Jobs at SchwuZ: Empowering people
As Berlin’s oldest and most popular event center for queer culture and sociopolitical participation, we’re a fair and equitable employer with identification potential and meaningful employment possibilities. We’re looking for personalities for our team that share our views on diversity in life and self-confident identities – regardless of their cultural and social backgrounds or current life situations.
Whether in beverages, service, sales, communication, booking, tech, cleaning, personal management or event management – we work together to create, organize and realize a wide variety of event formats and cultural events. This includes club nights and concerts as well as externally organized events such as trade shows, conventions and gala events that take place at SchwuZ.
Join our team! We provide you all the conditions you need to work effectively and give you the space so that you can design your tasks responsibilities in a self-determined and self-organized way. We support your abilities and self-realization. Through your job at SchwuZ you give as much value as you can to all our projects, thereby actively contributing to our success as a company.
We’re especially also looking for applications from lesbian, trans and intersex people as well as queers of color, Black queers, immigrants, first, second+-generation immigrants, and differently abled people. It’s important to us to create an individualized career model for our employees based on their respective needs and life phases. You can find all the currently available job openings on our Job Board on this site. We ask you to please use our online form for your application. Thank you.
Our Values
Current jobs at SchwuZ
YOU LIKE TO OPEN DOORS? GREAT. WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU.
For our cultural production department we are looking for a person leading our guest service & door crew as quickly as possible.
In this position you will be responsible for the professional and personal leadership of the guest relations & door team. You’ll ensure smooth admission operation, compliance with the guidelines for SchwuZ as a place free of discrimination and violence, as well as legal framework conditions. You would be the contact person in security and conflict matters and you’d have a strong awareness of the club’s activities. Your sensitivity allows you to communicate empathically and safely de-escalate challenging situations.
Your main tasks include:
- Help with de-escalation to a frictionless and low-conflict event
- Onboarding of new team members
- Conducting and documenting regular feedback meetings
- Moderation of conflicts
- Identifying needs for development
- Regular reporting to the head of the department
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
You are a motivator and inspirer. With your soft skills, you get the best out of your employees, recognise their potential and support them in developing it. For you, good leadership means more than just delegating and you are able to communicate our strategic corporate goals transparently and clearly to your team. In addition, you have relevant professional experience in the field of guest relation and security and are familiar with all operational processes in the day-to-day running of events in this regard. Very good knowledge of German and English is a requirement in this position.
WE ARE
Germany’s largest queer club. In addition to our regular club operations, we also maintain other business areas, which include in particular the rental of the location, an online shop and the conception and organisation of different event and cultural formats.
MORE THAN A CLUB
SchwuZ is an employer driven by inclusion and diversity, in which every person is accepted as he or she is or wants to be. We see ourselves as a safer space for everyone who feels part of the queer community. Our organization is characterized by a strong sense of community and togetherness. Harmony, empathy and respectful interaction are not only important to us, but also essential components of our corporate culture.
WHAT WE OFFER
We are a familiar team with almost 100 employees. In addition to performance-based and fair payment, we regularly offer internal and external training opportunities. Our cooperation is characterized by flat hierarchies, a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. A balanced work-life romance is important to us. That’s why we make sure that our scheduling is compatible with your life. In addition, we also offer the opportunity to participate in regular corporate yoga classes.
WANT TO JOIN US?
Glad to hear it! Please apply via the online form (see below) with your CV and a few words about your motivation! Thank you very much.
We look forward to your application.
LIKE TO KEEP THINGS CLEAN? GREAT. WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU.
For our operational premises, we will hire a mini-job-based cleaner as soon as possible.
In this position, you are primarily responsible for the regular, material-appropriate care and cleaning of our event, storage and office spaces.
