Principal (100%)
Freies Gymnasium Bern
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:09 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join the Freie Gymnasium Bern as the new Principal! Lead a nurturing school environment.
Tasks
- Oversee the overall management and development of the school.
- Implement school strategy in collaboration with the board.
- Ensure smooth operations considering pedagogy, personnel, and finance.
Skills
- Experience in a leadership role within an educational institution.
- Strong strategic and entrepreneurial thinking with business acumen.
- Excellent communication and social skills.
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Portrait of the School/Institution
The Freie Gymnasium Bern accompanies students on their educational path from 5th grade to the Matura – personally supervised, with high academic quality and in an inspiring learning environment.
We are looking for a visionary, strong leader with an entrepreneurial mindset by 01.08.2026 at the latest, who will carefully lead our school and develop it with a future-oriented approach.
Principal (100%)
Freie Gymnasium Bern
3012 Bern
3012 Bern
Responsibilities
- Overall responsibility for the management of the school
- Implementation and further development of the school strategy in close cooperation with the board
- Overall responsibility for school development and quality
- Ensuring smooth school operations considering pedagogical, personnel, and financial aspects
- Leadership and promotion of the school management, teaching staff, and administrative team as well as strengthening a positive school and leadership culture
- Representation and advocacy of the school towards authorities, partner institutions, parents, and the public
- Responsibility for budgeting, controlling, and financial sustainability
Requirements
- Strategic and entrepreneurial thinking with business management know-how
- Interest and understanding of educational processes, innovative teaching/learning methods, and school development
- Strong leadership personality with high social competence and pronounced communication skills
- Experience in a leadership position in an educational institution or comparable organization
- Academic background and pedagogical additional qualification
- Language skills: Business fluent in German; French and English are an advantage
We offer
- Scope for shaping the further development of an established school
- Inspiring working environment with motivated and committed employees
- Attractive employment conditions in a responsible and meaningful leadership role
Contact
We look forward to your application if you are ready to actively help shape one of the leading private educational institutions in Bern.
Please send your complete documents by 30.09.2025 to zuercher@advokatur-zuercher.ch.
For answering your questions, the co-chairmanship of the board is gladly available:
Simone Küng Egger, 08. - 21.09.2025, 076 405 18 38
Hans-Ulrich Zürcher, 22. - 30.09.2025, 079 693 86 28
Additional Information
Start Date
01.08.2026 or by arrangement
Application Deadline
30.09.2025
Reference
35776
