HR Generalist

About the job

About us

The School of Tomorrow (SOT) is a bilingual private school (German and English) with three locations in Zurich and Uster. Over 120 children learn with us from kindergarten to secondary level: personalised, project-based and in mixed-age groups, based on the Curriculum 21. About half of our team is German-speaking, the other half English-speaking.

Our school is growing, and so is our organisation. We employ around 50 staff across three companies and are currently establishing new employment conditions and clear HR processes. We are now looking for an experienced HR professional to independently manage our operational HR: as the first point of contact for all HR matters, reporting to our Head of People & Organisation.

Your tasks

Personnel administration and payroll

You manage the entire personnel administration of our employees, from entry to exit. You prepare employment contracts, contract amendments, references and confirmations and maintain personnel files. You maintain our HR system Swiss HR Easy and the time tracking. You represent our finance and payroll officer in the monthly payroll processing for several companies, including social security and withholding tax. A later takeover is conceivable.

Labour law and social insurance

You are the first point of contact for employees and managers on questions regarding employment, working hours and absences. You ensure that our processes and documents comply with labour law and involve external experts in complex cases. You also represent our finance and payroll officer in cases of illness and accidents, parental leave and in cooperation with the SVA, pension fund and insurance companies.

Recruitment and onboarding

You coordinate our recruitment processes, from job posting to contract signing. You organise onboarding and offboarding together with the campus leads to ensure new employees settle in well and departing employees experience a respectful conclusion. You support the planning of further training.

Processes and reporting

You implement our new employment conditions in daily operations, document HR processes and continuously improve them. You prepare HR key figures and evaluations for management. You report to our Head of People & Organisation and work closely with our finance and payroll officer.

Profile

• You have a commercial basic education and a federal diploma as an HR specialist.
• You bring at least five years of experience in HR, including several years as an HR generalist. You have already been solely responsible for HR or independently advised managers on all HR matters.
• You are well versed in Swiss labour law and social insurance and have experience in payroll processing, ideally also with withholding tax.
• You work confidently with HR and payroll systems and quickly familiarise yourself with new tools.
• You write German fluently (native speaker or C2) and communicate well in English (at least B2).
• You work independently, in a structured and reliable manner and handle confidential information discreetly.
• You are hands-on, remain calm even in a lively school environment and enjoy helping to shape a growing organisation.

What we offer

• Real responsibility: You shape operational HR independently with short communication lines and close collaboration with our Head of People & Organisation and our finance and payroll officer.
• 9 weeks of holiday per year.
• A committed, bilingual team and a school culture based on trust and collaboration.
• A discounted school place for your own children.
• Support for your professional development.
• A workplace in central Zurich and insight into the daily life of our locations Schloss Sihlberg, Augustinerhof and Uster.

Application

Does this sound like you? Then apply directly via our career portal jobs.schooloftomorrow.ch/karriere . We look forward to receiving your CV, a short motivation letter, your references and diplomas.

We only consider direct applications. We cannot consider dossiers from recruitment agencies.

Contact: Sarah Notter, HR Manager