Deputy VP for Operations and Head of the Chief of Staff — EPFL
- Location
- Lausanne
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- Yesterday
Role overview
Context and Mission
The Vice-President for Operations manages all the activities that make campuses live on a daily basis — restoration, information systems, security, operation, library and scientific information — and plans to develop its infrastructure for the future.
To support his leadership, the Vice-President for Operations is looking for his/her future Deputy and Head of the State-Major Unit (Chief of Staff).
- Context and Mission
- The Vice-President for Operations manages all the activities that make campuses live on a daily basis — restoration, information systems, security, operation, library and scientific information — and plans to develop its infrastructure for the future.
- Main tasks and responsibilities Your main responsibilities are:
- Leadership and leadership of a transdisciplinary team: Lead the State-Major unit in human, technical, financial and organisational terms.
Main responsibilities
- Main tasks and responsibilities Your main responsibilities are:
- Leadership and leadership of a transdisciplinary team: Lead the State-Major unit in human, technical, financial and organisational terms.
Company and context
- Strategic Impulse: Actively contribute to the strategic development of the Vice-President and initiate, lead and lead strategic or cross-cutting organizational projects.
- Reflection partnership: Acting as a senior advisor to the Vice-President and to policy makers and managers, providing a fine analysis, a capacity to constructively challenge policy and a systemic vision that informs decision-making.
- Institutional alignment: Prepare, structure and monitor strategic issues in cross-cutting connection with the Presidency, other Vice-Presidents, Faculties and Adjacent Areas, while ensuring the consistency of narrative and internal communication.
- Performance and impact measurement: Develop and coordinate the implementation of performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of service delivery and the satisfaction of campus users. Profile
- Training: Graduate university education (Master or equivalent) in Business Administration, Management or equivalent.
- Experience: Strong proven experience (5 years minimum) in managing complex projects and piloting staff or management structures (Hermès, PMP or Prince certification or equivalent title is an asset). A first successful experience in team coaching is essential. Behavioural skills:
- Political intelligence and cross-cutting leadership: Proven ability to navigate with ease between multiple stakeholders, to federate and negotiate.
- Agility and stress resistance: High priority, flexibility and excellent organizational capacity to lead challenging files under pressure.
- Analytical spirit and orientation solutions: Rigor, proactivity, autonomy and strength of proposal to solve multidisciplinary problems.
- Writing and linguistic skills: Outstanding writing skills.
Additional details
- Main tasks and responsibilities Your main responsibilities are:
- Performance and impact measurement: Develop and coordinate the implementation of performance indicators (KPIs) to measure the effectiveness of service delivery and the satisfaction of campus users.
- Culture: A strong interest in the ecosystems of training, research, innovation and high technology.
- An opportunity to implement an ambitious strategy with a dynamic and diverse team of highly qualified specialists Attractive working conditions The possibility of
Notes and original content
- Main tasks and responsibilities
- Your main responsibilities are:
- Experience: Strong proven experience (5 years minimum) in managing complex projects and piloting staff or management structures (Hermès, PMP or Prince certification or equivalent title is an asset).
- A first successful experience in team coaching is essential.
- Behavioural skills:
- An opportunity to implement an ambitious strategy with a dynamic and diverse team of highly qualified specialists
- Attractive working conditions
- The possibility of
Questions about this listing
What salary does EPFL offer for this role?
EPFL lists CHF 83'500 - 126'500 gross per year for this position in Lausanne. 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 EPFL offer?
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