Public Affairs Experts 60–100%

About the job

The Swiss Pharmacists Association pharmaSuisse is committed to a high-quality, practice-oriented and future-focused professional profile and represents the interests of pharmacists in politics and business to create optimal framework conditions.

We operate in a dynamic environment with partners from various sectors of healthcare. For the PublicAffairs department, we are looking for committed individuals with a strong political instinct and great interest in health policy and pharmaceutical issues, to start by arrangement.

Public Affairs Experts 60–100%

Political. Strategic. Practice-oriented.

At the interface of politics, healthcare and pharmaceutical practice, you will contribute to the development and representation of pharmaSuisse’s positions. You analyse political and regulatory developments, support the association’s strategic dossiers and represent its interests to political decision-makers as well as partners in healthcare.

Your tasks

• Monitoring and analysing political, legislative and regulatory developments in healthcare
• Developing political positions and statements in collaboration with specialist departments and committees
• Writing arguments and decision-making bases for different target groups
• Maintaining and expanding relationships with politics, authorities and partner organisations
• Representing pharmaSuisse in political committees, working groups and networks
• Preparing dossiers and decision-making bases for management and association bodies
• Contributing to political communication and positioning of pharmaSuisse

Your profile

• Experience in public affairs, political processes, public administration, association work or a comparable environment, preferably in healthcare
• University or college degree, ideally in health, political science, law, economics, natural sciences or a related field
• Pharmacy training or professional experience in the pharmaceutical sector is an advantage
• Good knowledge of the Swiss healthcare system and interest in health policy and regulatory issues
• Strong editorial, analytical and communication skills
• Political instinct, negotiation skills and confident handling of different stakeholders
• Independent, proactive and structured working style
• Excellent German or French skills as well as very good knowledge of the other language; Italian skills are an advantage

We offer you

• Flexible work organisation to ideally balance work, family and private life
• Flexible working models with part-time and home office options by arrangement
• The pension fund premium is two-thirds covered by the employer and a proportional coordination deduction is granted for part-time work
• Development and training opportunities
• Very good accessibility by public transport and financial contribution to mobility
• Independent work in a motivated team
• Further information about our benefits can be found on our website under what we offer .

For further information, please contact Nello Castelli, Head of Public Affairs, or the Human Resources department at
Tel. 031 978 59 97. Information about our association can be found at pharmaSuisse.org.

Have we aroused your interest? We look forward to receiving your electronic application.