Managing Director (female) or Managing Director (male)

arwole - for a life with perspectives

In the interest of the public, we are committed to the social and economic integration of adults with learning disabilities, intellectual and/or mental disabilities. Our services in the areas of living, working, and training are professionally designed and aimed at people who need a protected framework. As an innovative company, we harmonize social and business aspects.

For the leadership and further development of our foundation, we are looking for an experienced personality by agreement as:

Managing Director (female) or Managing Director (male)

Your Field of Activity

Reporting directly to the Board of Trustees, you are responsible for the operational management of the foundation. Together with the executive management, you implement the strategic goals and further develop the services and the organization. You create orientation, clarify responsibilities, and promote a binding, appreciative collaboration. In doing so, you shape the future of a regionally anchored institution with a significant social mandate.

Your Tasks

• You lead the foundation professionally, personally, and economically and strengthen the members of the executive management in their leadership responsibility.
• You further develop the strategy together with the Board of Trustees, prepare decision-making bases, and report on goals, results, and risks.
• Together with the Head of Finance, you ensure forward-looking financial planning, compliance with the budget, and effective use of resources.
• You promote cooperation between living, production, personnel, finance, and the Agogics specialist department and improve cross-departmental processes.
• Together with the responsible specialists, you further develop the quality of the services and strengthen the self-determination and participation of people with support needs.
• You advance organizational development and digitalization with clear priorities and involve employees in the design of changes.
• You represent the foundation externally and maintain relationships with authorities, payers, relatives, as well as partners.

What You Bring

• A tertiary education in business administration, social work, or a related field, as well as complementary competencies in the respective other area.
• Several years of leadership experience with personnel and budget responsibility, preferably in a social institution or a comparably complex organization.
• Further training in the field of institutional management or the willingness to complete it.
• The ability to consider economic requirements, the social mandate, and the corporate culture in sustainable decisions.
• A clear, accessible, and binding leadership attitude as well as the ability to build trust and provide orientation.
• Experience with change processes and the willingness to include different perspectives and implement decisions consistently.

Co-Leadership Option

We are open to a position in a co-leadership model. Applications are welcome both as an individual interested in co-leadership and as a tandem. The individual workloads, division of tasks, and shared leadership responsibility will be clarified during the selection process. Please explain your ideas regarding this in your application.

What Awaits You

A exciting and demanding leadership task with room for design and the opportunity to actively shape the future of arwole. You combine entrepreneurial responsibility with a meaningful activity and address diverse questions at the interface of social mandate, professional quality, and economic sustainability.

With your decisions, you create the prerequisites for people with support needs to live independently, work, and develop their abilities. Together with committed specialists, the executive management, and the Board of Trustees, you develop arwole further. You experience the impact of your work directly in the daily life of the foundation.

Your Application

Would you like to take on responsibility and help shape perspectives? We look forward to receiving your application by 20 November 2026 at personelles@arwole.ch.

For an initial exchange, Ursina Jenny, Co-President of the Board of Trustees, is available at 079 796 90 57.

Stiftung arwole

Alexandra Baumann

Head of Personnel

Grossfeldstrasse 9

7320 Sargans

www.arwole.ch