Your main tasks include:
- Floor cleaning
- Surface and furniture cleaning
- Cleaning of sanitary facilities
- Professional waste disposal
- Washing of towels, rags and other textiles
- Cleaning and organizing storage areas, as well as inventory inspection
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
You love cleanliness and tidiness. The scent of detergent gives you a feeling of happiness and you’ve long given your vacuum cleaner a loving nickname. You’re very thorough, reliable and have experience in the care of different materials. Our team is diverse, interdisciplinary and international. Good knowledge of German and English is an advantage.
WE ARE
Germany’s largest queer club. In addition to our regular club operations, we also maintain other business areas, which include in particular the rental of the location, an online shop and the conception and organisation of different event and cultural formats.
MORE THAN A CLUB
SchwuZ is an employer driven by inclusion and diversity, in which every person is accepted as he or she is or wants to be. We see ourselves as a safer space for everyone who feels part of the queer community. Our organization is characterized by a strong sense of community and togetherness. Harmony, empathy and respectful interaction are not only important to us, but also essential components of our corporate culture.
WHAT WE OFFER
We are a familiar team with almost 100 employees. In addition to performance-based and fair payment, we regularly offer internal and external training opportunities. Our cooperation is characterized by flat hierarchies, a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. A balanced work-life romance is important to us. That’s why we make sure that our scheduling is compatible with your life. In addition, we also offer the opportunity to participate in regular corporate yoga classes.
WANT TO JOIN US?
Glad to hear it! Please apply via the online form (see below) with your CV and a few words about your motivation! Thank you very much.
We look forward to your application.
YOU ARE TOUGH BUT WITH A SOFT TOUCH? GREAT. WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU.
For our operational club business in Rollbergstraße, we’re looking to hire a mini-job-based guest service as quickly as possible.
In this position, you’ll ensure smooth admission operation, compliance with the guidelines for SchwuZ as a place free of discrimination and violence,
as well as legal framework conditions. You would be the contact person
in security and conflict matters and you’d have a strong awareness of the club’s activities. Your sensitivity allows you to communicate empathically and safely de-escalate challenging situations.
Your main tasks include:
- Coordination of the entrance queue
- Pocket control & body checks
- Custody of unauthorised items
- Regular inspection of the event rooms (in particular the escape routes)
- Maintaining peace and quiet in the courtyard area
- Communicative de-escalation in cases of conflict
WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
A sense of fun for night work! You can skilfully balance honest hospitality and professional distance. At the same time, you have a high degree of sensitivity when dealing with people. You can keep a cool head even in stressful situations and still have an overview even when others have lost it long ago. Your communication strength makes it easy for you to approach people and de-escalate conflict situations in a solution-oriented way. In addition, you have a current first aid certification. Our team and our visitors are diverse and international. Good knowledge of German and English is a requirement in this position.
WE ARE
Germany’s largest queer club. In addition to our regular club operations, we also maintain other business areas, which include in particular the rental of the location, an online shop and the conception and organisation of different event and cultural formats.
MORE THAN A CLUB
SchwuZ is an employer driven by inclusion and diversity, in which every person is accepted as he or she is or wants to be. We see ourselves as a safer space for everyone who feels part of the queer community. Our organization is characterized by a strong sense of community and togetherness. Harmony, empathy and respectful interaction are not only important to us, but also essential components of our corporate culture.
WHAT WE OFFER
We are a familiar team with almost 100 employees. In addition to performance-based and fair payment, we regularly offer internal and external training opportunities. Our cooperation is characterized by flat hierarchies, a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom. A balanced work-life romance is important to us. That’s why we make sure that our scheduling is compatible with your life. In addition, we also offer the opportunity to participate in regular corporate yoga classes.
WANT TO JOIN US?
Glad to hear it! Please apply via the online form (see below) with your CV and a few words about your motivation! Thank you very much.
We look forward to your application.
You have questions? We’re here for you.
We are Bastian and Tanja – your contacts for any questions about jobs, careers and applications at SchwuZ. Feel free to write us an email, we’ll answer as soon as we can.
Bastian Hanke & Tanja Dierbach
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