Vice Principal 80 - 100%
Zürich
Key information
- Publication date:12 July 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Place of work:Zürich
Job summary
Join the Kantonsschule Zürich Nord as a Prorektor! This role offers a chance to impact education positively.
Tasks
- Assist in the pedagogical and financial leadership of the school.
- Support students and manage personnel matters in departments.
- Contribute to school development and quality improvement.
Skills
- Requires a completed degree and teaching diploma for high schools.
- Strong organizational skills and a passion for educational growth.
- Ability to work effectively with diverse groups.
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Vice Principal 80 - 100%
RESPONSIBLE, COMMITTED, TEAM-ORIENTED
The Cantonal School Zurich North offers a long and a short gymnasium with all profiles offered in the Canton of Zurich and the bilingual maturity diplomas in German/English and German/French, as well as a vocational school. It has around 2,200 students, 300 teachers, 50 staff members of the Central Services, and eight school leaders who contribute to the successful functioning of the school day. Since this school year, the KZN has been located on the Irchel campus.
A vice principal position is to be filled at the beginning of the autumn semester 2026/27.
The Cantonal School Zurich North offers a long and a short gymnasium with all profiles offered in the Canton of Zurich and the bilingual maturity diplomas in German/English and German/French, as well as a vocational school. It has around 2,200 students, 300 teachers, 50 staff members of the Central Services, and eight school leaders who contribute to the successful functioning of the school day. Since this school year, the KZN has been located on the Irchel campus.
A vice principal position is to be filled at the beginning of the autumn semester 2026/27.
Your Responsibilities
As a vice principal, you are part of the school management and are jointly responsible with the principal, other vice principals, and the head of Central Services for the pedagogical, administrative, and financial leadership of the school and its further development. You supervise students and classes of the vocational school or the gymnasium and take care of personnel matters of individual subject departments. You have a high level of commitment and organizational talent and are interested in school development and school quality. You are resilient and have skill in dealing with young people, teachers, staff in administration and operations, as well as with school authorities and offices. In addition, you are a team-oriented, innovative, and communicative personality with a confident and convincing demeanor.
Your Profile
Formal requirements for an application are a completed university degree and a teaching diploma for maturity schools or an equivalent professional and pedagogical training, as well as several years of teaching experience at the secondary level. As a vice principal, you will teach ten lessons per week.
Our Offer
We offer you an interesting, diverse, and challenging position at a school with a comprehensive secondary school offering.
Application
We look forward to your application. Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool by September 29, 2025. For inquiries, Principal Andreas Niklaus is available at 044 317 23 00 or andreas.niklaus@edu.zh.ch. Further information can be found on the internet at www.kzn.ch.
