Head of Building Services 80-100 %

About the job

The Battenberg Foundation supports people in integrating into the primary labour market. Whether recipients of disability insurance or unemployed, it promotes their strengths and talents, offers them training and further education opportunities, and accompanies them on their path into the labour market. The bilingual offer in Biel is used by people of all ages from across Switzerland. Many of them work in our partner companies: for example, in the watchmaking sector, in IT, or in the field of new media.

For our Building Services department, we are looking for a Head of Building Services 80-100 % as part of a succession plan.

These are the main tasks

• Participation in the development and implementation of the building and maintenance strategy, including long-term investment planning.
• Professional and personnel management of the department, which includes the building technology and maintenance teams as well as housekeeping with 14 employees.
• Coaching the teams in their main task, the professional promotion and education of people with special needs.
• Further development of the department regarding standards, processes, and quality guidelines into a service-oriented unit that fulfils orders both at its own locations and externally.

What you should bring

• You have a recognised vocational training as a specialist in operational maintenance EFZ or a comparable basic education, plus several years of professional experience.
• Furthermore, you have continued your education with a higher professional examination with a federal diploma (e.g. caretaker, head of facility management) or a technical school/university of applied sciences (e.g. Bachelor in Facility Management).
• You enjoy working in an interdisciplinary work environment and are communicative, empathetic, and service-oriented. Experience in dealing with people with special needs is an advantage.
• You have experience in vocational education and possibly have completed further training in work pedagogy.
• You are a native German or French speaker and have good knowledge of the other language.

These are our advantages

• In a diverse, dynamic work environment, you can contribute your expertise and skills.
• Furthermore, you will find a competent and committed team in the bilingual environment that is dedicated to our meaningful tasks and acts independently.
• The Battenberg Foundation also offers attractive, contemporary employment conditions.

Have we aroused your interest? Would you like to shape the future with us? Then we should get to know each other. We look forward to receiving your complete application documents via the following link

For further information, please contact Andreas Nauer, Head of the Residential, Daycare, Catering and Building Services Division. andreas.nauer@battenberg.ch Tel. 032 344 25 22