Technical Services Employee 80–100% with Focus on Garden Areas/Building Maintenance/HLKS Work

07 May 2026
80 – 100%
Bern

Job summary

The Bern Historical Museum is a key cultural institution in Switzerland. Join us for an enriching opportunity in a collaborative work environment!

Tasks

Maintain and develop outdoor areas in collaboration with contractors.
Ensure cleanliness and order in the outdoor facilities.
Support other staff as needed and assist with events and exhibitions.

Skills

Completed vocational training in facility management or related fields.
Reliable, responsible, and willing to work flexible hours.
Strong communication and organizational skills.

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About the job

The Bern Historical Museum is one of the most important cultural history museums in Switzerland. It is a growing repository of knowledge and experience for the culture and history of Bern and the world. The collections on history, archaeology, and ethnography comprise around 567,000 objects. They offer insights into living environments from different historical periods and cultural contexts. The integrated Einstein Museum places the life and work of the physicist in the context of world history.

We are looking for a

Technical Services Employee 80–100%

with a focus on garden areas/building maintenance/HLKS work

As a Technical Services employee with a focus on outdoor areas, you have a high degree of personal responsibility. You can actively help shape the development of the site and are responsible for a budget provided for this purpose. During the one-week on-call period, you are bound to fixed times. Outside of these duties, you can independently plan your day, your presence, and your activities.

You will take on the following tasks:

Maintaining and developing the outdoor areas in cooperation with gardening companies
Ensuring cleanliness and order in the outdoor areas
Supervising an assistant
Operating the building technical systems according to the instructions of the person responsible for the systems
Setting up and dismantling as well as maintaining exhibitions, events, and functions
Supporting other employees as needed and under the direction of the Technical Services management
Day, on-call, and weekend duties in rotation with the other 4 employees on duty, accompanying evening events during duties

What you bring:

Qualification as a specialist in operational maintenance EFZ, landscape gardener with a technical flair, craft apprenticeship EFZ or comparable qualification
Experience in building maintenance, garden and green space care
Expertise in planning and carrying out craft work as well as in the underlying processes and procedures
Knowledge in the area of HLKS systems or willingness to familiarise yourself with this field
High degree of reliability, sense of responsibility, and commitment
Good communication and teamwork skills
Administrative and organisational skills as well as general IT user knowledge (MS Office suite, CAFM tool)
Time flexibility for day, on-call, and weekend duties (intervention time: 45 minutes)

Applications from native French speakers with very good German skills are expressly welcome.

We look forward to receiving your complete application (brief motivation letter, CV, certificates) by 31 May 2026. Further information is provided by Andreas Gasser, Head of Technical Services, telephone 031 350 77 78 (from 18 May 2026). The first round of interviews will take place on 10 and 11 June, the second round on 17 and 18 June 2026.

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Helvetiaplatz 5, PO Box 149, CH-3000 Bern 6, Telephone +41 31 350 77 11, www.bhm.ch

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