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.

Jobs at SchwuZ Apply online

Our Values

As an employer, people are the focus of our work. We see ourselves as a supplier of empowerment and support all our employees based on our manifested values.

Freedom

We place our company’s focus on the person, with their strengths and abilities. That is why we give each other the creative freedom that we need to be able to work in a self-determined and autonomous way. Fundamental trust and mutual acceptance form the foundation for this so that we may develop in an integrated manner.

Benevolence

Come as you are! We treat each other with goodwill and openness. Our positive and appreciative interactions with each other creates a warm atmosphere where every person is welcome and feels seen as an individual. We are aware of the difference and respect them.

Community

We are a community. That means that we trust each other and support one another. We communicate clearly and openly, and approach each other with acceptance and appreciation, even when there are disputes. We all contribute with our skills and abilities the best we can and ensure that others can also share in our knowledge.

Mindfulness

We are considerate and attentive to everyone. We are thoughtful and look out for each other’s well-being.

Joy

Love it! Change it! Or leave it as it is! We are passionate about what we do and have fun while doing it. We keep our sense of humor in challenging situations and face them with levity.

Creativity

Good ideas are the fuel for our success. We’re explorers! That means we remain curious and courageous. We give each other the space to dare to dream and try out new things.

Authenticity

We are genuine, open and honest because we’re human. We don’t pretend. Our emotions and needs have just as much space with us as our skills. We communicate openly and on even footing. We don’t make empty promises. We keep our word by doing what we say and saying what we do.

Employees

Units

Events annually

Hugs every week

Current jobs at SchwuZ

Here you can find all the current open positions at SchwuZ. We ask you to please apply directly using the online form (see below). If you don’t see any specific jobs here at the moment, then we’re fully staffed right now. However, we still welcome your unsolicited applications.

Technical Assistant

WELL, EVERYONE AGAIN
LAMPS ON?

SUPER. THEN WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU.
We are hiring a technical assistant on a mini-job basis for the operational event business at our location in Rollbergstraße as soon as possible.

In this position, you will support our technical management in the smooth running of our event productions and formats.

Your main tasks will include:

Technical realisation (sound & light) of event productions
Preparation, realisation and follow-up of rehearsals, sound and light checks and light checks
Provision of the equipment required for the production
Supporting our event organisers with regard to their technical requirements

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
You have trained as an event technician or have a relevant degree. Mixing desks give you goosebumps and you love putting rooms and people in the right light. You know how to create a good atmosphere and are confident working at heights on our lifting platform. You are creative, responsible and ambitious. You can also speak a little English.
Basic knowledge of German and English is helpful for good communication with the team.

WE ARE
Germany’s largest queer club. In addition to our regular club operations, we maintain other business areas, including in particular the rental of the location, an online shop and the conception and organisation of various event and cultural formats.

MORE THAN JUST A CLUB
SchwuZ is an employer characterised by inclusion and diversity, where everyone is accepted for who they are or want to be. We see ourselves as a safe space for everyone who feels part of the queer community.

Our organisation is characterised by a strong sense of community and togetherness. Harmony, empathy and respectful interaction with one another are not only important to us, but essential components of our corporate culture.

WHAT WE OFFER
We are a family-run team with around 120 employees. In addition to performance-related and fair pay, we regularly offer internal and external training opportunities. Our collaboration is characterised by flat hierarchies, a high degree of personal responsibility and creative freedom.

A balanced work-life balance is important to us. That’s why we make sure that our work schedules are compatible with your life.

We also offer the opportunity to take part in regular company yoga courses.

YOU WANT TO JOIN US?
We’d love to hear from you! Send us your documents including a short CV using the application form at the bottom of this page.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Cleaning help

YOU HAVE A FUTZPIMMEL?

SUPER. THEN WE’RE LOOKING FOR YOU.

We are hiring a cleaner for our business premises on a mini-job basis as soon as possible.
In this position, you will be primarily responsible for the regular, material-appropriate care and cleaning of our event, storage and office rooms.
Your main tasks will include

Floor cleaning
Surface and furniture cleaning
Cleaning the sanitary facilities
Professional waste disposal
Laundry of tea towels, cloths and other textiles
Organizing the cleaning stock and checking inventory

WHAT YOU SHOULD BRING WITH YOU
You love cleanliness and tidiness, wipe-wash is not your thing.
The smell of cleaning products makes you feel happy and you affectionately call your vacuum cleaner Horst. You are very thorough, reliable and have experience in caring for different materials. Our team is diverse, interdisciplinary and international. Good knowledge of German and English is an advantage.

A balanced work-life balance is important to us. That’s why we make sure that our work schedules are compatible with your life.

We also offer the opportunity to take part in regular company yoga courses.

YOU WANT TO JOIN US?
We’d love to hear from you! Send us your documents including a short CV using the application form at the bottom of this page.

We look forward to receiving 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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