Head: Children & Young People / Member of the Executive Board 80%

About the job

Shaping the future with humanity, expertise and foresight

Understand. Be understood. Belong.

The Tanne, Swiss Foundation for Deafblind People, is the competence centre for communication and perception. It supports people with hearing and visual impairments, deafblindness, autism and multiple sensory disabilities at every stage of life.

With around 250 employees, the foundation in Langnau am Albis offers differentiated educational, residential, work, therapy and support services. It stands for high professionalism, empathy and innovative strength in curative education and social pedagogy. For the area of children and young people, we are looking for an experienced and integral leader with special education and business management expertise, who promotes development, provides orientation and takes responsibility: for people, quality and resources.

Your tasks

• Overall responsibility for the area of Children & Young People with the teams special school, after-school care and residential in terms of personnel, organisation and finance
• Direct leadership of teachers, assistants and residential group leaders
• Ensuring and further developing the high pedagogical quality in close cooperation with the specialist centre
• Promoting a professional, appreciative and learning-oriented team culture
• Responsibility for admission, transition and discharge processes of children and young people
• Personnel planning in cooperation with the People & Culture department
• Representation of the area internally and externally, cooperation with guardians, institutions, expert committees as well as clients and cost bearers
• Strategic co-design and further development of the foundation as a member of the executive board as well as participation in cross-departmental projects

Your competencies

• Teaching diploma or university degree (at least Bachelor) in special education, social pedagogy, social work, educational science or psychology
• Completed leadership training (e.g. CAS school management)
• Several years of professional and leadership experience in the (special) school environment
• Sound expertise in dealing with complex pedagogical issues and individual development processes
• Leadership understanding based on trust, clarity and cooperation
• High self-reflection, strong communication and relationship skills as well as commitment in implementing joint decisions
• Ability to promote employees and actively shape change

Your workplace

Alte Dorfstrasse 3D, Langnau am Albis, Switzerland

We offer

• Meaningful work with strategic responsibility and scope for design
• Participation in the further development of a nationally leading institution in the field of hearing and visual impairment and deafblindness
• Interdisciplinary collaboration in a committed and professionally competent team
• An environment that promotes development – characterised by appreciation, collegiality and professionalism
• Attractive employment conditions and above-average social benefits
• Generous financial contribution to sports offers as well as promotion of health and well-being
• Workplace close to nature and easily accessible by public transport from Zurich main station

Interested?

Further information can also be found at www.tanne.ch .
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Glenda Meli

031 333 42 33

iek Institute for Emotional Competence AG
Hallwylstrasse 34 | 3005 Bern | 031 333 42 33
Rennweg 34 | 8001 Zurich | 043 497 26 20
www.iek.ch