Director

About the job

Specialised Vocational Training Centre (CFPS), Le Repuis (www.lerepuis.ch) is one of the main institutions in French-speaking Switzerland for the training of apprentices with cognitive, physical, psychological or behavioural difficulties. It welcomes around 370 young people each year from all over French-speaking Switzerland and is headquartered in Grandson.

Since its creation, Le Repuis has continuously evolved and adapted to meet the needs of its beneficiaries and new regulations from institutional bodies supporting the Foundation's mission.

In this context, and to succeed the current Director who will retire in 2027, the Foundation Board of Le Repuis is seeking its future:

Director

Combining strategic agility and operational excellence

In 2025, the governance of the Le Repuis Foundation evolved with the establishment of a Foundation Board limited to seven members. This new organisation aims to increase responsiveness and proximity to the Management, streamline strategic steering, accelerate decision-making and strengthen the Foundation's ability to respond agilely to current and future challenges.

In close partnership with the Foundation Board, the Director actively contributes to strategic reflections, provides a forward-looking vision of sector challenges and makes proposals to ensure the sustainability and prominence of the CFPS Le Repuis.

Leading an institution of more than 220 employees, supported by 3 deputy directors, your responsibilities are:

• Define and steer the strategic directions and development of the institution;

• Ensure overall, financial, organisational and operational responsibility of the CFPS;

• Lead the management committee and supervise the teams;

• Guarantee the quality of services and their adaptation to the needs of beneficiaries and clients, while ensuring their compliance with legal and regulatory requirements;

• Represent the institution with institutional, economic and political partners.

Your background and skills

You have solid management experience and move comfortably in complex institutional environments. You know how to build lasting relationships with authorities, partners and decision-making bodies. Endowed with a clear and meaningful strategic vision, you identify new responses to emerging beneficiary needs and develop partnerships that promote the Foundation's sustainability.

You also possess:

• University degree, University of Applied Sciences or equivalent, complemented by management training; a diploma in training or socio-professional integration is an asset;

• Proven knowledge of socio-educational environments, legal and institutional frameworks;

• Ability to unite, mobilise and give meaning to collective action;

• Ability to make decisions, arbitrate with discernment and reconcile sometimes divergent interests, including in complex and uncertain contexts;

• Listening and analytical skills to provide the right level of information according to the audience;

• Good adaptability, stress resistance, commitment and a high sense of responsibility, ethics and public service.

Carry a vision and grow an institution serving people

Joining CFPS Le Repuis means taking part in a new chapter of its history. Building on the strengths that have defined its identity for over 90 years, you will support the necessary transformations, seize opportunities for evolution and contribute to sustainably strengthening its prominence and positioning with institutional partners.

A governance conducive to action:

• An involved and committed Foundation Board;

• An open and constructive dialogue fostering a relationship of trust with Management;

• Transparent and quality exchanges, based on a common will to ensure the sustainability and development of the Foundation.

A meaningful environment:

• A role with great responsibility, at the heart of societal issues;

• The opportunity to contribute to strategic developments in the socio-professional field;

• Human values as the foundation of collective action.

Does this mission resonate with your background and aspirations?

Submit your complete application file to our external partner by email to: Cabinet BGMP, Ms Véronique Marti, bgmp@bgmp.ch

• Start date: to be agreed

• Workplace: Grandson

• Employment rate: 100%

• Application deadline: 12 September 2026

For more information about Cabinet BGMP, visit the website www.bgmp.ch and for more specific questions, you can contact their consultants by phone at 022 786 09 19 or by email, bgmp@bgmp.ch. Our external partner guarantees absolute confidentiality. No file is transmitted to the client without the candidate's agreement.