Head of Department Responsible for the Coordination Service of the DIS (CODIS) Dire

Head of Department Responsible for the Coordination Service of the DIS (CODIS) Dire

Job Description

The Scientific Information Division (DIS) of the University of Geneva (UNIGE) manages the activities of the UNIGE Library. It is also responsible for matters related to scientific information.

Structured as a network operating across four sites (Uni Arve, Uni Bastions, Uni CMU, Uni Mail) and a coordination service (CODIS), the UNIGE Library provides significant collections and services to the university community and the public in the fields of research and teaching.

The DIS management wishes to recruit the skills of a

Head of the DIS Coordination Service (CODIS)
Deputy Director of the DIS

Job Description

Under the supervision of the DIS Director, your main mission is to:

• Assist the Director in managing the division, deputise for the management to ensure the smooth running of the division and decision-making, represent it in internal and external meetings at the University.
• Manage the DIS Coordination Service (CODIS) and its activities, supervise and lead the team, manage the service's human resources.
• Drive innovation by relying on the expertise of the CODIS team and lead certain external partnerships, contribute to the division's strategic decisions and ensure their implementation.

As a member of the DIS Management Committee, you contribute to the development of policies and strategies for the development of the UNIGE Library, participate in their implementation, provide your expertise and take part in decision-making processes.

This position is part of a common and coordinated university framework between the UNIGE Library sites aimed at ensuring that the services offered meet the needs of the university community, as well as the coherence, quality and smoothness of the services.

Conditions offered

• An inspiring mission: Through your work, you sustainably support the activities of the UNIGE Library, propose and lead innovative projects aimed at improving the university community's experience, and collaborate with the Library sites and other UNIGE structures.
• A stimulating working environment: You work closely with expert and motivated colleagues, lead and participate in working groups within the Library, the university, nationally and internationally.
• Opportunities for professional development: The UNIGE Library encourages continuous training throughout your career; you will benefit from measures dedicated to the development of professional skills.
• Services likely to evolve: In a federating role supporting the university community, you will have great freedom to propose, initiate and develop new services or projects.

Required Title and Skills

Education and Experience

• Master's degree in documentary information or equivalent training.
• Another higher education qualification in a field relevant to the position is an asset.
• At least 5 years of team management experience in a comparable organisation.

Skills

• Your education combined with your professional experience has made you familiar with the challenges related to scientific information in academic and university environments; you are able to apprehend and understand them globally.
• Highly autonomous, your approach allows you both to make calm decisions by consulting internal expertise and your peers, and to proactively and collaboratively lead a team of experts by mobilising your professional and intellectual curiosity.
• A unifier, capable of mobilising and convincing, you possess great adaptability and listening skills, and carry out your responsibilities positively and constructively, acting as a partner in a highly cross-functional working environment.
• Your interpersonal ease goes hand in hand with your initiative and dynamism.

You are eager to commit your work and professional development over the long term within the DIS.

Contact

Your application must be submitted exclusively online by clicking the button below "Apply now".

For further information, please contact Marie Fuselier by email: Marie.Fuselier@unige.ch

Additional Information

Position: Head of Department, position code 003.023
Maximum grade: 23
Activity rate: 100%
Permanent contract.

Application deadline: 30.09.2026
Start date: 01.05.2027

Remarks

THE POSITION WILL LIKELY BE RE-FILLED WITHIN THE SERVICE.

The University of Geneva offers motivating employment conditions in a stimulating working environment. By joining us, you will have the opportunity to showcase your skills and personality and actively contribute to the reputation of an institution founded in 1559.

In the interest of gender parity, the University encourages applications from the underrepresented sex.