Specialist and Teacher in Animal Husbandry 60 - 90%
Kanton Zürich
Lindau
Key information
- Publication date:07 October 2025
- Workload:60 – 90%
- Place of work:Lindau
Job summary
Join Strickhof, a leading center for sustainable food systems. Enjoy a vibrant work environment that fosters education and innovation.
Tasks
- Provide expert advice to livestock businesses focusing on cattle and more.
- Organize events that connect theory with practical applications.
- Teach animal husbandry to future farmers and support higher education.
Skills
- Degree in Agricultural Science or similar with teaching qualifications required.
- Strong expertise in animal production and teaching methodology.
- Excellent interpersonal skills and passion for educating farmers.
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The Strickhof is the practice-oriented competence center for sustainable food systems. Our strong commitment to education, consulting, and practice-oriented research makes us the leading center in the fields of agriculture, animal professions, nutrition, food technology, and home economics. We live innovation and strengthen networks.
For our Lindau location, we are looking for you starting December 1, 2025, or by arrangement.
Your future area of responsibility in our animal husbandry team includes:
- Comprehensive professional advice for animal husbandry farms (focus on cattle, preferably small ruminants, pigs, or horses)
- You actively connect theory and practice: organizing specialist evenings, conferences, and courses
- You contribute your expertise to the conception and implementation of new consulting approachesYou use your know-how in various research projects and practice-oriented trials
- You teach the subject of animal husbandry (agricultural worker EFZ)
- If suitable and interested, deployment in higher vocational education (HF, BLS) is also possible, such as coaching student work
You bring:
- You have training as an agronomist ETH or HAFL with a specialization in animal production or a comparable higher vocational qualification with additional qualification as a teaching and consulting person
- Your high professional, methodological, and personal competence, your didactic and interpersonal skills, and your joy in working with learners and practitioners from agriculture enable you to take on your responsible role as a teacher and consultant at Strickhof with passion
- You enjoy the training and further education of farmers
We offer you:
- A working environment that combines personal responsibility and interdisciplinary collaboration: right in the middle of agriculture and food industry
- Flexibility, opportunities for co-design, and varied activities
- Attractive employment conditions of the Canton of Zurich
Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to getting to know you. For questions, Dr. Susanne Meese, Head of Animal Husbandry and Dairy Farming, phone 058 105 83 45, is happy to assist you. Your new environment: www.strickhof.ch, more jobs: www.zh.ch/jobs.
We look forward to your online application.
