Berner Fachhochschule
Zollikofen
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Head of the BFH-HAFL Directorate Staff (80%)
- 07 May 2026
- 80%
- Zollikofen
Job summary
Join the Hochschule für Agrar-, Forst- und Lebensmittelwissenschaften (HAFL) team! Embrace a dynamic role with diverse responsibilities in a supportive environment.
Tasks
- Support the director with various tasks, including meeting prep.
- Lead and manage the directorate team effectively and collaboratively.
- Build and coordinate the advisory board, ensuring productive sessions.
Skills
- Degree with several years of relevant experience, ideally in academia.
- Excellent communication skills in German, English, and French.
- Strong organizational abilities and a proactive, independent work style.
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About the job
What you will do here
- Support the director in a variety of tasks (e.g. preparatory tasks for meetings, scientific preparation of dossiers, etc.)
- Personnel and professional leadership of the directorate team
- Establish and manage the BFH-HAFL advisory board: contact with advisory board members, content and organisational planning of meetings
- Contribute to the creation or revision of documents, concepts and processes
- Support the creation of data analyses, statistics, reports and data bases for upcoming decisions
What you ideally bring with you
- University degree with several years of professional experience in a comparable role, ideally in a higher education environment
- Excellent communication skills in German, English and French
- High resilience, strong organisational skills and a networked way of thinking
- High personal responsibility with a very independent and proactive working style as well as enjoyment of teamwork
- Strong affinity for topics in the fields of agricultural, forestry, environmental and food sciences
Some of our advantages in advance
- An incredibly wide variety of topics that enrich and make everyday life exciting in this important steering and support function.
- Curiosity is required, and not just a little. And a lot of independence and personal responsibility.
- Exciting, responsible tasks even with part-time work and re-entry.
- Uncomplicated exchange even beyond departmental boundaries.
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application process
application process
Cornelia Caputi
HR Consultant
T +41 31 910 21 82
The Bern University of Applied Sciences School of Agricultural, Forest and Food Sciences (HAFL)
At HAFL , a department of BFH, we connect people, nature and technology for sustainable development. As a pioneering think tank, we produce and convey knowledge for today’s and tomorrow’s world – solid, fresh, flexible.
About the company
Berner Fachhochschule
Zollikofen
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