Senior HR Specialist Culture & Leadership
- 11 September 2026
- 100%
- Temporary
- German (Native language)
- Zürich
About the job
Personnel Office
Senior HR Specialist Culture & Leadership 100%
The Personnel Office of the Canton of Zurich is responsible for all personnel, labour and social insurance law matters concerning the more than 30,000 employees of the Canton of Zurich. The Human Resources Management (HRM) department encompasses a wide range of tasks and is part of the Personnel Office. HR consulting, vocational education, employer branding and case management are at the heart of the work.
You get things moving, connect the right people and turn concepts into lived practice. In doing so, you accompany change processes and team developments and contribute your expertise in leadership and organisation.
The position is limited until 30 April 2028.
Your tasks
- You introduce new HR instruments and leadership processes in the Finance Directorate and accompany them through to practical application – for example in employee surveys, leadership development or succession planning.
- You help design programmes and measures around leadership, collaboration, culture and learning and support their implementation in the various areas of the Finance Directorate.
- You accompany organisational change processes and team developments, working closely with HR consulting and other involved specialist units.
- You design and moderate workshops and methodically and practically support teams and leaders through change and team development processes.
- Together with POE, HR consulting and other specialist units, you pilot new HR approaches and tools and support their introduction in the Finance Directorate.
- You participate in HR projects, take on cross-departmental tasks and ensure knowledge transfer within HR Management.
Your profile
- You have a university degree in HR Management, personnel or organisational psychology or a comparable qualification.
- You bring several years of experience in a comparable HR function as well as solid experience in accompanying organisational change processes and team developments.
- Leadership topics are familiar to you and you know various approaches around leadership, collaboration and organisation.
- You think analytically and conceptually, keep an overview even with complex issues and develop practical solutions.
- You have strong consulting and communication skills, moderate confidently and manage to include different stakeholders and perspectives.
- You are familiar with modern HR instruments and current HR trends and are interested in new approaches.
Our offer
- Our HR environment is changing. Ideal if you like to think along, help shape and bring new things on the way.
- Flexible working hours, home office options and fair remuneration are a matter of course with us.
- Your workplace is centrally located and can be reached from Zurich main station in a few minutes.
What now?
Have we piqued your interest? Then apply now. We look forward to getting to know you. Please note that we only process applications submitted via our online tool.
For further information, Andrea Bächtiger is happy to assist you by email at andrea.baechtiger@zh.ch .
Your new environment: Working at the Personnel Office of the Canton of Zurich
We do not consider applications via personnel service companies for this position.