Secretary General

• 13 July 2026 • 100% • Indefinite duration • Lausanne Being the voice of the health-social succession in the canton of Vaud Aoris OrTra santé-social Vaud is the World of Work Organization for the health and social work sectors for the canton of Vaud. Born in June 2023 from the merger of the CiPS (Centre d'information des professions santé-social) and the OrTra santé-social Vaud, it federates about sixty members from employer associations, professional associations, and training organizations. Its missions are of three types: organizing inter-company courses for the ASA, ASE, and ASSC professions while supporting employers, apprentices, and trainees in their paths, promoting health-social professions to young people and adults, and informing about possibilities for professional reorientation and certification for adults. In view of the retirement of its Secretary General, involved since the beginning of the association, the committee of Aoris is putting the following position up for tender: Secretary General # Reporting to the committee and its office, you will pilot the association and implement its strategy, in the service of training quality and succession in the health and social work fields of Vaud. You will lead a team of about twenty employees, relying on four pole managers in direct management. As the reference interlocutor for members, authorities, and institutional partners, you will carry the voice of Aoris with credibility, diplomacy, and a unifying spirit. At the head of a recognized and dynamic organization, you will accompany its consolidation: structuring without weighing down, anchoring a common culture, and ensuring the continuity of links woven since its creation. Your main missions and responsibilities: ## Associative life and governance ## • Organize and prepare the work of the committee, the office, the General Assembly, and the commissions, in compliance with the statutes • Ensure a link of trust and regular information between the team and the association's bodies • Federate members around a common mission and transversal values, ensuring a balanced representation of the health and social work fields Strategy ## • Participate in the development of the strategic axes for the coming years, implement them, and report back to the committee • Maintain active monitoring of evolutions in the legal framework, training ordinances, and public policies, and anticipate their effects for the association and its members Representation and partnership relations ## • Sit on cantonal and federal bodies dealing with succession and training, in coherence with the lines of national umbrella organizations (notably FONDSSOC, OdASanté, and SAVOIRSOCIAL) • Develop and maintain relationships with authorities, subsidizers, and partners of the Vaud socio-sanitary network, with a real capacity for influential communication Piloting the association and team management ## • Directly supervise the four pole managers, in a logic of delegation, empowerment, and skill development • Ensure the proper deployment of the association's poles, in particular inter-company courses, communication, professional promotion, and services for adults • Guarantee the consistency of theme management between the different sectors of activity and the proper organization of human resources Financial management ## • Ensure the budgetary balance of the association and the correct use of subsidies, in full transparency with each funder Your profile: ## • Tertiary-level professional qualification (social sciences, politics, economics, law), supplemented by management training • Proven experience of at least 5 years in a team leadership and/or management function in an associative context • Confirmed professional background in the fields of health or social work • Knowledge of the Swiss vocational training system and the functioning of Vaud public institutions • Writing skills in French and good understanding of German • Excellent mastery of current IT and digital tools Your personal qualities: ## • Interpersonal intelligence, sociability, and great capacity for adaptation • Political sense, diplomacy, and assertiveness respectful of interlocutors • Capacity for anticipation, prioritization, and synthesis skills • Collaborative, empowering, and solution-oriented management style • Ability to inspire, value skills, and instill confidence • Ethics, rigor, and sense of responsibility We offer you: ## • A management function at the heart of the issues of succession and training in the health and social work fields of Vaud • A privileged interface position between employers, training environments, and authorities, with influence at cantonal and federal levels • The opportunity to consolidate a dynamic association, recognized by its partners and supported by an engaged team, at the time of the development of its next strategic axes • Real management autonomy, in a direct and trusting relationship with the committee and its president • Attractive framework conditions, commensurate with the responsibilities, according to the CCT of the social sector, classes 30 to 32 Start date: 1st May 2027 or to be agreed Activity rate: 100 % Location: Lausanne, with representation activities in the canton and in Switzerland Information: Valeur Plus SA, Natacha Tasev, HR Consultant, tel. +41 21 620 03 38 If you wish to commit yourself to Aoris and the succession of health and social work professions, we await your complete application file (motivation letter, CV, training certificates, and work certificates) transmitted exc