Stadt Bülach
Bülach
Head of Sports and Events 100%
- 12 September 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Bülach
Job summary
Bülach, a city with tradition since 1384, is a growing center. Join a customer-focused team that values its employees.
Tasks
- Lead the Sports and Events department with around 30 staff members.
- Manage budgets, quality assurance, and operational efficiency.
- Plan projects and contribute to strategic discussions.
Skills
- Several years of leadership experience in a relevant field.
- Strong social and leadership skills are essential.
- Excellent communication and entrepreneurial thinking.
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About the job
Bülach – since 1384 a city with tradition and today the prosperous and growing centre of the Zurich lowlands with around 24,500 inhabitants. It fosters an administrative culture in which customer orientation and appreciation of employees are central. By arrangement, we are looking for an initiative-taking, strong leadership and networked-thinking personality as
Shape the future of sports and event infrastructure in Bülach.
You will take over the operational and strategic management of our Sports and Events department with indoor pool, outdoor pool, artificial ice rink, sports hall, city hall as well as other sports and leisure facilities. Together with your team, you ensure a professional, customer-oriented and future-oriented operation of these important infrastructures and thus make a significant contribution to the high quality of life in Bülach.
Your tasks
- Management of the Sports and Events department in terms of expertise, personnel and organisation with around 30 employees
- Direct management of four team leaders as well as a technician and an employee in the secretariat
- Responsibility for budget, controlling and quality assurance
- Ensuring the operation as well as the provision and maintenance of sports and event infrastructures
- Planning and implementation of projects as well as participation in strategic issues
Your profile
- Several years of leadership experience with pronounced social and leadership skills
- Higher education in business administration, facility management, sports management, public administration or a comparable field
- Understanding of operational, financial and organisational contexts
- Initiative, decisiveness and a solution-oriented working style
- Communicative and resilient personality with entrepreneurial thinking
We offer
- A versatile management position with great scope for design and action
- A well-coordinated and functioning department with competent teams
- Close cooperation with the Sports Office and the department management
- A modern workplace in the Hirslen Sports Centre
- Attractive employment conditions and diverse fringe benefits
- Training and further education opportunities
Interested?
If you have any questions, Roland Engeler, Head of Population and Security, Tel. 044 863 13 01, roland.engeler@buelach.ch, or Fabian Glaser, Acting Head of Sports and Events, Tel. 044 863 11 44, fabian.glaser@buelach.ch, will be happy to assist you. We look forward to receiving your application, which we gladly accept via our application tool.
