Co-Head of School Cycle 3

About the job

• 35-40% school leadership with MR and regular school leadership
• 10% house head
• additional teaching lessons if desired
• presence on at least 3 days

Co-Head of School Cycle 3

Become part of our team

Your work has an impact – for Bern and for the people who live and work here. Help us shape the community and the future of this city: visible, tangible, sustainable.

The Länggasse-Felsenau school district is an important part of a diverse and vibrant residential and educational area of the city of Bern. Cycle 3 is spread across the two school buildings Hochfeld 1 and Enge and comprises around 400 pupils in 20 classes. At the Hochfeld 1 school building, 15 classes are run, including three talent classes. Diversity, appreciation and mutual respect characterise our everyday school life.

What you will achieve

• You develop the quality of the school together with the co-headteachers and the committed team and address current social, educational and school developments.
• You lead with clarity, spirit and empathy, provide orientation and inspire staff towards common goals. You take responsibility for personnel management, even in challenging situations.
• You are responsible for the MR area as well as a sub-area of the administration and organisation of the operational school business.
• You jointly lead site and school building conferences with the co-headteachers.
• The school leadership positions the school as an attractive and future-oriented place of learning and work and maintains constructive exchange with relevant stakeholders from education, administration and the local community.
• You advise and support pupils and guardians on school matters and are responsible for career decisions as well as issues concerning child welfare.
• You work closely with the school leadership in the school district and the school commission and actively contribute.

What you bring

• You have a pedagogical qualification, preferably in Cycle 3, as well as teaching experience and a proven track record in working with young people of compulsory school age.
• You have completed, started or are ready to immediately begin a school leadership training (or a comparable leadership qualification).
• Experience in the MR area is an advantage. Otherwise, you are willing to further your education in this area.
• You are a team-oriented person with strategic foresight and the ability to shape development processes participatively and effectively.
• You value collegial collaboration with the co-headteachers of Cycle 3 and contribute actively, constructively and reliably to the joint leadership.
• You work in a networked, solution-oriented manner and keep an overview even in challenging situations.
• You make well-founded decisions even in demanding situations and act in a binding, transparent and responsible manner.
• You approach different cultures, perspectives and ways of life with openness, interest and appreciation and advocate for an inclusive and respectful school culture.

Your benefits in Bern

For meaning & city life

With us, you make a difference. You help shape city life, take responsibility and make Bern a better place to live.

Security & stability

We offer you fair pay, clear structures, regulated working hours and long-term prospects.

Room for your whole life

Our working model adapts, wherever possible, to your life. With us, you bring all areas of life into harmony.

Growing with Bern

We give you space for development, further training and independent action.

Healthy in everyday life

With sport, exercise and counselling, you stay fit: physically, mentally, socially – and not only at the workplace.

Benefits for every day

We offer you practical extras that make your everyday life easier and more enjoyable.

Contact

Would you like to learn more about this position and our team at the City of Bern? I look forward to meeting you and am happy to help!

Karl Küenzi

President of the School Commission

079 570 24 94 / karl.kueenzi1@bern.ch

Your application process

This is how the application process works with us:

Step 1: Online application

Submit your application documents online via our job portal. To allow us to process your documents, you must create a login. After submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation. We assess each application individually based on the criteria in the job advertisement. This sometimes takes a little time. If your application fits, we will contact you for a first interview.

Step 2: Interviews

In the interview – by phone, on site or online – we want to get to know you. We check whether your expectations of the position match ours, what experience and skills you bring, whether you like our culture and how you fit into the team. If there is mutual interest and depending on the position, several interviews may take place. All your questions about the position, the team or the employment conditions are always welcome.

Step 3: Further steps in the process

Depending on the position, we arrange a trial or taster day, give you a professional task, organise a meeting with the team or invite you to an assessment. References are usually also part of our application process. You will be transparently informed about all steps in the process.

Step 4: Application decision

Are you convinced by us and we by you? After a verbal offer, you will receive a confirmation, the contract documents and information on how to proceed until you start the position. It didn’t work out? We look forward to you applying for other exciting positions despite the rejection.

For Bern. With heart. With impact.

More than 4,500 people work together in the City of Bern, spread across five directorates and more than 80 professions. We are committed with passion and conviction to the people who live and work here. Together we shape the community and the future of this city – visible, tangible, sustainable. For our city. For Bern.