Head of Archaeology & Monument Preservation, 80-100 %

For the Archaeology & Monument Preservation department, we are looking for a committed, strategically acting leader due to the retirement of the current position holder as of 1 May 2027 or by arrangement.

Tasks ##

• As a member of the executive board, you will participate in the development of goals and strategies for the Amt für Städtebau and further develop the organization.
• As Head of Department, you bear overall responsibility for the professional, personnel, and financial leadership and further development of the Archaeology & Monument Preservation department with five specialist areas and translate the executive board's goals into your department.
• You identify the need for innovation, optimize interfaces, develop concepts, and implement change processes.
• You lead, promote, and develop your management team and thus control the achievement of goals, topic development, and resource planning.
• You network the topics of your department with topics of other departments in the office and topics of other service departments in the city administration.
• You take on representation and public relations tasks and maintain contact with the professional world, universities, and the Canton.
• You represent the Amt für Städtebau in steering committees of projects with important monument preservation issues.
• You are responsible for the Denkmalpflegekommission.

Profile ##

• University degree in the disciplines of architecture, monument preservation, archaeology, or art history, preferably supplemented with postgraduate studies in one of the above-mentioned disciplines
• Several years of professional experience as well as proven knowledge and sound judgment in the disciplines of monument preservation and archaeology
• Several years of leadership and management experience, ideally with additional training (postgraduate studies, leadership training)
• In-depth knowledge of construction and planning law
• Sound strategy development and project management experience in a public administration or in architecture firms
• High motivation and a pronounced willingness to commit to the built cultural heritage in a growing city within the tension between politics and administration
• Strategic, interdisciplinary, networked, conceptual, and future-oriented thinking and acting
• High level of professional presence, mediation, and communication skills internally and externally
• Ability to inspire, solution orientation, personal responsibility, resilience, and teamwork skills

We offer ##

A demanding and versatile activity awaits you. We value good cooperation: trust and the recognition of good performance are important to us. We create an environment for new ideas and independent work. Attractive employment and further training conditions as well as a centrally located workplace near the main station are further advantages. With the label "Family AND Career", we promote the compatibility of family and career as well as equal opportunities for women and men.

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About us ##

We are committed to Zurich's diverse built future.

The city of Zurich is an attractive city that is changing. The history of the city is always the basis in this process and requires continuous research and communication. The Amt für Städtebau manages and supports the structural change in the city, with employees from spatial and area development, architecture, monument preservation, and archaeology ensuring that existing qualities of centuries-old history are preserved and maintained.

Interested? ##

We look forward to your complete online application. For further information, please contact: Stefan Gasser, Bereichsleiter Archäologie & Denkmalpflege, Tel.: 044 412 21 98.

Information about the Amt für Städtebau can be found at: www.stadt-zuerich.ch/afs

Reference No.: 52148

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