Department Head for the New IT Job Integration Department, 80 - 100%
ESPAS Stiftung für wirtschaftliche und soziale Integration Erwerbsbeeinträchtigter
Zürich Höngg
Key information
- Publication date:14 November 2025
- Workload:80 – 100%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Zürich Höngg
Job summary
ESPAS is a dynamic company specializing in vocational rehabilitation. Join a supportive environment enhancing work integration for individuals with disabilities.
Tasks
- Lead the new IT integration department strategically and operationally.
- Guide a team of 5 professionals and oversee 20 learners effectively.
- Develop training models and manage departmental revenue responsibility.
Skills
- Solid expertise in IT, project management, and leadership experience.
- Strong communication skills and situational leadership style required.
- Experience in acquiring referrals from relevant agencies is a plus.
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ESPAS is a dynamic company in the field of vocational rehabilitation and integration. ESPAS supports people with psychological or physical disabilities in their economic, social, and professional reintegration.
Starting March 1, 2026, or by arrangement, we are looking for a
Department Head for the New IT Job Integration Department, 80-100%
Workplace: Zurich Höngg
Are you interested in shaping a department, further developing existing structures, and contributing your own ideas? Do you take on challenges and want not only to plan but also to design and implement? Do you have experience in acquisition, preferably from referring agencies? Do you enjoy professionally supporting and promoting apprentices and participants in their daily work? If freedom to shape, responsibility, and team spirit motivate you, this could be your opportunity!
We offer you
- Strategic and operational management of the newly created department
- Personnel and professional leadership of the department with 5 specialists
- Operational management of the department with up to 20 apprentices and 10 participants
- Definition and further development of the training model (project work, teaching formats)
- Revenue responsibility for your own department
- 40-hour week, including 2 paid breaks per day
- 5 – 6 weeks of vacation and paid bridge days
- 70% of pension fund benefits covered by ESPAS
- Restaurant with a diverse offer, local products, and attractive prices
What you bring
- Solid expertise and/or training in at least one of the following areas:
- Application development (current technology stack, modern software development practices)
- Platform or system technology (e.g., network and system administration, cloud basics)
- Project management experience in software development or infrastructure (agile / classic)
- Understanding of training processes in IT (ÜK, QV, competency grids)
- Proven leadership experience with active leadership role modeling
- Situational leadership style with good and constructive communication skills
- Experience in acquisition, preferably from referring agencies
ESPAS offers you a challenging and versatile role where your expertise is as important as your social skills and life experience. We have a "du" culture and also address potential new employees informally.
If you have any questions, Christoph Meier-Krebs, Head of Vocational Integration, will be happy to assist you: Phone number 044 344 25 06.
Prisca Gysling, Head of HR, looks forward to receiving your application documents via the online application form.
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