Director (80-100%)

About the job

The School Psychological Service of the Canton of St. Gallen (SPD) is a counselling service for pupils, their parents and teachers, as well as for school management and school authorities. Around 90 people work at the central office, the seven regional offices and the crisis intervention group. Further information can be found at https://www.schulpsychologie-sg.ch

From 1 February 2027 or by arrangement, we are looking for:

Director (80-100%)

You are responsible for the professional and operational management of the SPD. You chair the management team as well as the leadership conference and are an advisory member of the board. In the latter role, you help shape the strategy of the SPD.

You ensure the professional fulfilment of tasks and the further development of the service and represent it externally, representing it in specialist committees and commissions as well as in public and political spheres. In addition, there is the possibility to work as a school psychologist with a smaller workload.

You are an experienced, independent and resilient leader with experience and a corresponding network in the educational landscape. You combine high leadership competence with the innovative further development of the service. You are proactive, communicative and decisive. Convincing presence and high social competence are a matter of course for you. For this demanding role, you have a university degree in psychology and a specialist qualification in child and adolescent psychology or an equivalent qualification.

The SPD is run as an independent institution in the Canton of St. Gallen. The management therefore also includes economic leadership and financial responsibility.

Are you interested? Further information is gladly provided by the President of the SPD, Daniel Wyder (Tel. 076 416 17 73) or the current post holder Dr Ralph Wettach (Tel. 058 229 01 99).

We look forward to receiving your application documents. Please send these as a PDF file to: Mr Daniel Wyder, President of the School Psychological Service of the Canton of St. Gallen, Washingtonstrasse 34, 9400 Rorschach.