Heime Uster
Uster
15 hours ago
City of Uster - Head of Department Vocational Education 80-100%
- 05 May 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Uster
Job summary
Join Heime Uster, a caring long-term care institution. We offer a supportive work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Plan and organize training for around 50 learners in healthcare.
- Lead and support a team of four professional trainers.
- Collaborate with stakeholders on educational matters.
Skills
- Completed tertiary education in nursing and training experience.
- Strong leadership and project management skills.
- Excellent communication and organizational abilities.
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About the job
You or you?
For us, the case is clear. We live a culture of informal address. Therefore, we communicate in this manner already during the application process and in the interviews.
What you achieve with us makes sense!
The Uster homes are not an anonymous large company. We are a public-law institution for long-term care with a wide-ranging offer. Around 340 employees take care of the 220 residents with enthusiasm and empathy. You fit perfectly with us if the well-being of elderly people is close to your heart, if you appreciate professionalism and value authenticity, friendliness and openness in daily interactions. We meet each other at eye level across all hierarchical levels and live a respectful culture of informal address.
We are looking for an empathetic and experienced person as of 1 August or by arrangement
The Uster homes are not an anonymous large company. We are a public-law institution for long-term care with a wide-ranging offer. Around 340 employees take care of the 220 residents with enthusiasm and empathy. You fit perfectly with us if the well-being of elderly people is close to your heart, if you appreciate professionalism and value authenticity, friendliness and openness in daily interactions. We meet each other at eye level across all hierarchical levels and live a respectful culture of informal address.
We are looking for an empathetic and experienced person as of 1 August or by arrangement
Your main tasks
- Responsible for the needs-based planning, organisation and implementation of all training at secondary level II as well as tertiary level for around 50 apprentices and students in nursing professions and additionally in hospitality and facility management
- Personnel management of the 4 full-time vocational nursing trainers
- Close and solution-oriented collaboration with line managers
- Advising all internal and external stakeholders on educational matters
- Creation and implementation of guidelines, educational concepts and projects
- Representation of the Uster homes in the training cooperation Gesundheitsmeile Uster
- Organisation of career information events and representation of the Uster homes in public on educational matters
You bring with you
- Completed training as a nursing specialist at tertiary level
- Leadership strength and at least four years of experience in the field of training
- Professional certificate as a trainer (SVEB 2)
- Very good general as well as industry-specific knowledge of the educational landscape and the offered training curricula
- Experience in concept development and project management
- Consulting experience as well as target group-appropriate communication in a complex, interprofessional environment
- Great organisational and coordination talent
- High commitment to vocational education, resilience and ability to work in a team
- Confident German in spoken and written form, solid IT skills
We offer you
- a meaningful activity in an area of high social relevance
- Collaboration and networking in the nursing management and interdisciplinary with all areas
- an open and warm working atmosphere
- the opportunity to further your education
- the very good social benefits of the City of Uster and other attractive employment conditions
Your advantages
Further education
Discounts
Holidays plus 4 paid rest days
Social benefits
Salary
Inclusion
Your contact person
We look forward to you getting in touch with us. For additional information, Stefan Tobler, Head of Support Services / Deputy General Manager, is happy to assist you at 044 905 11 80.
hrm@heime-uster.ch
This is us
City of Uster as an employer
Uster homes
Interested?
Then give us the opportunity to convince you of employment at the Uster homes. Please apply via the online application tool.
In a first step, we need your CV, your diploma as a specialist and the last work reference. If you have any questions about the application or the position, please feel free to contact us at any time.
Then give us the opportunity to convince you of employment at the Uster homes. Please apply via the online application tool.
In a first step, we need your CV, your diploma as a specialist and the last work reference. If you have any questions about the application or the position, please feel free to contact us at any time.