Administrative Director (80-100%) - Permanent Contract

• 27 July 2026 • 80 - 100% • Indefinite duration • Lausanne Deputy Director (80-100%) - Permanent Contract Administrative Director (80-100%) - Permanent Contract EVAM (Établissement vaudois de l'accueil des migrants) is a major player in the Vaud public service. With more than 1000 committed female and male employees and an annual budget of 360 million francs, we ensure the reception, support, and integration of migrant persons in the canton of Vaud. Every day, our teams work with openness and responsibility to respond to essential social issues. Joining EVAM means putting your skills at the service of a human and public utility mission, in a stimulating, diverse, and constantly evolving professional environment. We are recruiting our new Administrative Director (80% to 100%) on a permanent contract. Salary class: 12 Location: Lausanne Start date: To be agreed What you bring to our mission ### By leading the finance, human resources, information systems, and legal functions, you create the conditions that allow the establishment to achieve its objectives and drive its transformations. Your action contributes to securing decisions, optimizing the use of resources, and strengthening EVAM's capacity to respond sustainably to its public service missions. As a member of the Executive Board, you participate in the strategic choices that shape the future of the establishment. *A word from your future manager, Erich Dürst:* *At the head of the transversal services that enable EVAM to accomplish its mission, the deputy director participates significantly in the management of the establishment, the definition of its strategic orientations, and their implementation. The position requires a global vision and an approach focused on internal and external cooperation, promoting the consistency of approaches and team cohesion. I am looking for a person who knows how to take a high-level view while remaining anchored in concrete realities, who knows how to find the balance between methodological rigor and circumstantial assessment, who is capable of transforming constraints into opportunities, and for whom change is a driver that allows for mobilization.* Your mission: #### You are in charge of directing EVAM's support services (finance, human resources, information systems, and legal), notably by defining their objectives, ensuring their monitoring and realization, while supervising the coordination of transversal projects, especially those aimed at the evolution of the establishment. You provide support to the director of EVAM in his daily activities and assume the missions, tasks, and representations that he delegates to you. You are called upon to act as his deputy during his absences. Your main responsibilities: #### • You supervise and support the managers of the teams reporting to you, and carry out necessary arbitrations • You define the objectives and priority projects of these teams, which you monitor notably through the implementation of key indicators. • You ensure the monitoring of allocated budgets • You are one of the main actors in the management of the establishment, within the executive board • You question internal practices in order to evolve them, in a continuous improvement approach • You participate in various delegatory bodies of the executive board, or even lead them • You advise and support the director in the conduct of projects or strategic situations • You accompany or represent the director to state authorities and external partner bodies, at his request • Alternating with the second deputy director, you act as deputy to the director during his absences Your profile: • University Master's degree useful to the position, preferably in law, economics, or public administration • Minimum of 10 years of experience in a similar function or deemed useful to the position • Certification training and significant experience in management in an organization of similar size • Excellent knowledge of budgetary management required (management control, reporting, budgeting...) • Experience and knowledge of Swiss administrative law • Solid organizational skills • Strong capacity for analysis and synthesis, as well as a great sense of listening and communication • To have a strong ethical sense of public service • Stress management, openness, ability to decide What we offer you • A committed working environment • A continuous training policy to evolve in your career • A teleworking policy • 6 weeks of vacation (7 from age 50) • Very good social benefits • Meaningful projects in a stimulating intercultural context The recruitment process, in 3 steps • Interview with the selection committee • Assessment with an external partner • Debrief interview regarding the assessment with the selection committee How to apply? If this position interests you, send us your application today. Application deadline is 31 July. *Please note: An extract of your criminal record (clean) will be requested at the end of the recruitment process.*