Research Associate

Development and Quality: As a Research Associate, you support quality and organisational development as well as the optimisation of processes and structures. You report directly to the management of PZ.BS and work in a small, well-coordinated team.

Project Work: You work systematically, precisely and with perseverance. At the same time, you remain efficient and goal-oriented and can bring about situation-appropriate solutions. You contribute your analytical and conceptual skills to projects.

Versatile Support: You support the management of PZ.BS and the Services management in a variety of tasks and projects. Even in hectic times, you remain focused and enjoy working on multiple tasks simultaneously.

Experience: You bring experience in project, quality management or educational management. Ideally, you are familiar with cantonal administration and educational topics.

Personality: You are characterised by high reliability, personal responsibility and independence. You have a strong understanding of quality. You are open, communicative and possess high social competence.

Education: You hold a university degree (Bachelor or Master) in social or educational sciences or a comparable qualification. Qualifications in project management are desirable.

The Universities Division of the Department of Education manages and coordinates the university system of the canton. Its responsibilities include preparing the sponsoring policy for the University of Basel, the University of Applied Sciences Northwestern Switzerland and three other autonomous institutions. The Educational Centre and the Office for Training Contributions report directly to this division. The focus of the work is on promoting high-quality, regionally, nationally and internationally successful research and higher education within the framework of inter-cantonal cooperation.

The Educational Centre Basel-Stadt PZ.BS is a department of the Universities Division and offers a wide range of support for schools. PZ.BS organises courses, conferences and events, provides professional expertise and advice in teaching and school development, offers psychological counselling for staff at Basel schools and operates a public specialist library as well as the Design Specialist Centre.