Assistant Director - 100% / Department of socio-cooperative workshops

• 03 August 2026 • 100% • Indefinite duration • Rue de la Borde 25, 1001 Lausanne Do you wish to put your management skills at the service of social and professional inclusion? Join us and contribute to the development of workshops that combine social mission, quality, and performance. Our Mission Our Foundation designs, experiments with, and promotes concrete actions to reweave social ties with people suffering from mental health disorders and their entourage. We act to restore and maintain their health in their environment while developing community initiatives aimed at improving the living conditions of people who are vulnerable in their mental health. Assistant Director - 100% / Department of socio-cooperative workshops Your Action As a member of the Executive Committee and placed under the authority of the General Management, you lead the Department of Socio-cooperative Workshops, which includes several production and service activities, notably the Catering sector. You guarantee the quality of socio-professional support, the operational performance of the workshops, and the balance between the social mission and the economic requirements of the activities. As a direct link to the General Management, you translate institutional orientations into operational objectives, support the teams, drive results, and report in a structured and proactive manner. Your main responsibilities: • Contribute to the strategic orientations of the Foundation and ensure their implementation within the department. • Drive the social, operational, and economic activities of the workshops. • Guarantee the quality, traceability, and compliance of socio-professional support services. • Supervise, support, and empower the teams. • Ensure budgetary management, controlling, and monitoring of performance indicators. • Guarantee efficient planning of human and material resources. • Anticipate risks, address discrepancies, and implement necessary corrective measures. • Prepare analyses and recommendations useful for the decisions of the General Management Your Profile: Professional skills • Tertiary ES training in a hotel, technical, economic, or equivalent field; training as a socio-professional instructor is an asset. • Recognized training in management and proven experience in leading executives and multidisciplinary teams. • Mastery of budgetary management, controlling, and the management of production or service activities. • Knowledge of LAIH/LAI systems as well as the Vaud social and economic network. • Excellent writing skills and mastery of management, reporting, and project management tools. • Category B driver's license and personal vehicle indispensable. Personal and managerial skills • Assertive leadership and ability to decide, frame, delegate, and empower. • Institutional loyalty and ability to act in direct support of the General Management. • Ability for analysis, anticipation, and formulation of operational recommendations. • Rigor, organization, priority management, and respect for deadlines. • Managerial courage and entrepreneurial spirit compatible with the social mission of the Foundation. Workplace: Lausanne, with regular travel to the sites of Nyon, Prilly, Vevey and Yverdon Contract type: Indefinite duration contract Start date: 1st November 2026 or to be agreed Special hiring condition: Standard and special criminal record extracts - clean We look forward to receiving your application via the Jobup.ch platform until 27 August 2026. For any additional information: Madame Sandra Feal, General Director, 41 21 643 16 30