Head of Traffic Police

16 April 2026
100%
Permanent position
Chur

Job summary

Join Graubünden's unique three-language cantonal administration! Shape the future together.

Tasks

Lead the traffic police department with around 80 employees.
Ensure traffic police readiness and service in your area.
Collaborate with various authorities for traffic safety.

Skills

Ideal candidate should have a law degree or similar.
Excellent organizational and planning skills are essential.
Strong analytical abilities and problem-solving skills required.

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About the job

Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden with us.

Head of Traffic Police

Cantonal Police | 80–100 % | Chur

The traffic police make a central contribution to safety on the roads and to smooth traffic flow. In this responsible management position, you lead a versatile organizational area with around 80 employees and actively shape the strategic development of the traffic police.

By arrangement, we are looking for a flexible and committed personality as Head of Traffic Police.

Your area of responsibility

Leadership of the traffic police department as police/on-call officer
Personnel, professional, and organizational leadership of the subordinate managers in the special and specialist areas (Traffic Support Point North, Traffic Registry, Traffic Technology, Traffic Administration, Heavy Traffic with the control centers Unterrealta (Cazis) and Campagnola (San Vittore) and the traffic competence network)
Ensuring traffic police service and operational readiness in the geographically assigned area of responsibility
Supports the Head of Regional and Traffic Police in the traffic specialist area
Supports the regional police as a specialist supervisor in the implementation of traffic police tasks
Close cooperation with the public prosecutor's office as well as other cantonal, inter-cantonal, and national authorities and organizations
Further development of the organization in the areas of structure, processes, competencies, and training

What we expect from you

Degree ideally as a lawyer or comparable studies
Ideally experience as a police officer or comprehensive traffic and criminal police expertise
Creative, networked thinker with strategic, conceptual, and communicative strengths (clear and level-appropriate communication)
Motivating and team-oriented leadership style, confident appearance, and assertive
Focus on strategic and business management aspects
Very good organizational, planning, and coordination skills
Excellent analytical skills and problem-solving competence
High social competence, flexibility, and stress resistance
Structured working method, goal-oriented and efficient
Good knowledge of several cantonal languages is an advantage

We look forward to receiving your online application and to getting to know you.

For professional questions, the Head of Traffic Police, Lukas Christen, is happy to assist you,
+41 81 257 72 11, until 23.04. and from 04.05.2026.

Application deadline: May 8, 2026