolizei is a service department of the Sicherheitsdepartement of the Stadt Zürich and with around 2250 employees is the third largest police corps in Switzerland. Interested? ## Fw mbA Michael Toggweiler, Chef Einsatzdienst DKZ, Tel. +41 44 411 61 79, as well as Fw Adrian Hedinger, Stellvertretender Technischer Leiter DKZ, Tel. +41 44 411 61 75, are happy to provide you with further information. Please address your complete application by 4 September 2026 via our online application tool to the responsible head of the personnel department, Flavia Bolli. Reference No.: 51325 Working for the City ## Working for the City Terms of employment