Manager Transferable Skills

The Graduate Center GRACE at the University of Basel is a professional service platform for doctoral candidates and postdocs. It offers services and information, supports networking and interdisciplinary training formats and prepares next-generation scientists for future challenges.

Embedded in the Graduate Center, the Transferable Skills program consists of more than 70 interdisciplinary and interactive workshops per year to support researchers during their dissertation period and to prepare for a professional career inside or outside of academia.

The position is available immediately. The contract will be limited to a period of two years with the possibility of an extension.

 

Your position

As a Manger Transferable Skills role you will be required to:

• Plan, develop and organize the Transferable Skills workshop program
• Manage participants and maintain the educational database
• Manage logistics (rooms, hotels, course material)
• Controlling invoices and training contracts
• Develop new courses and reach out to internal and external trainers and experts
• First contact point for students requests
• Maintenance of homepage and organization of upcoming calls
• Feeding social media platforms
• Support a variety of GRACE activities throughout the year as required

 

Your profile

• Minimum a Masters degree
• Affinity to the academic setting with an understanding of the Swiss Higher educational system
• Experience in organization and coordination of events and workshops
• Coordination of different stakeholders from various disciplines
• Excellent networking skills within a cross-cultural/cross-discipline working environment
• Strong communication skills in both English and German (written and oral)
• High adaptability, flexibility and attention to detail
• Advanced computer skills, MS Office, and readiness to learn and apply new tool-

 

We offer you

The University of Basel has educated talents since 1460. As an institution with a strong research background, Basel University hosts more than 2'700 doctoral candidates and several hundred postdoctoral researchers within seven different faculties. Within the Graduate Center, you are part of a small and dynamic team with the potential to turn your ideas into reality. Employment conditions offer a high degree of flexibility of working hours and location.

 

Contact

For enquiries, please also contact Ms Sina Henrichs sina.henrichs@unibas.ch.

 

The deadline for receipt of applications is April 30, 2018. The University of Basel is an equal opportunity employer and encourages applications from female candidates.