Kanton Zürich
Bülach
Deputy Head – Head of Central Services 80 - 100%
- 28 August 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Bülach
Job summary
Join the Bülach Vocational School as an Adjunct, leading essential services! Enjoy a vibrant work environment with excellent benefits.
Tasks
- Oversee the administrative and operational management of the school.
- Develop processes, document management, and school management handbook.
- Plan and implement various administrative and technical projects.
Skills
- Business degree (HF/FH) or relevant commercial qualification required.
- Strong analytical thinking and good financial understanding needed.
- Effective leadership and team-oriented service skills essential.
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About the job
Deputy Head – Head of Central Services 80 - 100%The Bülach Vocational School (BSB) is the cantonal vocational school in the Zurich Airport region. As a centre of competence for business and technology, we train around 1,400 prospective commercial clerks as well as electrical installers, assembly electricians and aircraft polymechanics.
Due to the retirement of the current postholder, the position of Deputy Head is to be newly filled as of 1 February 2027 or by agreement. Ideally, the workload is 100%; a part-time workload of 80 – 90% is also possible.
Your tasks
The role of Deputy Head includes the administrative and operational management of the school. You are responsible for the approximately 10-member administration and operations team and work together with the responsible specialists in accounting and personnel administration. You continuously develop work processes, document management and the school management manual. Your further tasks include planning and implementing administrative, technical, organisational and communicative projects and tasks. As a member of the school management team, you provide qualified foundational work and leadership support and participate in school development projects. You are also responsible for procurement and data protection. You represent the school in cantonal committees and projects.
Your profile
You have a business administration degree HF/FH (Bachelor) or a commercial EFZ with corresponding further training (federal diploma HFP). You are a generalist by conviction and enjoy a broad range of tasks around organisation, finance, personnel, infrastructure, law and ICT. High independence, a desire to shape, and learning agility characterise you as much as a careful, structured and reliable way of working. You think analytically and in networks, have a good understanding of numbers and a solid understanding of legal basics. In leadership, you are clear, assertive, team- and service-oriented. Loyalty, discretion, conscientiousness and a positive attitude are a matter of course for you. You bring broad professional and leadership experience, ideally from a school, educational institution, administration or comparable staff function. Genuine interest in vocational education and the learners is expected.
Our offer
We offer you a varied range of tasks with great scope for design in a lively school operation. You work with a committed team and benefit from attractive employment conditions under cantonal personnel law. Taking part of the holidays during the teaching-free period is desired.
Application
Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to your application. Please submit your documents exclusively via the online tool by 18 September 2026 at the latest. For enquiries, our principal, Philipp Sauter, will be happy to assist you: philipp.sauter@edu.zh.ch, 044 872 30 40.
