Deputy Program Director Master of Arts in Music Pedagogy (45%)

About the job

• Independently manage teaching areas such as internships or video teaching training, Music S II as deputy program director
• Moderate and lead aptitude and final exams, especially practical pedagogy exams as well as in music pedagogy / didactics & psychology
• Jointly further develop and actively shape the program, its specializations, and study formats
• Supplementary teaching of collective lessons within music pedagogy/didactics & psychology as well as pedagogical elective modules
• Work in a team as well as interdisciplinary and take on network management and possibly research activities

• Completed university degree with music pedagogical qualification and experience teaching at university level as well as at various levels
• Knowledge of the current scientific context, the professional field, and you have extensive practical and theoretical experience in the field of music pedagogy
• Structured and analytical thinking, ability to reflect as well as experience with and affinity for digital technology
• Excellent conceptual, organizational, and communication skills as well as integrative and networking action
• Openness to social and aesthetic discourses in the context of tertiary music education; fluent in German and French

The interviews will take place on May 20, 2026 (1st round) and June 24, 2026 (2nd round).

• Curiosity is required, and not just a little. And a lot of independence and personal responsibility.
• Focus on practice-oriented research and the training of committed people instead of profit maximization.
• Uncomplicated exchange even beyond departmental boundaries.
• Various opportunities for further development.

Daniela Werder
HR Consultant
T +41 31 848 43 37

At the HKB , a department of the BFH, we unite a variety of artistic and design disciplines under one roof. As an innovative art university with an inspiring atmosphere, we place great value on interdisciplinary teaching and research in music, design and art, conservation and restoration, theater, literature, and in our transdisciplinary Y Institute.