Clerk at the Inheritance Office with Case Management

About the job

Are you ready to help shape the future of the city of Schaffhausen?

We support people of all generations with estate planning and administration. As the Inheritance Office, we identify the heirs and work closely with them as well as third parties. We prepare inventories, matrimonial property settlements, and draft division agreements. Additionally, we are responsible for various security measures and notarial tasks. Furthermore, we provide our expertise in matrimonial and inheritance law to the city’s residents and offer competent and individual advice.


Start date: By arrangement

Clerk at the Inheritance Office with Case Management

In this exciting role

• you independently handle estate cases and guide the heirs through the various steps of official estate administration.
• you identify the heirs, open wills and inheritance contracts, and obtain the necessary documents and information for estate processing.
• you prepare and review estate documents such as inventories, estate reports, matrimonial property settlements, and inheritance division agreements.
• you carry out various security measures such as sealing and estate administrations and take on further tasks related to public inventories and estate liquidations.
• you calculate and assess inheritance and gift taxes and perform other administrative and financial tasks within the scope of estate processing.
• you provide heirs and other entitled parties with competent information on questions of matrimonial property and inheritance law as well as inheritance and gift taxes.

You will be successful here

• because you have a solid commercial education and possibly further relevant training.
• as you have knowledge of matrimonial property and inheritance law or are willing to acquire it. Ideally, you have already worked in a notary’s office, district court, law firm, estate trust, or the inheritance department of a bank.
• thanks to your social skills and strong team spirit.
• because you have an interest in legal issues and enjoy varied and demanding casework.
• due to your independent and precise working style as well as your flair for numbers.
• because of your very good PC user skills and your confident command of German.

Questions or concerns? We are happy to help! We look forward to hearing from you

For all professional questions:

Melanie Schmid
Head of the Inheritance Office

+4 15 2 632 53 08

Further information about this position can be found here.

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