Assistant or Assistant Technical Director at 100%

• 05 October 2026
• 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Genève

Attached to the Département de l'aménagement, des constructions, et de la mobilité (DACM), the Service d'urbanisme (URB) plans the regeneration of the communal territory according to the objectives of ecological and social transition, at different scales and through several tools, from the instruction of preliminary opinions on building permit requests to the Plan directeur communal. It also collaborates on inter-communal and regional planning and organizes dialogue and the debate of ideas around urban issues. In order to complete its team in view of an upcoming retirement, the Service d'urbanisme is looking for an

Assistant or Assistant Technical Director at 100% #

Your mission and your responsibilities

As a member of the management team, you will participate fully in the management of the service. As such, your mission will be to :

• Contribute to the definition and implementation of the technical and managerial orientations of the service, as well as its management and organization, in order to ensure the implementation of public policies in compliance with legal provisions and to promote an efficient and high-quality public service.
• Guarantee, in close coordination with the members of management, the consistency of the activities developed within a service of about twenty people.
• Lead general, localized, and thematic studies in terms of land-use planning.
• Coordinate various thematic plans and ensure regular monitoring of territorial developments through the updating and analysis of indicators.
• Supervise preliminary opinions on building permit requests.
• Ensure the managerial leadership of a team of employees.
• Represent the service d'urbanisme to other municipal departments, State services, and partner institutions of the Ville de Genève.
• Assist or even replace the head of service through delegated responsibility on specific files.

Your profile

• Hold a Master's degree in architecture or geography, with a specialization in urban planning and land-use planning.
• Demonstrate more than five years of experience in the leadership, supervision, and motivation of teams.
• Lead complex projects with rigor, method, and an excellent sense of organization.
• Facilitate and coordinate multidisciplinary teams within the Administration municipale.
• Lead negotiation sessions and meetings bringing together interlocutors from different backgrounds on various themes.
• Develop relationships of trust thanks to excellent interpersonal skills, a great capacity for listening, and flexibility.
• Mobilize individual and collective skills in order to successfully carry out several projects simultaneously.
• Master geographic information systems (GIS) and their tools, notably ArcGIS.
• Communicate perfectly in French, both orally and in writing.
• Have good knowledge of German, constituting an asset.

Conditions and registration procedure

Registration deadline: 31.10.2026
Start date: 01.09.2027
Function classification: Class O of the salary scale

Dossier de candidature

The application dossier must contain the following elements: motivation letter; detailed curriculum vitae or, failing that, completed "Demande d'emploi" form (to be downloaded from our website); copies of diplomas and work certificates; recent photo (passport format).
In its desire to fight unemployment, the city encourages applications from the Office cantonal de l'emploi.

Application follow-up

In the Ville de Genève, the recruitment process is decentralized. This means that each service or department is responsible for following up on applications for the positions it offers. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent to candidates.

Conditions of engagement

Employees of the Ville de Genève must be domiciled in the authorized domiciliation zone and hold a valid work permit or authorization.

More information on the working conditions of the Ville de Genève: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi