Deputy Director - 100% / Socio-cooperative Workshops Department

Do you want to put your management skills at the service of social and professional inclusion?
Join us and contribute to the development of workshops that combine social mission, quality and performance.

Our Mission

Our Foundation designs, experiments with and promotes concrete actions to rebuild social ties with people suffering from mental health disorders and their families. We work to restore and maintain their health in their environment while developing community initiatives aimed at improving the living conditions of people vulnerable in their mental health.

Your Role

As a member of the Management Committee and reporting to the General Management, you lead the Socio-cooperative Workshops Department.

You ensure the quality of socio-professional support, the operational performance of the workshops and the balance between the social mission and the economic requirements of the activities.

As the direct link to General Management, you translate institutional directions into operational objectives, support teams, manage results and report in a structured and proactive manner.

Your main responsibilities:

• Contribute to the Foundation’s strategic directions and ensure their implementation within the department.
• Manage the social, operational and economic activities of the workshops.
• Guarantee the quality, traceability and compliance of socio-professional support services.
• Supervise, support and empower teams.
• Ensure budget management, controlling and monitoring of performance indicators.
• Guarantee efficient planning of human and material resources.
• Anticipate risks, address discrepancies and implement necessary corrective measures.
• Prepare analyses and recommendations useful for General Management decisions.

Your Profile:

Professional skills

• Tertiary ES training in a hotel, technical, economic or equivalent field; training as a socio-professional instructor is an asset.
• Recognised management training and proven experience in leading managers and multidisciplinary teams.
• Mastery of budget management, controlling and management of production or service activities.
• Knowledge of LAIH/LAI schemes as well as the Vaud social and economic network.
• Excellent writing skills and mastery of management, reporting and project management tools.
• Category B driving licence and personal vehicle essential.

Personal and managerial skills

• Strong leadership and ability to decide, set boundaries, delegate and empower.
• Institutional loyalty and ability to act in direct support of General Management.
• Analytical, anticipatory skills and ability to formulate operational recommendations.
• Rigour, organisation, priority management and respect for deadlines.
• Managerial courage and entrepreneurial spirit compatible with the Foundation’s social mission.

Workplace: Lausanne, with regular travel to the sites of Nyon, Prilly, Vevey and Yverdon

Contract type: Permanent contract

Start date: 1 November 2026 or to be agreed

Special hiring condition: Standard and special criminal record extracts – clean

We look forward to receiving your application via the Jobup.ch platform by 27 August 2026.

For further information: Mrs Sandra Feal, General Director, 41 21 643 16 30