Head of HR - Leiterin/Leiter der Dienststelle Personal (a)

Working for the Kanton Luzern means helping to shape the future - that of the canton, its inhabitants, and not least your own. More than 7'000 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.

The Dienststelle Personal is dynamic - always at the pulse of topics and challenges. As service providers, we support the government and administration in all aspects of human resources management. The variety and complexity of our tasks, the different stakeholders, the breadth of our areas of responsibility, and the inspiring cooperation within our department make our HR work exciting and challenging.

The "a" in the job title stands for "alle" (all). The Kanton Luzern stands for diversity and variety.

Head of HR - Leiterin/Leiter der Dienststelle Personal (a) #

100% | Emmen | as of 01.07.2027 or by arrangement | Homeoffice possible ##

Strengthen leadership, drive digitalization, attract and retain talent, and sharpen HR governance and standards - we have a lot planned. As an experienced HR leader, you will report directly to the Finanzdirektor, work closely with the Departmentssekretariat as well as the various Dienststellen, and shape the HR agenda of the Kanton Luzern - with effect throughout the entire administration.

Your tasks

• Six direct reports, around 100 employees, a broad field of influence: You will further develop the centralized HR and set sustainable impulses with strategic initiatives in Leadership & Culture, Talent, Digitalization, and Governance.
• You will actively help shape personnel policy and the framework conditions for the employees of the canton - a core part of your function. Together with your employees, you will further develop the legal foundations and accompany personnel policy matters for the Regierungsrat and Kantonsrat.
• As a strategic sparring partner for the Regierungsrat, Department heads, and Dienststellenleitungen, you will contribute your HR perspective to demanding issues. A good sense for political decision-making processes and the ability to connect strategic interests with the concrete needs of the administration are required.
• Together with the HR management team, you will promote an open, constructive culture of cooperation. In doing so, you succeed in bringing different interests together and uniting sustainable solutions. In this way, you develop HR from an implementation partner into a valued strategic co-designer.
• You will regularly exchange ideas with personnel associations as well as political bodies and represent the canton as an employer in the Luzerner Pensionskasse.

Your profile

• A university or technical college degree as well as further training in HR, management, leadership, or a related field form the basis. Decisive factors are a broad understanding of HR and confidence in dealing with HR processes - not detailed knowledge in all specialized disciplines.
• Several years of leadership experience at the executive management level or comparable level, as well as the ability to lead and specifically involve experienced specialists and managers, characterize your professional background.
• With strategic design power and experience in complex organizations, you set priorities, develop sustainable solutions, and effectively drive change. You understand digital solutions and HR data as levers to simplify processes and improve decisions; you actively drive corresponding projects forward.
• You move confidently when dealing with different stakeholders and have a good understanding of political decision-making processes. You bring experience with personnel or labor law issues and in exchange with social partners; knowledge of occupational pension schemes is an advantage.
• Foresight, the will to shape, and clear, binding communication distinguish you. Whether your experience comes from public administration or the private sector is secondary - what matters is your motivation to strategically further develop the HR of a large public employer.

Finanzdepartement
Reto Wyss
Finanzdirektor
reto.wyss@lu.ch

Finanzdepartement
Denise Feer
Stv. Departementssekretärin

denise.feer@lu.ch

https://www.lu.ch/verwaltung/FD

The selection for this position is carried out with the support of the company Avenir Group.