Head of Education

About the job

With your leadership strength, pedagogical understanding, and political acumen, you will significantly shape the future of the Wädenswil primary school.

The Wädenswil primary school educates around 2,000 pupils across six school units at eight locations and employs approximately 600 staff. As a modern educational organisation, it stands for a high-quality public school and the continuous development of its educational offerings. As part of a succession arrangement, we are seeking an experienced and convincing personality as

Head of Education

In this versatile leadership role, you bear the overall operational responsibility for the Wädenswil primary school. You lead the school management teams, the overall care management, the specialist departments, and the school administration, ensuring the pedagogical quality and development of the school. Together with the school board, you implement strategic directives, develop the organisation with a future-oriented approach, and create the conditions for successful school and teaching development. Additionally, you are responsible for staffing and resource planning, budgeting, and coordinating cross-school projects. As the central contact person, you represent the school to authorities, specialist departments, and other stakeholders, working closely with the city administration.

You possess a basic pedagogical education, school leadership training, and further education in educational management or a comparable qualification. You also bring several years of leadership experience in the education sector and sound knowledge of the Zurich public school system. You combine strategic and networked thinking with decisiveness and strong communication skills. With natural authority, political sensitivity, and high social competence, you lead and connect different stakeholders and win them over to common goals.

We look forward to receiving your application.

Contact: Remo Burkart
Annette Bamert

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