Head of Specialized Nursing Training Sector - 90% to 100%

Company Description ##

With more than 13'000 employees representing 160 professions, the Hôpitaux Universitaires de Genève (HUG) are a reference institution at national and international levels. To learn more about our institution, take a few minutes to consult our 2025 retrospective by clicking here.

The Human Resources Directorate's main mission is to ensure the development of the institution's human capital in view of organizational evolution. It constantly seeks to innovate, challenge, and improve its practices while basing its strategy on the positive experience of employees. The HUG HR policy is based on the development of skills and professional paths in alignment with institutional needs and focuses on taking into account the individual, work-life balance, and occupational health and safety.

The HUG Training and Development Center (CFD) includes the key sector of Specialized Nursing Training. This sector's mission includes, among others, developing theoretical and practical training programs for nursing specializations in the fields of emergency care, adult intensive care, neonatal and pediatric intensive care, anesthesia, the operating field, and continuous care. The sector ensures teaching, the coordination of teaching, and the support of students. The sector works with many external organizations and is authorized to issue diplomas and certificates recognized in Switzerland.

As part of an evolution, the CFD is looking for its head of the Specialized Nursing Training sector, in charge of the team and the development of the sector.

Job Description ##

As the head of the Specialized Nursing Training sector, you define and deploy the sector's strategy in coherence with the institutional orientations of the HUG and the Training and Development Center.

You ensure the management of a team of about twenty training officers whose role is to design and deliver training programs, and the same number of supervisors at clinical training sites. You support their professional development, encourage autonomy, and the taking of responsibility. You establish a collaborative, innovative work environment oriented towards quality of service, while supporting teams through various organizational transformations.

You guarantee the conformity of programs with current regulatory, normative, and professional requirements and supervise recognition, certification, and audit processes.

You ensure the pedagogical quality of the training, ensure their evaluation and the regular updating of curricula by your team, in order to integrate evolutions in care practices and training frameworks.

In collaboration with the pedagogical development teams of the CFD, you evolve pedagogical methods and training tools to integrate innovations and best practices in the field.

As a member of the Center's management, you work in close collaboration with the head of department and other members of the management. Thanks to your knowledge of the training field and your experience in organizational support and change management, you contribute to the strategic reflections, missions, and projects of the CFD, as well as to the promotion of a learning culture within the institution.

You develop and maintain strategic partnerships with internal and external actors, particularly with the Nursing Directorate, the HES for CAS and DAS conducted in collaboration, as well as with other academic and training partners. You represent the sector and the CFD to institutional and professional bodies, and participate in steering committees and other commissions.

Qualifications ##

You hold a diploma as an EPD ES nursing expert, as well as a diploma in adult training. A DAS level training in management must be completed after your entry into office if you do not already have one.

You justify at least ten years of professional experience, including a minimum of seven in the field of specialized care.

Benefiting from recognized expertise in adult training, from design to management and evaluation of training systems in the field of care, you carry a strategic vision of training and master the challenges of skill development in the health sector.

You have at least five years of confirmed experience in team management and/or the management of complex training programs. You have demonstrated your ability to lead cross-functional projects and to support transformation processes.

An excellent knowledge of the Geneva and Swiss health system, the Framework Curriculum, and specialized training systems constitutes a major asset, as does ease with collaborative digital tools and training technologies.

You are recognized for federating leadership, and you possess excellent communication, influence, and negotiation skills. You appreciate networking and know how to develop lasting partnerships with various interlocutors. Equipped with a strong spirit of analysis and synthesis, you demonstrate rigor, organization, and pragmatism in the conduct of your missions. Comfortable in complex environments, you demonstrate a marked orientation towards results and continuous improvement. Finally, you possess excellent skills in animation, presentation, and taking of