Managing Director Hear the World Foundation

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Stäfa, Zürich, Schweiz Sonova AG Vollzeit

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We offer exceptional career opportunities through market-leading brands from consumer to medical, products and services that keep pushing hearing care forward, and a culture where you can quickly belong and perform at your best.

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Managing Director - Hear the World Foundation

Managing Director of Hear the World Foundation

As a leading manufacturer of hearing solutions, Sonova takes social responsibility seriously by helping people in need with hearing loss, getting involved in prevention, and raising awareness. Sonova puts this responsibility into practice through the charitable Hear the World Foundation (HTWF). In this position you will be responsible for the management of the Hear the World Foundation, the Corporate Foundation of Sonova, by driving its new strategy, maximizing its social impact and ensuring the delivery of all projects at the highest quality standards.

Your tasks will be:

  • Driving the HTWF strategy - Driving (defining and executing) the strategy of the Hear the World Foundation, which has a strong focus on maximizing social impact, increasing the sustainability of the projects supported and fostering a culture of excellence.
  • Defining and implementing roadmaps to transform structures, processes, and portfolios – according to the strategic direction.

Impact Management

  • Further professionalizing the foundation management, as well as leveraging accessible infrastructure and resources to gain efficiency and impact.
  • Social Impact & Sustainability - Based on a meaningful measurement of social impact, strengthen a fully KPI-based management of the foundation and its partners.
  • Being responsible for further increasing social return on investment for the foundation; and supporting the transformation into a proactive grant-making organization.

Leadership & Operations

  • Leading the Hear the World Foundation team, which is part of the Sonova organization, providing guidance and direction to the executive team to ensure cohesive execution of strategic objectives.
  • Preparing and supporting the meetings of the Foundation and the Advisory Board, and management of the Advisory Board.
  • Manage foundation budget and yearly audit to ensure the foundation is aligned with Swiss foundation legal and administrative requirements.
  • Ensure daily operations are set-up in a way that supports proactive grant-making, leading to a project portfolio that fully supports the foundation's impact KPIs.

Global and Local Partnerships

  • Cultivate strategic partnerships with key stakeholders, including government agencies, NGOs, academic institutions, and industry leaders.
  • Develop and implement strategies and partnerships to enhance the long-term sustainability of projects supported by the foundation.
  • Whilst driving impact and ensuring programs are evidence-based, ensure that all projects are handled with maximum care, sensitivity to local realities, and at the highest quality standards.
  • In Switzerland and beyond, cultivate and maintain a broad network and strong relationships with Foundations and International Cooperation Organizations and Institutions
  • Ensure trustworthy and diligent handling of funds at all times.
  • Develop the foundation's funding sources and ensure the foundation is sufficiently funded, both through the Sonova donation as well as external funding, in line with the foundation's status as an independent organization.
  • Build up a professional fundraising approach for the foundation, to grow resources and maximize social impact

Communications & Reputation

  • Raise the profile of the foundation across relevant stakeholder groups and articulate its unique vision and mission in support of its strategy
  • Represent the foundation at conferences, events, and meetings to raise awareness and build relationships within the hearing care and non-profit community.
  • Interact and represent the HTWF in global networks for Corporate Foundations

Activation & Engagement Programs

  • Amplify HTWF activation within Sonova with the aim of making Sonova employees worldwide ambassadors for the cause
  • Engage and activate other Sonova stakeholder networks to support HTWF's purpose.

Your profile:

  • University degree in economics (or comparable), paired with extensive knowledge gained in a fundraising environment; proven track record in foundation management, including fundraising
  • 10-15 years in a relevant field combined with a proven track record in project management and leadership (directly managing teams of up to min 5-10 people)
  • At least 5 years experience in development cooperation, in a non-profit environment
  • Proactive and self-starter personality with an entrepreneurial mindset
  • True team player with a friendly and diplomatic attitude
  • Fluent English and German language skills (interacting with Swiss authorities)
  • Willingness to travel up to 20%

Our offer:

We can offer you a new challenge, with interesting tasks and much more – including an open corporate culture, flat hierarchies, support for further training and development, opportunities to take on responsibility, an excellent range of foods, sports and cultural facilities, attractive employment conditions, and flexible working time models in various roles.

Sonova is an equal opportunity employer.

We team up. We grow talent. We collaborate with people of diverse backgrounds to win with the best team in the market place. We guarantee every person equal treatment in regard to employment and opportunity for employment, regardless of a candidate's ethnic or national origin, religion, sexual orientation or marital status, gender, genetic identity, age, disability or any other legally protected status.

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