Senior Manager European Initiatives — Universität Zürich
- Location
- Zürich
- Contract
- full-time
- Posted
- 2 days ago
Role overview
The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields.
With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education.
Put your talent and skills to work with us.
- The University of Zurich, Switzerland's largest university, offers a range of attractive positions in various subject areas and professional fields.
- With around 10,000 employees and currently 12 professional apprenticeship streams the University offers an inspiring working environment on cutting-edge research and top-class education.
- Your key responsibilities include: Una Europa:
- Coordinate UZH's engagement in Una Europa, ensuring alignment with university priorities and acting as the central point of contact for the alliance.
- Our employees benefit from a wide range of attractive offers.
- Find out more: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
Main responsibilities
- Your key responsibilities include: Una Europa:
- Coordinate UZH's engagement in Una Europa, ensuring alignment with university priorities and acting as the central point of contact for the alliance.
- Manage relationships with key stakeholders across UZH, Una Europa partner universities, the Una Europa Secretariat, Movetia and other relevant partners.
- Brief and support university leadership involved in Una Europa governance, represent UZH in relevant meetings, and implement or coordinate the follow-up of decisions.
- Oversee the implementation of Una Europa projects at UZH, including project coordination, budget management, controlling and reporting.
- Line Management of the Senior Project Lead for the main Una Europa Erasmus+ Project. LERU & European developments:
- Represent UZH in the LERU Senior Officers Network (SON) together with the Head of Global Affairs, coordinating internal activities, consultation processes and information exchanges.
- Monitor relevant European higher education and research policy developments, where relevant, and share relevant insights within UZH and Global Affairs. European partnerships
- Manage relationships with priority European partner universities.
- Plan and coordinate strategic partnership visits, governance meetings and events, including briefing materials, budget oversight and quality assurance.
What the company offers
- Our employees benefit from a wide range of attractive offers.
- Find out more: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html.
Company and context
- You enjoy working across organizational and cultural boundaries, build trusted relationships with ease and are comfortable navigating complexity and ambiguity.
- You combine initiative with sound judgment, are curious about new developments, and contribute actively to a supportive and collegial team environment.
Additional details
- Find out more about UZH as an employer! Your key responsibilities include:
- Line Management of the Senior Project Lead for the main Una Europa Erasmus+ Project. LERU & European developments:
- Monitor relevant European higher education and research policy developments, where relevant, and share relevant insights within UZH and Global Affairs. European partnerships
- Contribute to the implementation of UZH's Global Strategy 2030 within the European partnerships portfolio.
- Whether working on university alliances, institutional partnerships, European policy developments, you combine tactical thinking with a hands-on approach and a strong commitment to delivery.
Notes and original content
- Find out more about UZH as an employer!
- Your key responsibilities include:
- Una Europa:
- Line Management of the Senior Project Lead for the main Una Europa Erasmus+ Project.
- LERU & European developments:
- Monitor relevant European higher education and research policy developments, where relevant, and share relevant insights within UZH and Global Affairs.
- European partnerships
- Anforderungen:
- Ideally, you bring:
- Wir bieten:
Questions about this listing
What salary does Universität Zürich offer for this role?
Universität Zürich lists CHF 101'500 - 154'000 gross per year for this position in Zürich. 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 Zürich offer?
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Do I need a cross-border work permit for a role in Zürich?
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