A Communications Officer within the IUFRS
Lausanne
Key information
- Publication date:12 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Lausanne
Job summary
Join the IUFRS as a communication officer to enhance our team.
Tasks
- Implement communication strategies in collaboration with leadership.
- Support communication actions for programs and research initiatives.
- Assist in communication with IUFRS members and partners.
Skills
- Master's degree required; doctorate in Nursing is a plus.
- Fluent in French and English, both spoken and written.
- 3 years of experience in communication preferred.
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A communications officer within the IUFRS
The University Institute for Training and Research in Care (IUFRS) of the Department of Training and Research wishes to hire a communications officer to strengthen its team.
Context
The Lausanne University Hospital (CHUV) is one of the 5 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 the fields of medical care, medical research, and training.
Since its creation in Lausanne in 2007, the University Institute for Training and Research in Care - IUFRS contributes to addressing these challenges:
- It allows nurses from French-speaking Switzerland and beyond to pursue their academic training in nursing sciences (Master's and Doctorate) and to exercise clinical and scientific leadership (advanced nursing practice)
- It is committed to research to develop innovative, effective, and efficient clinical practices.
To fulfill its mission, the IUFRS maintains a dense network of institutional, scientific, and clinical partnerships at the local, regional, national, and international levels.
Mission
- You implement the communication strategy, in connection with the IUFRS management
- You carry out or support communication actions for programs and curricula
- You carry out or support communication actions for research
- You support the IUFRS management in its communication with its members.
Profile
- You hold a university Master’s degree or an equivalent qualification
- You have a doctorate in Nursing Sciences, an asset
- You have training or 3 years of experience in the field of communication
- You have perfect command of French and English, both spoken and written.
We offer
Becoming a collaborator of the Lausanne University Hospital means benefiting from:
- Top-notch social benefits, 20 days of paternity leave and 4 months of maternity leave (with the possibility of an additional month of breastfeeding leave)
- Regular salary progression adapted to responsibilities
- A 13th salary and 25 days of vacation per year
- A right to at least three days of training per year, with access to a varied offer within the CHUV Training Center and partner training centers of the State of Vaud
- Facilitated access to one of the 500 furnished apartments offered in the surrounding neighborhoods 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 company restaurants in each hospital building with preferential rates.
Contact and application submission
Contact for information about the position: Mrs. Marie-Cécile Monin, IUFRS administrator, 021 314 05 88.
Since all our applications are processed electronically, we kindly ask you to apply exclusively online by clicking the APPLY button at the bottom of the announcement.
If you have difficulty applying, you can consult our procedure on how to apply online. If for technical reasons you cannot apply online, we invite you to contact our Recruitment Unit, which will assist you in your process, either by email at e.recrutement@chuv.ch or by phone at 021 314 85 70.
The CHUV applies the highest quality standards in its recruitment processes. Furthermore, committed to promoting diversity among our collaborators, we pay attention to different life paths and do everything possible to ensure equal treatment and avoid any discrimination. We look forward to receiving your application.
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