Head of School Administration (100%)

About the job

The municipality of Meilen, with around 15,000 inhabitants, is an attractive, well-connected community located in a beautiful setting directly on Lake Zurich. At the three school locations Feldmeilen, Allmend, and Obermeilen, approximately 1,600 pupils are taught from kindergarten to secondary level. The school administration is the service centre for parents, pupils, school leaders, teachers, the principal, and members of the authorities.

The head of school administration will be retiring in the foreseeable future. To arrange the succession early, we are looking for a qualified individual from 1 May 2024 or by agreement as

Head of School Administration (100%)

Your main responsibilities:

• Professional, administrative, and personnel management of the school administration team with five employees

• "Legal and professional-administrative conscience" of the school board

• Participation including minute-taking, preparation, and follow-up of meetings of the school board, management, and school leaders' conference

• Support and involvement in retreats and workshops including minute-taking

• Budgeting and financial control in the education sector, including personnel and salary costs

• Participation in projects

• Responsible for pupil forecasts and preparing the basis for the input of full-time units

Your profile:

• Commercial basic training, ideally with further education as a certified school administration manager SIB/VPZS

• Extensive experience in the school environment and several years of leadership experience

• Good knowledge of the Zurich public school system and school law

• Confident written and oral expression

• Solution-oriented and networked working style

• Sense of responsibility, flexibility, high resilience, and strong social skills

• Solid IT skills (preferably Scolaris, Escola, FIS, CMI Axioma)

We offer you:

• Responsible and interesting leadership position

• Pleasant working atmosphere with supportive management and school board in a motivated team

• Modern workplace, easily accessible by public transport

• Attractive employment conditions with annual working hours

Further information and application procedures:

Have we aroused your interest? Then we look forward to receiving your online application at the following link:

www.offenestellen.schulemeilen.ch/bewerbungsformular.htm?pid=128010620

For further information, please contact Jörg Walser, Principal of Meilen School, at Tel.

044 925 54 81 or Prisca Müller, Head of School Administration, Tel. 044 925 54 02