Clerk Business Affairs (Assistant DCOS Support)

About the job

Bern | 80-100%

You can contribute to this role

• Manage the back office of the Support area and control business triage, coordinate the affairs of the leadership service and electronic business administration
• Support DCOS Support in daily business, coordinate appointments and ensure the quality of documents, correspondence and speeches
• Prepare, moderate and follow up reports; keep minutes, pending items and appointment control; organise foreign activities
• Be responsible for information security and classified documents as well as their archiving
• Further develop electronic data storage and ensure a structured knowledge management in the Support area and digitise it

What makes you unique

• Higher commercial vocational training or equivalent education, ideally supplemented by further training as a management assistant, as well as two to three years of functionally relevant professional experience
• Very good IT skills and confident handling of digital work tools, data, data protection and information security
• Independent, responsible and service-oriented working style as well as pronounced communication skills, resilience and networked thinking
• Good overall knowledge of the army, its structures and the relevant administrative processes is an advantage
• Good knowledge of two official languages as well as English skills

In a nutshell

You ensure that the affairs of the Support area are efficiently coordinated, processed on time and documented with high quality. With your organisational talent, your confident handling of digital business processes and your strong quality awareness, you relieve the Deputy Chief of Staff (DCOS) Support as well as the leadership in the demanding daily business.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Operations Command (Kdo Op) is responsible for all military operations and missions of the Swiss Army. The Kdo Op includes, among others, the Air Force, the Army, the four territorial divisions, the SWISSINT competence centre, the Special Forces Command and the Military Police. Around 40% of the approximately 2,500 employees are civilian – from engineers to aircraft mechanics to analysts.

The Swiss Army employs over 9,000 people in four military and around 200 civilian professions – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: The Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

A position with the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile .

Questions about the position

Bernhard Urs Wittwer
DCOS Support
+41 58 48 36320