Managing Director (Administrative Director / Administrative Director) — Universität Bern
- Location
- Bern
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 7 days ago
Role overview
The UniBE is right in the middle of it.
- The UniBE is right in the middle of it.
- Strategic control and organisational development
- Implementation of the structural and strategic development of DBMR
- Completed doctorate (PhD), preferably in the biomedical, scientific or related fields
- With us you benefit from the central location and convenient locations for transport.
Main responsibilities
- Strategic control and organisational development
- Implementation of the structural and strategic development of DBMR
- Further development of governance, decision-making and organisational structures
- Advising the scientific leadership on strategic issues Operational overall co-ordination
- Responsibility for finance, personnel, infrastructure, security and research platforms
- Control of budget planning, controlling and resource allocation
- Ensuring efficient administrative and operational processes in research operations
- Management and further development of the administrative teams Integration and interface function
- Coordination between research programs, core facilities, faculty, university and clinical partners
- Moderation of complex decision-making processes in a matrix organisation
Key requirements
- Completed doctorate (PhD), preferably in the biomedical, scientific or related fields
What the company offers
- With us you benefit from the central location and convenient locations for transport.
Company and context
- Multi-annual management experience in a complex organization, ideally in the academic or research environment
- Proven experience in organizational development, change management and strategic implementation
- Well-founded competence in budget planning, financial management and personnel management
- Experience with third-party funding systems, research infrastructures or scientific platforms
- Expressed analytical and strategic skills and inclusive leadership style Very good German and English skills Requirements:
- A key position with great scope for design in an internationally networked research environment
- Direct participation in the operational and strategic development of a large university research department
- Cooperation with leading researchers from medicine, natural sciences and clinical research
- An innovative, interdisciplinary and dynamic working environment
- We offer: Good research infrastructures and international network
Additional details
- Tasks: Strategic control and organisational development
- Advising the scientific leadership on strategic issues Operational overall co-ordination
- Management and further development of the administrative teams Integration and interface function
- Expressed analytical and strategic skills and inclusive leadership style Very good German and English skills
Notes and original content
- Advising the scientific leadership on strategic issues
- Operational overall co-ordination
- Management and further development of the administrative teams
- Integration and interface function
- Your profile
- Expressed analytical and strategic skills and inclusive leadership style
- Very good German and English skills
- Requirements:
Questions about this listing
What salary does Universität Bern offer for this role?
Universität Bern lists CHF 115'000 - 160'000 gross per year for this position in Bern. This is the salary published in the original listing (or, when the employer omits a figure, a realistic estimate for the role and sector) — the calculator on this site converts it to your actual net take-home once cross-border tax and social contributions are applied.
Is this a full-time role, and what type of contract does Universität Bern offer?
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