Principal 90-100%
Freies Gymnasium Bern
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:18 December 2025
- Workload:90 – 100%
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Shape the future of Freies Gymnasium Bern as a leader! Great opportunity in a supportive environment.
Tasks
- Lead the pedagogical, personnel, and operational management of the school.
- Foster a motivating school culture with staff and administration.
- Ensure high-quality education and develop educational offerings.
Skills
- Experience in educational leadership and strong business acumen required.
- Strategic thinking and entrepreneurial action are essential.
- Strong communication skills and empathy are key.
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Portrait of the School/Institution
Shape the future of the Freies Gymnasium Bern as Principal
The Freies Gymnasium Bern is a private, cantonally recognized long-term high school with around 300 students and about 60 teachers. For over 160 years, the Freigymer has stood for a demanding, value-oriented education and a learning environment that combines commitment, personal development, and community. Our school sees itself as a vibrant educational institution where people are at the center and cooperation, respect, and mutual appreciation shape daily actions.
We are looking for an experienced and entrepreneurial-minded leader as Principal by 1.8.2026 at the latest.
Principal 90-100%
Freies Gymnasium Bern
3012 Bern
3012 Bern
Tasks
Your role:
In this key role, you will sustainably shape the culture and future of the Freies Gymnasium Bern. Together with the school management, teaching staff, and board, you will shape the further development of the educational profile and strategic direction. At the same time, you create the framework conditions for a performance-promoting, value-oriented school operation. You understand leadership as relationship work, as joint design, and as a service for educational work.
Your main tasks:
- Overall responsibility for the educational, personnel, and operational management of the school
- Leadership and promotion of the school management, teachers, and administrative staff as well as strengthening a motivating school and leadership culture
- Implementation and further development of the strategy in close cooperation with the board, taking into account economic framework conditions to ensure the school's future viability
- Ensuring high educational quality of training and further development of educational offerings, together with the school management and teachers
- Representation and advocacy of the school towards authorities, partner institutions, parents, and the public
Requirements
- Several years of leadership experience in an educational institution or comparable organization and solid business management knowledge
- Academic degree and recognized school management or equivalent leadership training
- Ability to think strategically and act entrepreneurially as well as to sensibly combine educational, organizational, and economic requirements
- Profound understanding of educational processes, innovative teaching/learning methods, and school development
- Leadership personality with a participatory attitude, high social competence, empathy, and pronounced communication skills
- Negotiation-level German skills; French and English are an advantage
We offer
- Scope for development in the further advancement of an established long-term high school
- Inspiring working environment with motivated and committed employees
- Responsible and meaningful leadership role with attractive employment conditions
Contact
If you are ready to actively shape one of the leading private educational institutions in Bern, we look forward to receiving your complete application documents by 12.1.2026 at zuercher@advokatur-zuercher.ch.
Co-President Hans-Ulrich Zürcher is happy to answer your questions (079 693 86 28).
Additional Information
Start Date
01.08.2026
Application Deadline
12.01.2026
Reference
36723
