Employee: Institute Secretariat 50%

Employee: Institute Secretariat 50%

A varied activity in the exciting university environment at a dynamic institute in Wädenswil at the interface of teaching and applied research. Your thing? Your position!

Department: Life Sciences and Facility Management

Start of work: earliest January 1, 2026 or by arrangement

In close cooperation with our study program secretariat, you support the institute management as well as the research groups in administrative and organizational matters: You keep an overview of ongoing processes and ensure smooth collaboration.

• You are the first point of contact for administrative concerns at the institute and act as an interface to internal and external administrative offices
• You coordinate and accompany meetings, events, and workshops
• You maintain and manage documents, databases, and internal information platforms (e.g., intranet) and contribute to internal and external communication.
• You support the institute management in personnel processes and in the care of new employees or guests at the institute
• You take over the coordination of material, IT, and furniture orders
• You support the organization of travel for institute members
• You take on other general office and administrative tasks, such as recording creditor invoices

You are an independent and at the same time team-oriented and service-minded personality with the following qualifications:

• Completed commercial training or comparable qualification
• Very good German and English skills
• Organizational talent, reliable structured working method, and strong communication skills
• Confident handling of common MS Office applications including website editing
• A service- and solution-oriented personality with joy in dealing with people

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity, and innovation.

Life Sciences and Facility Management: Studying and researching in Wädenswil: practice-oriented, creative, passionate, and reflective. With our competencies in Life Sciences and Facility Management, we make an important contribution in the fields of Environment, Food, Health to solving our societal challenges and improving our quality of life.

Institute for Computational Life Sciences: At the interface of Life Sciences and digital technologies, 64 employees teach and research at the cutting edge of science and society. In addition to the specific study programs in Computational Life Sciences, the institute is also responsible for teaching basics in mathematics, physics, statistics, and computer science in all study programs of the department.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the "Working at ZHAW" website. Here are the main points:

Manuela Laure

Recruiting Manager