Lecturer in Occupational Therapy 60-80 %

Lecturer in Occupational Therapy 60-80 %

Are you interested in the training and education of the next generation of occupational therapists? We offer an environment for innovative and competency-oriented teaching in a practice-oriented curriculum.

Department: Health

Start of work: From September 2025 or by agreement (Application deadline: August 10, 2025)

• Teaching activity in the BSc Occupational Therapy program and possibly in further education with a focus on the fields of psychiatry and/or neurology and/or new technologies as well as related topics in Occupational Science and other overarching areas of the bachelor's curriculum
• Conceptualization, planning, and implementation of courses considering current, subject-specific, evidence-based developments including performance assessment as well as administrative tasks
• Support and coaching of students/continuing education participants in their learning processes during their studies, for example in projects, in teaching/learning support groups, in internships as well as in the preparation of the bachelor's thesis
• Collaboration in the conceptual further development of selected module contents
• Opportunity to take on module or topic responsibility, lead a continuing education offering or an internal teaching project
• Opportunity to take over and further develop the area of "new technologies" in close collaboration with staff from research
• Close collaboration with the teaching team of the respective disciplines, the continuing education team, and the module coordinators
• Responsibility in profession-specific and/or interprofessional projects
• Collaboration in the conceptual further development of selected module contents in the BSc Occupational Therapy and the continuing education offerings
• MSc and several years of professional experience in the field of psychiatry and/or neurology
• Didactic additional qualification desired (CAS Higher Education Didactics), can also be acquired after starting the position
• Experience in dealing with and applying in the field of new technologies / rehabilitation sciences desired
• Independent, responsible, and precise working style
• High willingness to coordinate and change in an agile environment
• Open and flexible personality
• Confident oral and written expression in the German language
• Good English skills

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

The Department of Health is the largest and most renowned Swiss education and research center for occupational therapy, midwifery, nursing, physiotherapy, and health sciences.

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

We offer university-appropriate working and employment conditions and actively promote the personal development of our employees and leaders. A detailed description of the benefits can be found on the website "Working at ZHAW". Here are the most important points:

Sabrina Leu

Recruiting Manager