Secretariat Manager at 30%

The Société suisse pour la recherche en éducation (SSRE) aims to strengthen educational research within the national and international scientific context. It has approximately 650 members from all scientific disciplines relevant to educational research. It organizes an annual congress, supports various working groups, encourages the publication of the Revue suisse des sciences de l’éducation as well as initiatives aimed at promoting academic junior researchers and networking. The Society is active in two languages (French, German).
For our digital secretariat, we are looking for, starting from 1 November 2026 or by arrangement, a
Secretariat Manager at 30%
You will assume a versatile role offering a high degree of maneuverability within a scientific society with a national and international network, and will organize the SSRE secretariat in a largely autonomous manner. As the central point of contact for the SSRE, you will contribute to giving visibility to educational research in Switzerland and actively support exchanges between researchers, academic junior researchers, and practitioners. The secretariat is organized entirely digitally. You will work via teleworking and will work in close collaboration with the presidency and the executive committee.

Your tasks
Administration

• General correspondence in German and French; occasional translation of simple texts into English
• Management of memberships
• Collaboration with the treasurer and the external accounting service
• Coordination of requests for financial support from the Académie suisse des sciences humaines et sociales (ASSH) in collaboration with the treasurer

Collaboration with the presidency and the executive committee

• Organizational support tasks for committee meetings in cooperation with the presidency and general assembly meetings (organizing dates and venues, preparing and sending the agenda, writing minutes in German and French)
• Organization and coordination of the Encouragement Prize for junior researchers with the presidency (writing the brochure, publishing the call for applications, collecting nominations and transmitting them to the presidency/jury, organizing certificates, the financial award, the citation and the presentation of the prize before the general assembly, publishing the name of the winner)

Management of the newsletter and the website

• Writing, layout, and sending of the newsletter (in German and French) and "SSRE-Flashes" (brief information via email)
• Website management; writing and publishing news, new issues of the Revue suisse des sciences de l’éducation, events, calls for contributions, job offers, events organized by working groups, integration of newsletter texts, general updates.

Your profile
You enjoy varied work involving high autonomy and like to organize your work independently. You maintain an overview even when tasks are multiple, you set priorities and ensure that processes function reliably. You communicate professionally and in a service-oriented manner with members, the executive committee, and external partners, you participate in reflection and contribute your own ideas.
In addition, you possess the following assets:

• Commercial training or equivalent – ideally experience in the field of education
• Very good oral and written command of German and French; proficiency in English is an asset
• A reliable and structured working method
• Proficiency in digital tools as well as a taste for digital work via teleworking
• Availability for occasional missions of several days during the annual congress in June
• Availability to participate twice a year in half-day executive committee meetings in Berne

We offer

• Flexible working conditions with a secretariat organized entirely digitally and teleworking.
• An engaged presidency and a motivated executive committee, with whom you will collaborate mainly online and occasionally on-site.
• A dynamic scientific environment and a culture of dialogue marked by esteem and trust.
• The possibility to participate actively in the design of processes and the continuous development of the secretariat.

Start date 1 November 2026 or by arrangement. The position is initially for a fixed term of one year. An extension is planned; conversion to an open-ended contract is possible.
We kindly ask you to send your complete application dossier (motivation letter, CV, and supporting documents) by email before 30 September 2026 to the address info@sgbf.ch. For any questions, Prof. Dr Pierre Tulowitzki, president of the SGBF, is at your disposal by telephone at +41 56 202 82 37 as well as by email at the address info@sgbf.ch.