Program Manager at the Competence Centre for Sustainability Robotics - play a key role in suppo[...]

Empa; Dübendorf; Vor Ort; CHF 90’000 - 120’000; Vollzeit

Zusammenfassung

A leading research institution in Switzerland is seeking a Program Manager at the Competence Centre for Sustainability Robotics to support strategic activities. The role involves project management, stakeholder communication, and fundraising in a dynamic research environment. This one-year position offers the chance to conduct innovative research while collaborating closely with top institutions.

Qualifikationen

• Proven experience in project management, fundraising, or partnership development.
• Strong knowledge of social media platforms and digital marketing tools.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and German.

Aufgaben

• Managing collaborative projects with industrial, academic, government, and institutional partners.
• Writing proposals and maintaining relationships with funding partners.
• Organizing and promoting robotics-related events.

Kenntnisse

Project Management

Fundraising

Social Media Marketing

Communication Skills

Networking

Organizational Skills

Multitasking

Ausbildung

University degree (Master’s, PhD or equivalent)

Jobbeschreibung

Program Manager at the Competence Centre for Sustainability Robotics - play a key role in supporting and coordinating our strategic activities (80-100%)

Materials science and technology are our passion. With our cutting-edge research, Empa's around 1,100 employees make essential contributions to the well-being of society for a future worth living. Empa is a research institution of the ETH Domain.

The Laboratory of Sustainability Robotics (LSR) is a world-leading group with research focus on the development of novel, biologically inspired flying robots for distributed sensing in air and water and autonomous robotic construction for digital infrastructure systems. The lab is based on a jointly funded Professorship by Empa and the Swiss Federal Institute of Technology in Lausanne (EPFL) and is specialised in robot design, hardware development and multi-modal robot mobility.

Program Manager at the Competence Centre for Sustainability Robotics - play a key role in supporting and coordinating our strategic activities (80-100%)

• Project Development:Managing collaborative projects with industrial, academic, government and institutional partners.
• Fundraising: Identifying funding opportunities, writing proposals, and maintaining relationships with funding partners.
• End-Use Interaction: Facilitating dialogue between stakeholders, including end-users, scientists and industrial partners.
• Reporting and documentation: Interfacing with funders/partners and managing/preparing progress reports.

• Project Development:Managing collaborative projects with industrial, academic, government and institutional partners.
• Fundraising: Identifying funding opportunities, writing proposals, and maintaining relationships with funding partners.
• End-Use Interaction: Facilitating dialogue between stakeholders, including end-users, scientists and industrial partners.
• Reporting and documentation: Interfacing with funders/partners and managing/preparing progress reports.

Communication/Social Media

• Social media-Marketing: Managing our social media communications and developing campaigns to promote our activities.
• Community Creation: Building and fostering networks of stakeholders and collaborators around our research topics.
• Impact Assessment: Implementing tools to measure the social and scientific impact of our projects.
• Communication and Outreach: Writing and disseminating content about our research, events, and projects to various audiences (scientific community, public, media).
• Events: Organizing and participating in events (internal and external) aimed at promoting robotics and its applications.

Your profile

• University degree (Master’s, PhD’s or equivalent) in a field related to communication, science, engineering, or management. A specialization in robotics is a plus.
• Proven experience in project management, fundraising, or partnership development.
• Strong knowledge of social media platforms and digital marketing tools.
• Strong organizational and multitasking abilities.
• Ability to work independently while collaborating with multidisciplinary teams.
• Excellent written and verbal communication skills in English and German. Swiss-German and French is a plus.
• Strong interest in technology and environment.

Our offer
We are offering a one-year position at Empa, with the possibility of extension, to conduct state-of-the-art research in one of Europe's most dynamic scientific institutions. The position includes access to world-leading testing infrastructure and a global network in Sustainability Robotics and is based at the Empa campus in Dübendorf, near Zurich, Switzerland. Close collaboration and exchange with the EPFL in Lausanne is also part of the role. Applications are open immediately and the first evaluation will start on 16 June 2025. The expected start date is as soon as possible by mutual agreement.

We live a culture of inclusion and respect. We welcome all people who are interested in innovative, sustainable and meaningful activities - that's what counts.

We look forward to receiving your complete online application including a letter of motivation, CV, certificates, diplomas and contact details of two reference persons. Please submit these exclusively via our job portal. Applications by e-mail and by post will not be considered.

Job details

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Program Manager at the Competence Centre for Sustainability Robotics - play a key role in supporting and coordinating our strategic activities (80-100%)

Empa, the Swiss Federal Laboratories for Materials Science and Technology, conducts cutting-edge materials and technology research.