Rethinking School – Your Opportunity as Co-Principal

Welcome to Schlieren

Schlieren is a dynamic city in the Limmat Valley with over 20,000 inhabitants – representing diversity, growth, and the future. As an employer, the city offers a professional environment with room for innovation, participation, and development.

The Kalktarren School is a comprehensive school from kindergarten to secondary level. Around 600 children and young people learn here in a multicultural environment, supported by a dedicated team and two experienced school principals. As a QUIMS school, we set clear priorities in language promotion, integration, and school success – and we want more: We want to rethink school.

Rethinking school – your opportunity as co-principal

Workload: 80 – 100% | Start: November 1, 2025, or by arrangement

Your main tasks

• You take on tasks according to your strengths and are responsible for central administrative and organizational areas within the school leadership duties.
• You complement the leadership of the primary and secondary levels.
• You actively help shape a future-oriented, innovative school.
• You promote a learning organization where teamwork, reflection, and further development are a matter of course.
• You bring in new ideas and set impulses for a school that is oriented towards the needs of today’s and tomorrow’s children and young people.
• You take responsibility in a leadership team that relies on trust, openness, and joint learning.

Your profile

• You have experience in the school sector and have completed school leadership training or are willing to complete it.
• You bring pronounced organizational skills, work in a structured, forward-looking, and solution-oriented manner.
• You think in networks, quickly grasp complex contexts, and keep an overview even in demanding situations.
• You appreciate working in a diverse, urban environment and bring openness to different perspectives.
• You communicate clearly, appreciatively, and possess team spirit, humor, and flexibility.
• You lead with attitude: participative, transparent, and development-oriented. You promote personal responsibility, strengthen collaboration, and build trust.

Our offer

• A school that sees change as an opportunity and promotes innovation.
• A committed, supportive, and professional leadership team.
• Administrative relief through a competent assistant.
• Scope for design, modern structures, and an appreciative environment.
• Close cooperation with the Education Management and School Administration.

We look forward to your application and to exploring new paths together with you.

For questions, the Education Manager Yvonne Kindhauser is happy to assist you: 077 428 58 54. Please note that we only consider online applications via our application tool.