Court Clerk Dept. I, FG 1-6, with German as Main Language

About the job

St. Gallen, Switzerland (and Home Office) | 80-100%

You can contribute in this role

• Edit judgements mainly from the areas of infrastructure/environment (e.g. national roads, railways, airports, energy), postal and telecommunications, personnel matters, data protection and public access to information law as well as state liability
• Participate in the instruction and decision of administrative court appeal procedures
• Take minutes at site inspections, public hearings and decision consultations

This makes you unique

• Completed law degree as well as lawyer’s licence or doctorate
• Several years of professional experience in a court organisation, in legal practice or in administration
• Knowledge in the subjects of Department I, specialist areas 1-6, is an advantage
• Strong analytical thinking skills, precise linguistic expression, high degree of independence and resilience
• Team player
• Main and working language German, very good knowledge of at least one other official language

In a nutshell

You want to significantly help shape jurisprudence at the federal level with your careful and structured way of working in Department I of the Federal Administrative Court.

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 workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All Benefits

The Federal Administrative Court, based in St. Gallen, deals with appeals against decisions of federal authorities. The majority of its judgements are final, and only a minority of those that can be appealed to the Federal Supreme Court are further pursued. The high acceptance of its judgements is mainly due to the high quality and appropriate processing time. For this, it offers its employees state-of-the-art workplaces, flexible working time models and a trilingual working environment.

Additional information

Please note that in the case of multiple applications within the Federal Administrative Court, data exchange may take place between the persons involved in the respective application. Your data will be processed in accordance with the applicable data protection regulations, with which you agree by consenting to the privacy policy.

Questions about the position

Stephan Metzger
Judge Department I
+41 58 46 52502

Questions about the application

Monika Sengör
Head of Human Resources
+41 58 48 45151