Director
Département de la cohésion sociale – Etat de Genève
- Employment type
- Full-time
- Location
- Geneva
- Company
- Département de la cohésion sociale – Etat de Genève, Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 6, 1204 Genève
- First posted
Director
Your mission
The Department of Social Cohesion (DCS) brings together fundamental public policies to preserve and develop harmony and balance within our society. Through its determined action in the fields of culture, sports, integration, and social aid, as well as the social services it manages and delivers, the DCS contributes to consolidating the "living together" and avoiding breaches of the social contract that unites us.
It ensures the delivery of various loans, subsidies, and benefits granted to individuals and families in need, as well as missions related to adult protection, advance and recovery of maintenance payments, support for people with disabilities, seniors, and proximity aid. It is also responsible for cantonal policies in the fields of culture, sports, integration, and the fight against discrimination.
The DCS is also the reference department for public and private subsidized institutions that exercise a public utility mission in these fields.
Attached to the general secretariat of the Department of Social Cohesion, the DOSIL is looking for a director who will be a force of proposal for their hierarchy and will lead a team of ten people. By ensuring the interface between the department and the transversal entities of the State in charge of OSI, risk management and quality, logistics, and archives, they will contribute to the construction, performance, and evolution of the following services:
- Organization and security of information
By supervising all related processes while ensuring the security of information and data protection;
By proposing a prioritization of the means to be made available to the services;
By providing constant support to the directions in the accompaniment of the various ongoing SI projects and in the deployment of tools adapted to the evolution of their needs;
By promoting innovation and optimization of the department's SI tools.
- Coordination of departmental logistics and archives
By supervising the response to the logistical needs of the different entities of the department;
By supervising the activities related to the classification plan and the archiving of files;
By being a force of proposals in these areas for the purpose of efficiency.
- Departmental risk and quality management
By accompanying the directions in the implementation and maintenance of their SCI;
By advising the audited services in responding to recommendations and implementing them;
By piloting a crisis cell to guarantee the delivery of services in emergency contexts;
By supervising departmental risk management.
- Strengthening support functions
By promoting synergies with the human resources and financial directions, as well as with the general secretariat;
By developing transversal projects in favor of and in support of the department's entities.
Your profile
You have a university master's degree or equivalent training, completed by managerial training (CAS in management or equivalent).
You have at least 5 years of professional experience in the field of information systems and/or risk management.
You have confirmed experience in a leadership position, ideally within a complex organization or public administration. You have a good understanding of strategic, organizational, and political issues, as well as a marked interest in change, innovation, and continuous improvement.
Endowed with excellent analytical, synthesis, and communication skills, you demonstrate rigor, autonomy, flexibility, and a developed sense of network work. Your project and program management skills allow you to lead transversal approaches in diverse environments.
Recognized for your relational qualities, integrity, and sense of confidentiality, you adopt a management style that is both benevolent and demanding.
You have a sense of public service and ensure the preservation of the State's interests.
Your benefits
You will join a public administration whose essential values are respect, integrity, impartiality, and availability; where equality between men and women is guaranteed. You will join a dynamic and solution-oriented team within a department working for better social cohesion in our canton.
Observation
Service offers being processed electronically, we thank you for sending your complete file (motivation letter, CV, copies of diplomas and employer certificates), using the link at the bottom of the announcement.
Only applications submitted through this channel will be considered. Incomplete files will not be processed.
The first interviews will take place the week of 17 August 2026.
Place of work
Rue de l'Hôtel-de-Ville 6 – 1204 Genève
Address your application to
Monsieur Hossam Adly, general secretary jpid3d6cac8jm jpit0728jm jpiy26jm
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