Primarschule Wädenswil
Wädenswil
Co-Headteacher (70–80%) from 1 September 2026 or by arrangement
- 28 June 2026
- 70 – 80%
- Permanent position
- Wädenswil
About the job
Your Opportunity – Our School
Wädenswil — the attractive town on Lake Zurich with around 25,000 inhabitants — offers a high quality of life, a vibrant educational environment, and excellent transport connections. At the Wädenswil Primary School (PSW), around 2,030 pupils are supported and encouraged across six school units – like in a diverse garden where every child is seen with their strengths and given the chance to grow and flourish.
Co-Headteacher (70–80%) from 1 September 2026 or by arrangement
For our Gerberacher-Berg school unit, we are seeking a committed, strong leadership personality as
Co-Headteacher (70–80%)
from 1 September 2026 or by arrangement
Your School Unit
The Gerberacher-Berg school unit comprises nine primary classes and three kindergartens with around 240 pupils, as well as a diverse care offering. Together, we create a place where learning, relationships, and development go hand in hand. Our team of around 40 members nurtures the "School Garden" with passion and professionalism: here, not only knowledge is imparted, but trust is sown, community strengthened, and space created for individual development. Existing strengths are carefully maintained, new ideas are allowed to germinate, and successes are brought to bloom together. You will meet an experienced, reflective team that enjoys developing further and is open to new impulses – knowing that sustainable development requires time, attention, and joint commitment.
Your Responsibilities
As part of a two-person co-headship, you will take responsibility for the school unit in pedagogical, organisational, and personnel matters. You actively shape school and quality development and create conditions in which children and adults can flourish equally. With a keen sensitivity to people and processes, you initiate impulses, accompany developments, and ensure that ideas take root and have a long-term impact. You keep an overview, provide orientation, and create reliability – like a gardener who knows when care, structure, or space for development is needed. You share these leadership tasks in partnership within the co-model. Mutual trust, openness, and a shared leadership understanding form the fertile ground for your collaboration. You will be supported by a school leadership assistant and a strong network within the Wädenswil Primary School.
Your Profile
You are an experienced leader from the school environment and ideally bring the following:
Training as a headteacher (CAS or DAS)
Basic pedagogical training including professional experience
In-depth knowledge of school and quality development
A cooperative, inclusive, and appreciative leadership style
Strong communication skills, organisational talent, and resilience
Enjoyment in shaping and further developing a lively school culture together with your co-headteacher, the team, parents, and other stakeholders.
We Offer
A meaningful and responsible leadership role with plenty of scope for design An engaged, competent team that works together with motivation and heart A professional environment that fosters trust, development, and innovation Support from a strong leadership network, the Education Management, and the School Board A loyal, solution-oriented co-headteacher with whom you share responsibility and sustainably develop the "School Garden" together
Interested? We look forward to meeting you.
For further information, please contact the Head of Education, Stefan Bättig (stefan.baettig@pswaedenswil.ch).
Please submit your application via the online portal of the Wädenswil Primary School by Monday, 10 August 2026,.
Further information can be found at: www.pswaedenswil.ch
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