Legal Associate Responsible for Contract Negotiation and Project Management

The «Universitäre Medizin Zürich» (UMZH) unites the most renowned universities and university hospitals in a network: Universität Zürich, ETH Zürich, Universitätsspital Zürich, Universitäts-Kinderspital Zürich, Universitätsklinik Balgrist and Psychiatrische Universitätsklinik Zürich. By networking research with medical treatment, current and future challenges in research, teaching and healthcare can be mastered. Do you want to support the Universitäre Medizin Zürich in several exciting projects? Your main task consists of helping to shape a national cooperation in gender medicine and taking responsibility for the preparation and negotiation of the relevant contract. At the same time, you are involved as administrative support in the University of Zurich project to increase the number of study places in the field of medicine. Tasks You are a motivated person with many years of project experience and have a strong interest in legal issues. In addition to legal training, you also have experience in the field of project management and negotiation. Are you looking for opportunities for professional development and the application of your acquired skills? Essentially, the position includes the following tasks: • Drafting a partnership agreement for the founding of a Swiss Institute for Gender Medicine (working title) as a collaboration of the medical faculties of Switzerland • Consolidating the contract among all participating partners • Supporting the creation of a business plan and other concrete preparatory steps for the establishment of the interuniversity institute • Administrative support for the Zurich project to increase the human medicine study places Med500+ (meeting management, minute taking, monitoring work orders) • Project collaboration (monitoring project portfolio and milestones, etc.) Profile • Completed education in the field of law or a similar/equivalent direction • Professional experience in the field of project management • Strong negotiation skills • High communication and teamwork skills • Independent, structured and solution-oriented way of working • Flexibility and adaptability • Proficiency in negotiation in German and English with good basic knowledge of French We offer Our employees benefit from diverse and attractive offers. Learn more at: https://www.uzh.ch/de/explore/work.html. Further information Questions about the position Agnes Nienhaus Project Coordinator Gender Medicine 044 634 68 73 agnes.nienhaus@uzh.ch Questions about the application process Cristina Arrebola Mascheroni Executive Assistant 044 634 47 48 cristina.arrebolamascheroni@uzh.ch Information about the application We look forward to receiving your dossier with the following documents (one PDF document): cover letter, CV, copy of certificates via our job portal. Zürich Fixed-term employment Other qualification Published on 07.08.2026