Portfolio Manager for the Education Sector 80 - 100%

Zürich

Key information

Publication date:02 September 2025
Workload:80 – 100%
Place of work:Zürich

Job summary

Join the Kanton Zürich as a Portfolio Manager in Education. Enjoy a dynamic work environment and contribute to public property management.

Tasks

Develop strategies for property maintenance and lifecycle management.
Define object strategies for existing properties in the portfolio.
Represent owners in construction projects with the building authority.

Skills

Experience in the real estate sector with a technical background is required.
Strong conceptual and analytical skills are essential.
High communication and teamwork abilities are crucial.

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Portfolio Manager for the Education Sector 80 - 100%

The Canton of Zurich is growing. It holds one of the largest real estate portfolios of the public sector in Switzerland. The Real Estate Office manages this as the owner representative, ensures value preservation, unlocks development potentials, and creates long-term scope for action. For the educational buildings of secondary, vocational, and universities of applied sciences, we develop strategies and concepts for maintenance as well as for new buildings together with our partners. To complement our team, we are looking for you as a Portfolio Manager for the Education Sector.

Your main tasks:

Conceptualization and support of overarching planning to ensure value preservation throughout the entire lifecycle of the properties
Definition of property strategies for existing properties
Owner representation for construction projects in collaboration with the Building Department
Coordination of rental projects with internal and external stakeholders

Your profile:

You have several years of experience in the real estate sector as well as a construction-technical education and ideally further training in real estate economics
You have strong conceptual as well as analytical-structuring skills
Your interest lies in the diverse tasks at the interface of the real estate industry and politics
You are proactive and have strong communication and teamwork skills

Would you like to contribute your broad knowledge and interest to a sustainably attractive Canton of Zurich? We like to work collegially, straightforwardly, and performance-oriented. And all this in the future in modern working environments, just a few minutes from the main train station.

The department head Alice Kamm, Tel. 043 259 34 12, and her deputy Andrijana Pantic, Tel. 043 259 31 71, in the Portfolio Management Department look forward to your online application and are available for specific questions. Your new environment: www.zh.ch/ima, more jobs: www.zh.ch/jobs.

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