Responsable du personnel

Educate – Move – Care. With its range of topics, the Department of School and Sport is at the heart of life in the city of Winterthur and in tune with the social pulse of the times.

The Person nel Service supports around 4,000 administrative employees as well as municipal and cantonal teachers and is responsible for strategic and operational HR work.

As part of a succession arrangement and to complement our team, we are looking for a flexible, experienced and open HR professional with enthusiasm for the school and administrative environment and a great passion for HR topics from 1 November 2026 or by arrangement. The position is fixed-term until the end of December 2027, with the option of extension.

• Advice and support for the entire HR life cycle for your area of responsibility (in primary schools as well as in the administrative environment)
• Contact person and sparring partner for managers and employees on a variety of HR topics, such as recruitment, HR consulting, personnel planning
• Accompanying and supporting change processes, personnel, team and organisational development
• Co-designing and further developing effective, future-oriented HR solutions
• Collaboration within the HR team as well as with internal and external specialist departments

• Federal HR specialist certificate or degree with a focus on HR, further training in personnel management advantageous
• Several years of professional experience in a comparable HR function (HR Business Partner, HR department head), ideally in larger organisations
• Interest in conceptual work and developing solutions as well as confident German language skills in spoken and written form
• Enjoyment in dealing with people, appreciative attitude and focus on positive, respectful collaboration
• Team player with a good sense of humour as well as pragmatic and networked thinking

• Versatile, responsible HR role with scope for creativity
• Meaningful and supportive working environment
• Well-coordinated team with strong team spirit
• Diverse training opportunities, mobile working and annual working hours
• Workplace in the heart of Winterthur

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Nora Portmann, HR Manager, phone  (from 28 September to 2 October 2026, Diana Meierhans Giger, Head of Personnel Service, phone , will be available for questions).

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