Secretary at the Faculty Unit of Anatomy and Morphology of the CURML

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Secretary at the Faculty Unit of Anatomy and Morphology of the CURML

To complete its team, the Faculty Unit of Anatomy and Morphology (UFAM) of the University Centre of Legal Medicine of Western Switzerland (CURML) is seeking a secretary at a 50% activity rate, on a permanent contract. The starting date is scheduled for 1 February 2027.

Context

The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the five Swiss university hospitals. Thanks to its collaboration with the Faculty of Biology and Medicine of the University of Lausanne and EPFL, the CHUV plays a leading role in medical care, medical research, and education.

Present on the hospital-university sites of Lausanne and Geneva, the University Centre of Legal Medicine of Western Switzerland (CURML) has around 240 employees distributed across sixteen specialised units in forensic sciences, including UFAM in Lausanne.

The Faculty Unit of Anatomy and Morphology (UFAM) primarily provides undergraduate and postgraduate teaching in anatomy, histology, and embryology within the Faculty of Biology and Medicine (FBM). It also manages body donations to science, develops educational tools, and contributes to clinical research activities.

The unit collaborates with clinical services of the CHUV, other CURML units, as well as academic and hospital environments. It also hosts doctoral and master’s students for their research work.

Mission

• You provide administrative support to the head of UFAM: managing their diary, organising meetings, seminars, teaching activities, and professional travel, as well as handling correspondence
• You ensure telephone reception for internal and external contacts and direct their requests
• You handle various administrative and logistical tasks: ordering supplies, booking rooms, sending invitations, filing, archiving, and drafting minutes and reports
• You develop and maintain databases and statistical tables related notably to teaching, research, and collaborations, and participate in updating quality documents
• You contribute to accounting follow-up and HR administrative management of the unit’s activities.

Profile

• You hold a commercial employee CFC or an equivalent qualification
• You have excellent command of French and English and possess excellent writing skills
• You are proficient with common IT tools
• You demonstrate rigour, organisation, and good prioritisation skills; you know how to take initiative and responsibility, respecting guidelines and deadlines
• You stand out for your team spirit, interpersonal ease, and flexibility.

We offer

Becoming a collaborator at the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:

• First-rate social benefits, 20 days paternity leave, and 4 months maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
• Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
• A 13th month salary and 25 days of holiday per year
• A right to a minimum of three training days per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Centre and partner training centres of the Canton of Vaud
• Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighbourhoods for people relocating to Switzerland from abroad
• Social, cultural, and economic benefits offered to members of the H-Oxygène association
• Benefits offered within the mobility plan (discounts on public transport subscriptions, promotion of "Mobility" vehicles, and discounts on the purchase of electric bikes)
• Quality hotel-standard staff restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.

Contact and application submission

Contact for information about the position: Ms Sara Sabatasso, Unit Head, at 079 556 91 18

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