Head of Sports, Events and Maintenance Service 100%

Ref 2578716 | Date: 14 Sept 2026 Ville de Nyon The Sports, Events and Maintenance Service of the Ville de Nyon is composed of approximately 80 collaborators and structured into six areas of activity: administration, sports, events, maintenance, sports infrastructure and logistics. In a complex, transversal environment with high public and political visibility, the Service ensures diversified missions and involves the coordination of many internal and external partners. In the context of the retirement of the current position holder, the Service is looking for: Head of Sports, Events and Maintenance Service 100%

Your mission
At the head of a service of more than 80 collaborators, you will ensure the strategic and operational direction of the Service. You are specifically responsible for:

• Defining and proposing strategic orientations, public policies and objectives of the Service to the Municipality.
• Guaranteeing an efficient organization of the Service, adapted to objectives, resources and evolving needs.
• Steering and supervising the Service's projects, guaranteeing their compliance with legal, regulatory and normative frameworks.
• Developing collaborations and representing the Ville auprès of institutional, professional and associative partners.
• Organizing and directing the Service, supervising sector managers and setting individual and collective objectives.
• Steering human resources, particularly recruitment, integration and skills development.
• Guaranteeing the quality of services and the application of procedures, directives, processes and steering tools.
• Planning, monitoring and controlling the Service's finances, both for operations and investments.
• Ensuring performance steering, reporting, decision-making support tools and the search for external funding.
• Advising the Municipality in its areas of competence and contributing to the preparation of strategic decisions as well as the annual management report.

Your profile
You have a higher education background in line with the position, validated by a diploma, as well as an excellent knowledge of the sports field and its challenges, and a demonstrated ability to understand and steer diversified areas of activity. You have proven experience in a complex management or leadership function, ideally of multidisciplinary teams and executives, as well as in management, leadership and change management. You have an excellent ability to analyze complex situations, to develop a strategic vision and to prepare high-quality syntheses for decision-making. You have an aptitude for evolving in a political environment, developing partnerships and representing the administration, as well as managing priorities, complex situations and stress. You are occasionally available outside of usual working hours, particularly in the evenings and during weekends, depending on the needs of the Service. Significant experience in one or more of the Service's areas of activity, a good mastery of public management principles, particularly regarding governance, finance and human resources, as well as a good knowledge of the functioning of a municipal administration, the Canton de Vaud, the region and their main institutional actors are desired. Mastery of one or more languages, particularly German, as well as English, also constitutes an asset, as does a very good mastery of MS Office IT tools.

Your personality
You are a unifying and inspiring person, endowed with natural leadership and a long-term strategic vision. You know how to create a climate of trust, foster collaboration and develop networks, while demonstrating diplomacy and negotiation skills. You are driven by a strong sense of public service and know how to represent the interests of the administration with integrity, loyalty and exemplary behavior. Proactive and a source of proposals, you are also oriented towards innovation and know how to mobilize your interlocutors around common objectives.

Start date: 1st January 2027 or to be agreed
Application deadline: 24 September 2026
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Us
The Communal Administration wishes to recognize your skills, discover your qualities and share opportunities with you. Human values and efficiency are at the center of our concerns. Salary equity and environmental responsibility are our daily commitments. In order to ensure efficient and environmentally friendly processing of your application, we thank you for prioritizing the electronic route to send us your complete file via Jobup (cover letter, curriculum vitae, copies of diplomas and work certificates).
Note: in case of employment, an extract from the criminal record will be required
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