Der Burgerspittel im Viererfeld
Bern
12 hours ago
Director (Managing Director) 90-100% (a)
- 07 February 2026
- 90 – 100%
- Permanent position
- Bern
Job summary
Join Burgerspittel as a Director, leading with vision and care. This role offers a dynamic environment focused on innovation and quality.
Tasks
- Oversee strategic and operational leadership with a four-member team.
- Enhance service offerings and maintain high care quality standards.
- Drive projects from concept to execution while managing diverse teams.
Skills
- Business or medical background with management training preferred.
- Strong analytical and prioritization skills for effective decision-making.
- Excellent communication and negotiation abilities in German and French.
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About the job
Do you combine strategic foresight with operational implementation strength and is your leadership style characterized by clarity and appreciation? Do you meet the challenges and trends in long-term care with innovative ideas? Have you already successfully demonstrated the balance between economic management and high-quality services in the field of care and support? Then we look forward to your application as:
Working at Burgerspittel – we are committed with warmth and professionalism
Director (Managing Director) 90-100% (a)
from 01.05.2026 or by arrangement
These are your tasks
- Responsible for the financial, strategic, and operational management together with the four-member executive management.
- Consistent further development of the service offering and the high quality of care and support.
- Forward-looking and effective design of leadership, employee, and organizational structures at the two Burgerspittel locations for around 200 employees and around 180 residents.
- Leading strategic and operational projects from conception to realization, managing interdisciplinary teams, and responsible for the timely, quality-required, and sustainable implementation of organizational and infrastructure projects.
- Active networking in the healthcare sector, monitoring relevant developments, formulating a professional assessment, and deriving future-oriented courses of action.
- Preparing business cases (applications) for the authorities of the Burgergemeinde in close cooperation with the strategic authority (Burgerspittel commission) and especially with its president.
This is what distinguishes you
- Basic business or medical education with advanced management training as well as, preferably, further training in the areas of long-term care, elderly care, gerontology, etc.
- Several years of leadership experience in a comparable role in the health/social sector with demanding interdisciplinary management tasks.
- Strong business and analytical thinking with the ability to prioritize, structure, and coordinate topics.
- Integrity and responsible decision-maker as well as a calm and empathetic personality with high resilience.
- Strengths-based leadership and promotion of employees from all professional groups and shaping change processes with clarity, structure, and a participatory approach.
- Excellent communication skills in dealing with different stakeholders as well as solid negotiation skills in flawless German (written and spoken), knowledge of French is an advantage.
This is what you can look forward to
- Diverse range of tasks with great scope for design
- Direct influence on solutions to social challenges in the field of housing for the elderly
- Promoting social cohesion with Burgerspittel as a lively meeting place
- Broad networking with stakeholders from politics, business, and society
- Attractive employment conditions
Questions about the position
Andrea Bezzola
Head of HR Burgergemeinde Bern
+41 31 328 86 05
Burgerspittel offers a wide range of services for the elderly, especially in care and support at its two locations Bahnhofplatz and Viererfeld in Bern. Burgerspittel is an institution of the Burgergemeinde Bern. The Burgergemeinde Bern is a community of persons according to the Bernese cantonal constitution and is committed to the common good according to its means. It promotes and works for the well-being of people in the areas of culture, nature, social affairs, and science. It finances this work for the benefit of the public from its asset income and employs around 800 staff.
