Kanton Zürich
Winterthur
Department Head for Retail and Social Professions, 80 - 100%
- 28 August 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Winterthur
Job summary
Join us at Berufsfachschule Winterthur, a leading institution. Embrace a collaborative work culture focused on appreciation and development.
Tasks
- Lead the department for retail and social professions effectively.
- Enhance teaching quality and contribute to school culture.
- Mentor new teachers and be a point of contact for all stakeholders.
Skills
- Teaching diploma required; experience in vocational education preferred.
- Strong leadership and communication skills essential.
- Ability to work collaboratively in a diverse team.
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About the job
Department Head for Retail and Social Professions, 80 - 100%Due to retirement, a department head position will become available at our school for the 2027/28 academic year.
At the Vocational School Winterthur, around 200 teachers instruct approximately 3800 learners. The school trains specialists for retail professions (EFZ and EBA), care professionals (FaBe), health & social assistants (AGS), as well as learners in pre-apprenticeships.
For the 2027/28 academic year, we are seeking you as a leader and department head to jointly maintain and develop our culture of appreciation, diligence, and openness.
Together with the school management and in close collaboration with the convent board, subject groups, teachers, and staff, you will shape the quality of teaching and the future of the school as department head. You will contribute significantly to the further development and culture of the entire school and take responsibility for this. You will recruit new teachers and lead and advise them. You will be the contact person for learners, vocational training supervisors, parents, and professional associations and share responsibility for class and timetable planning, teacher performance evaluation, and be responsible for subject and working groups.
Your qualities include the ability to listen and the joy of taking responsibility. You are honest, committed, broadly interested, work very carefully and goal-oriented. You enjoy working in a team and are interested in complementing the existing team with your own strengths and creativity.
If you are familiar with our professional fields and/or have advanced training in teaching development, positive leadership, or communication, these are certainly additional good prerequisites for this varied and exciting role.
The teaching obligation is 8-10 lessons per week, so a teaching diploma for our school level is mandatory. Employment is according to the cantonal secondary and vocational school teacher regulations.
If the values described above are as important to you as they are to us and you meet the requirements as a vocational school teacher mbA in the canton of Zurich, we look forward to receiving your application.
Our offer
· a school actively engaged with cultural development topics such as positive leadership, positive education
and offers an internal training programme for lively teaching development
· a diverse area of responsibility with the opportunity - and expectation - to develop personally and professionally
· a task distribution that incorporates personal interests and strengths
· a competent, collegial team
· a school management that supports you
· well-maintained infrastructure with a new building
· employment within the framework of the cantonal secondary and vocational school teacher regulations
Further information about the BFS can be found at https://bfs.zh.ch/.
For more information, please contact Judith Conrad, Principal, 052 268 14 04.
Please send your application by e-mail by 27 September 2026 at the latest to: bewerbung.bfs@edu.zh.ch. Please indicate the job title Department Head in the subject line.
