Office Manager 80 – 100 %

About the job

Office Manager 80 – 100 %

In the Dean's Office of the ZHAW School of Management and Law, you take on a central role behind the scenes and help ensure that everyday operations run smoothly. You support the Dean, the executive staff, and the team in administrative and organizational matters and ensure that processes are coordinated efficiently and reliably.

Department: School of Management and Law

Start date: immediately or by arrangement

• You coordinate appointments, meetings, and events and ensure smooth daily operations
• You are the first point of contact for internal and external concerns
• You take on a variety of administrative tasks in the front and back office and ensure their reliable execution
• You assist in organizing events and administrative projects
• You keep an overview even in demanding situations and contribute to efficient processes

For this role, you bring a completed commercial apprenticeship (EFZ) or a comparable qualification. Ideally, you already have several years of professional experience in a similar role.

As an open, communicative personality, you maintain a friendly, courteous, and engaging manner with various stakeholders and can communicate in English both in writing and orally.

In hectic times, you keep an overview and, in addition to strong organizational skills, count initiative, reliability, flexibility, and discretion among your strengths.

You like to contribute actively, recognize where support is needed, and approach tasks with a certain self-evidence and commitment. With your open, communicative manner and a positive attitude, you contribute significantly to a pleasant and smooth working environment.

An independent, precise, and proactive working style is a matter of course for you. If you are also motivated to further develop work processes, we look forward to receiving your application via our online form.

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and more than 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 ZHAW School of Management and Law (SML), with around 9,500 students, is one of the largest business schools in Switzerland. It is the only university of applied sciences in the country represented in renowned rankings of the business newspaper «Financial Times» and accredited by AACSB, EQUIS, and AMBA – labels for high quality standards in teaching, research, and continuing education. The internationally recognized Bachelor and Master programs, cooperative PhD programs, and numerous continuing education offerings are scientifically based, interdisciplinary, and practice-oriented. The SML maintains numerous cooperations with over 190 selected partner universities worldwide.

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 key points:

Helene Schneider

Head of the Dean's Office of the School of Management and Law