Vice President:in for Infrastructure and Sustainability (m/f/d) | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | Member of the School Board of ETH Zurich — ETH Zürich
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 8 days ago
Role overview
Vice President:in for Infrastructure and Sustainability (m/f/d) | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | Member of the School Board of ETH Zurich
100%, Zurich, perpetual Printed Printing
Design the infrastructure that will enable the teaching and research of tomorrow
- Vice President:in for Infrastructure and Sustainability (m/f/d) | Chief Operating Officer (COO) | Member of the School Board of ETH Zurich
- 100%, Zurich, perpetual Printed Printing
- Main responsibilities:
- Management of the Infrastructure and Sustainability portfolio as Vice President:in.
Main responsibilities
- Main responsibilities:
- Management of the Infrastructure and Sustainability portfolio as Vice President:in.
- Development and implementation of long-term strategies for campus, real estate, IT, infrastructure systems, sustainability and service functions at ETH Zurich.
- Ensuring high-quality, reliable, secure and sustainable infrastructure and services for the academic and administrative community at ETH Zurich.
- Responsibility for significant investment programmes, construction and infrastructure projects and sustainability measures.
- Strengthen operational excellence, efficiency and long-term cost awareness across the portfolio.
Company and context
- ETH Zurich is looking for a strong leader to serve as Vice President: Infrastructure and Sustainability (VPIN) – a role that combines strategic leadership, operational excellence and the responsibility to further develop the physical, digital and organizational foundations for research, teaching and innovation at world level. Job description
- As Vice President:In Infrastructure and Sustainability, you are a member of the school management and lead a broad portfolio that includes infrastructure, real estate, facility management, energy management, sustainability, security, campus services, ICT management and the management of knowledge resources.
- Its mission is to ensure that ETH Zurich has the reliable, secure, sustainable and sustainable infrastructural foundations that enable excellence in research, teaching, knowledge transfer and administration.
- This includes the strategic development of the university’s real estate portfolio, digital infrastructure, campus operations, the sustainability agenda and key services.
- You report directly to the President and contribute with your core tasks to the continuous development of ETH Zurich.
- In addition, you represent the VPIN portfolio in important interactions with the ETH Board, authorities and political authorities as well as the ETH members.
- Integration of different expert functions into a coherent, user-oriented service organization.
- Promote cooperation between departments, central services, academic units, external partners and public stakeholders.
- Preparation and representation of strategic decisions within the school management and towards the ETH Board.
- Further develop the culture of leadership, which is characterized by trust, a sense of responsibility, cooperation and a clear institutional mandate. Profile
Additional details
- 100%, Zurich, perpetual
- ETH Zurich is looking for a strong leader to serve as Vice President: Infrastructure and Sustainability (VPIN) – a role that combines strategic leadership, operational excellence and the responsibility to further develop the physical, digital and organizational foundations for research, teaching and innovation at world level.
- Further develop the culture of leadership, which is characterized by trust, a sense of responsibility, cooperation and a clear institutional mandate.
- Crucial is the ability to combine different perspectives and thus have a lasting impact on research, teaching and innovation. They bring with them:
Notes and original content
- Job description
- Crucial is the ability to combine different perspectives and thus have a lasting impact on research, teaching and innovation.
- They bring with them:
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