Executive Assistant: Education Department 80%

About the job

Executive Assistant: Education Department 80%

Do you want to shape the higher education of tomorrow today? Then we look forward to meeting you!

Department: Rectorate

Start date: From 1 July 2026 or by arrangement (Application deadline: 29 May 2026)

• You are responsible, in collaboration with the department head, for the planning, implementation and follow-up of the Education Commission of the ZHAW
• You are responsible, together with your team colleague, for assessing the equivalence of foreign school leaving certificates for admission to bachelor programmes at the ZHAW (equivalence assessment)
• You proactively support the department head and the management team in the demanding day-to-day business (e.g. with media and research enquiries, events, or coordination of activities, tasks and objectives)
• You manage the internet and intranet presence of the Education Department
• You have a commercial vocational training or a university degree at bachelor level
• You have excellent German skills and French and English skills at level B2 and C1 respectively
• You are proficient in the use of MS Office (especially SharePoint and Copilot for efficient completion of work tasks)
• You have initial professional experience in the Swiss education system, are interested in educational issues, and can classify the structures, actors, regulations and contexts
• You are interested in process optimisation and its digitalisation
• You work independently, well-structured and precisely, and do not lose overview in everyday work, prioritising tasks and pending matters wisely
• You look ahead in good time, act networked, proactively, responsibly and solution-oriented, keep appointments, deadlines and pending matters under control, and are a reliable contact for the department
• You communicate thoughtfully and appropriately for the target audience on different channels with various groups inside and outside the ZHAW

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

The Education Department supports the ZHAW university management in the further development of teaching and continuing education in the spirit of lifelong learning. The Education Department, together with the Education Commission and its working groups, focuses on four success factors: transformative educational technologies, efficient educational processes, future-oriented educational offerings and cross-university educational innovation.

The ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity and innovation.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:

Dr Patrick Hunger

Head of Staff Unit Education Department

Sabrina Leu

Recruiting Manager