Assistant to the Head of Department Education 50 – 70 %

About the job

Assistant to the Head of Department Education 50 – 70 %

Do you want to work in a meaningful environment? Then you are exactly right with us!

Department: School of Engineering

Start of work: From 1 September 2026 or by arrangement

Your responsibilities include:

• Supporting the head of department in administrative and organisational tasks.
• Planning and coordinating meetings, travel, events and personnel occasions.
• Organising and minute-taking of programme directors' conferences.
• Maintaining data, permissions, orders and invoicing processes.
• Managing central communication channels.
• You have a commercial vocational training or an equivalent education or further training. A tertiary level qualification is an advantage.
• You are proficient in MS Office (including SharePoint and Copilot) and find it easy to familiarise yourself with new company-specific systems.
• You convince through a structured approach, a high degree of independence, precise communication and a strong service orientation.
• Ideally, you already have several years of professional experience in a similar role in the higher education environment.
• You have excellent German skills as well as good English skills.

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.

The School of Engineering, as one of the leading educational and research institutions in Switzerland, focuses on future-relevant topics. Fourteen institutes and centres guarantee high-quality education, research and development with a focus on energy, mobility, information and health.

The Education Department is responsible for the quality of educational offerings at bachelor, master and continuing education levels and ensures the smooth running of educational processes. Together with the management of the master’s programme, the continuing education management, those responsible for digital teaching, the Education Services team as well as the administration for bachelor, master and continuing education, the department employs around 40 staff.

You can expect a workplace in the heart of Winterthur as well as a versatile and lively working environment. Our department is characterised by a committed team and a pleasant working atmosphere. The activity requires regular presence on site, especially on Fridays.

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

Please submit your complete application documents including a short letter of motivation, a CV as well as work references and diplomas in electronic form.

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:

Yeliz Sevinc

Recruiting Manager