Gewerblich-Industrielle Berufsschule Bern
Bern 22
Head of Department Information and Energy Technology Professions (IET), 80-100%
- 06 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Bern 22
Job summary
gibb is a vocational school in Bern, teaching 7,000 students. Join us for an engaging work environment.
Tasks
- Lead the IET department with over 100 educators and 1,000 students.
- Foster collaboration with industry partners and enhance teaching quality.
- Shape future-oriented strategies during times of change.
Skills
- Experience in leadership, education, and vocational training is essential.
- Strong organizational and communication abilities are a must.
- Interest in innovative solutions and working with youth.
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About the job
Portrait of the School/Institution
gibb is a vocational school of the Canton of Bern. We teach around 7,000 young people in more than 60 commercial-industrial professions and provide part-time higher vocational education (HBB) to about 800 professionals. Around 1,000 learners attend the vocational baccalaureate school (BMS) in various specialisations.
The IET department offers the vocational school for EFZ basic training as well as further education in the fields of computer science and electrical engineering.
Due to the retirement of the previous post holder, we are looking in cooperation with our recruitment partner eduxept AG for a:
Head of Department Information and Energy Technology Professions (IET), 80-100%
gibb Vocational School Bern
3000 Bern 22
3000 Bern 22
Tasks
As head of the IET department, a varied and exciting role awaits you. Together with your team, you are responsible for 3 professional groups with a total of 6 professions, over 100 teachers, and more than 1,000 learners and students. Your communication skills are in demand: internally, you communicate with teachers, lecturers, and staff. You maintain exchanges with learners, students, and training companies and utilise synergies with other departments of gibb. Collaboration with labour market organisations, the secondary school and vocational education office, and other partners complements your role.
You deal with questions of good and contemporary teaching, being professionally, pedagogically, organisationally, and personally responsible for ensuring this within the department. In the gibb school management, you represent the department and, together with your colleagues, consider the perspective of the entire school, addressing strategic issues and helping to shape gibb’s future in times of change.
Requirements
- You are a motivating, convincing personality with very good organisational and communication skills as well as high social competence.
- You are interested in exploring new paths, further developing teaching and organisation, seeking future-oriented solutions together, and implementing them.
- You have a flair for dealing with young people, teachers, and external contacts.
- You bring experience and training in leadership as well as pedagogical training and teaching experience in vocational education.
- A degree at university, university of applied sciences, or higher vocational education level and professional experience in computer science or the electrical industry complete your profile.
- Through the development of national and international projects and activities, intercultural skills and foreign languages are becoming increasingly important at gibb.
We Offer
You can expect a responsible and varied role with plenty of scope for creativity near Bern main station.
A dynamic, innovative, yet careful development of teaching and organisation is important to us. We enjoy working as a team both in the department and in school management. You will receive thorough induction and ongoing support from the entire management team.
Contact
Further information is gladly provided (from 12 October 2026):
Sonja Morgenegg-Marti, Director
Phone: +41 31 335 91 30
Email: sonja.morgenegg-marti@gibb.ch
or
Martin Frieden, previous post holder
Phone: +41 31 335 93 35
Email: martin.frieden@gibb.ch
Website: http://www.gibb.ch
Are you interested? Please upload your application documents by 31 October 2026 via the online application button.
Additional Information
Start Date
01.06.2027 or 01.08.2027
Application Deadline
31.10.2026
Reference
40342
