Coordinator: Continuing Education Courses & Scientific Assistant 50 %

26 May 2026
50%
Permanent position
Zürich

Job summary

Join ZHAW as a Coordinator for Continuing Education courses! Exciting opportunity in a diverse work environment.

Tasks

Manage the continuing education portfolio in project management.
Implement marketing and communication strategies for courses.
Organize events, both online and in-person, for participants.

Skills

Must be a student in a Bachelor or Master program with organization skills.
Strong communication skills in German and English required.
Ability to work independently and in teams.

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About the job

Coordinator: Continuing Education Courses & Scientific Assistant 50 %

You are highly organised and enjoy communicating online, by phone and face-to-face. Furthermore, you are keen to apply your networked thinking and quality awareness with us in the future.

Department: School of Management and Law

Start of work: From 1 September 2026 or by arrangement, limited to one year, extension possible

Course management of our continuing education portfolio «Project Management»
Marketing and communication measures primarily for the continuing education portfolio «Project Management»
Contact with various certification bodies regarding project management
Organisation/implementation of events – online and on site
Support of (financial) controlling regarding continuing education offers

You are a student enrolled in a Master’s or Bachelor’s programme. Your tasks require organisational skills, initiative, flexibility, data maintenance in IT applications, precise work and good communication. As an open personality, you appreciate contact with course participants, lecturers, external partners as well as internal staff. You are a team player but also enjoy working independently. Furthermore, you communicate fluently in German and English and can enthuse about continuing education topics – especially regarding project management.

The ZHAW Zurich University of Applied Sciences, with over 14,000 students and over 11,000 continuing education participants as well as around 3,700 employees, is one of the largest multi-disciplinary universities of applied sciences in Switzerland.

ZHAW is committed to gender-mixed and diverse teams to promote equality, diversity and innovation.

The ZHAW School of Management and Law (SML), with around 9,500 students, is one of the largest business schools in Switzerland. It is the only university of applied sciences in the country represented in renowned rankings of the business newspaper «Financial Times» and accredited by AACSB, EQUIS and AMBA – labels for high quality standards in teaching, research and continuing education. The internationally recognised Bachelor’s and Master’s degree programmes, cooperative PhD programmes as well as numerous continuing education offers are scientifically based, interdisciplinary and practice-oriented. The SML maintains numerous cooperations with over 190 selected partner universities worldwide.

The environment of organisations is becoming increasingly demanding due to megatrends such as digitalisation, globalisation or mobility. This involves a constantly increasing complexity that affects companies and must be managed. The «Institute for Organizational Viability» supports organisations in shaping sustainable viability in the context of complexity.

We pursue an integral approach: We focus on people, structure and orientation in entrepreneurial thinking and action.

Please note that we only consider applications via the online platform.

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personnel development of our employees and managers. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the website «Working at ZHAW». Here are the main points:

Patrick Lehner

Professor & Head of the Organisational Design & Processes Unit

Irina Keiser

Recruiting Manager