Fachhochschule Nordwestschweiz FHNW
Muttenz
Head of Sports and WAH Department (80–100%) (Part-time Co-Leadership Possible)
- 03 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Muttenz
Job summary
Join the Pädagogische Hochschule FHNW as a Bereichsleiter*in in Sport! Lead a dynamic team dedicated to teacher education.
Tasks
- Oversee teacher training in Sport and WAH for Sekundarstufe I and II.
- Ensure high-quality curriculum development and implementation.
- Participate in the institute's leadership and program enhancement.
Skills
- Advanced degree in a relevant field, ideally with a PhD.
- Strong leadership and management experience in higher education.
- Expertise in educational methodologies and teacher training.
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About the job
Knowledge. Skills. Shaping the Future. Together for Strong Teachers, Speech Therapists, Special Education Teachers, School Principals
Head of Sports and WAH Department (80–100%) (Part-time Co-Leadership Possible)
University of Teacher Education FHNW, Institute for Secondary Education I and II
As Head of the Sports and WAH Department for Secondary I and II, you are responsible together with your team for the training of teachers in the two school subjects Sports (Secondary I and II) and WAH (Secondary I). As department head, you are responsible for the quality and further development of the modules in these two study areas and also contribute your professional expertise to the further development of the degree programmes at the Institute for Secondary Education I and II, especially in interdisciplinary areas such as health education and ESD.
Your core tasks include:
- Personnel leadership and management
- Conceptual development of the teaching offer in the Sports and WAH department
- Ensuring the quality of the teaching offer
- Conducting teaching sessions in a study subject assigned to the department
- Member of the institute management of the Institute for Secondary Education I and II: Co-responsibility for the delivery and further development of the Secondary I and II degree programmes as well as the institute
Your profile: You are a communicatively strong and team-oriented personality who moves confidently in both the higher education and school environments and enjoys taking on leadership tasks. As a distinguished personality with knowledge of the current challenges in the Swiss education system (including primary school and higher education landscape), you strengthen the team and contribute to the profiling of the Institute for Secondary Education I and II. You demonstrate high expertise and are well anchored in the relevant scientific community.
You also possess:
- A completed university degree in a discipline assigned to the department, ideally with a doctorate
- Teaching diploma and target level reference Secondary I or II desired
- Subject didactic expertise in one of the study subjects Sports or WAH as well as in the (subject-related) professionalisation of teachers
- Several years of experience in school and higher education practice and in teacher continuing education for Secondary I and II
- Leadership experience in higher education as well as management skills
- Proof of higher education didactic qualification
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