Head of CONTACT Addiction Treatment Bern and Langenthal, 80%
Stiftung Contact
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:18 December 2025
- Workload:80%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join CONTACT, a foundation focused on harm reduction services. This role offers a dynamic work environment and competitive benefits.
Tasks
- Lead the Bern and Langenthal treatment centers effectively.
- Ensure the implementation and adaptation of operational concepts.
- Drive financial and personnel planning with a business focus.
Skills
- Background in social or health services with leadership experience.
- Strong management and leadership skills are essential.
- Experience in addiction work is a plus.
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From June 1, 2026, or by arrangement, we are looking for a
Head of CONTACT Addiction Treatment Bern and Langenthal, 80%
CONTACT Addiction Treatment in Bern, Langenthal, and Tavannes is a competence center for medical and psychosocial treatment of opioid and other substance-related dependencies. The service is primarily aimed at opioid-dependent people, usually over 18 years old, who wish to receive outpatient substitution treatment. The interdisciplinary team consists of staff from the following professional groups: psychiatry, psychology, nursing, social work, and administration.
- Personnel and content leadership of the two treatment centers in Bern and Langenthal
- Responsibility for the implementation, revision, and adaptation of the operational concepts on site
- Forward-looking financial and personnel planning including business management aspects
- Further development of the service
- Internal and external networking tasks, as well as public relations
- Quality assurance according to QuaTheDA guidelines
- Basic training in social or health care
- Established personality with several years of leadership experience
- Further training in leadership and management
- Interest in management tasks including business management content and planning, further training in business administration in healthcare is an advantage
- Motivation to initiate, accompany, and implement change processes
- Experience in addiction work is an advantage
- Innovative, loyal, independent
- Interesting, varied position in an uncommon specialist field
- Leadership of a professionally interdisciplinary team
- Scope for design within the foundation's internal and financial framework conditions
- Progressive employment according to GAV
- Good training opportunities
For additional information, please contact Ms. Simone Schär, Head of Department I, phone 031 378 22 36 (Mon-Fri).
We look forward to receiving your online application by January 5, 2026.
Further dates:
First short online interviews on Thu, January 8, on-site interview rounds on Wed, January 14.
CONTACT
Foundation for Addiction Support
Monbijoustrasse 70
3007 Bern
