Stadtverwaltung
Uster
City of Uster - Co-Management of School Properties - Focus on Operations 80%
- 27 August 2026
- 80%
- Uster
Job summary
Join the City of Uster, a vibrant hub near Zurich, fostering a Du culture.
Tasks
- Co-lead the management of school properties and staff.
- Oversee financial responsibilities totaling 5.7 million francs.
- Drive modernization and digital initiatives within the department.
Skills
- Facility Management diploma and leadership experience required.
- Strong communication and negotiation skills essential.
- Proficiency in German and experience in public administration preferred.
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About the job
You or you?
For us, the case is clear. We live a culture of "you". Therefore, we communicate in this way already during the application process and in the interviews.
Uster, the third largest city in the canton of Zurich, is a dynamically growing city in the Zurich metropolitan area with around 37,000 inhabitants and is known as an innovative regional centre.
The Education Department comprises the three business areas of primary school, education and school properties and employs around 140 staff.
To complete the team, the school properties business area is looking to fill the following position by arrangement
The Education Department comprises the three business areas of primary school, education and school properties and employs around 140 staff.
To complete the team, the school properties business area is looking to fill the following position by arrangement
Primary School Administration
Education, Primary School
Co-Management of School Properties - Focus on Operations 80%
Your main tasks
- In co-management, you lead and develop the school properties business area strategically, organisationally and personally.
- You bear the overall personnel responsibility for all employees in the management of school facilities and directly manage four people. In addition, you ensure the operation of eight school facilities as well as the kindergartens.
- You are responsible for the finances and budget (5.7 million Swiss francs) including controlling for the operations performance group.
- You are responsible for assigned rentals and contract management in the area of school properties.
- You drive modernisation, process optimisation, digitalisation and the sustainable development of school properties forward.
- You work closely with school management, users, authorities, internal specialist departments and external partners.
What you bring with you
- Federal diploma (HFP) in Facility Management or Real Estate Trust
- Proven leadership experience as well as leadership training or willingness to complete it
- Clear, binding, decisive and dialogue-oriented personality with high initiative
- Sound FM competence as well as enjoyment of change, modernisation and digitalisation
- Excellent German skills and negotiation skills. Experience in public administration is an advantage.
We offer you
- A responsible leadership role with strategic and operational scope for design
- Partnership-based collaboration in co-management and a committed working environment
- The opportunity to modernise operations and implement digitalisation projects
- Attractive conditions and a modern workplace in close proximity to Uster station
Your benefits
Further training
Discounts
Holidays plus 4 paid rest days
Social benefits
Salary
Inclusion
Your contact person
Markus Zollinger
Head of Education Department
Head of Education Department
044 944 74 25
That is us
City of Uster as an employer
Interested? Then we look forward to receiving your online application.