Specialist Secretary: Occupational Safety and Health 70-80% - Bern
Bern
Key information
- Publication date:04 November 2025
- Workload:70 – 80%
- Contract type:Unlimited employment
- Place of work:Bern
Job summary
Join Unia, Switzerland's largest union, advocating for fair work conditions. Be part of a dynamic team making a social impact.
Tasks
- Ensure employee participation in safety and health regulations.
- Support industry leaders with safety and health issues.
- Lead projects and represent Unia in expert committees.
Skills
- University degree or equivalent experience required.
- Strong negotiation and communication skills essential.
- Knowledge of workplace safety and health regulations needed.
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Unia is the largest trade union in Switzerland. With our approximately 1,200 employees, we are committed to fair working conditions and a social Switzerland. This dynamically and successfully. Would you like to stand up for a good cause? Let's get to know each other.
Strengthen our team in the Politics Department at the Central Secretariat in Bern immediately or by arrangement as
Specialist Secretary: Occupational Safety and Health 70-80%
Your responsibilities
For the Occupational Safety and Health (OSH) dossier, you ensure the legally guaranteed participation of employees and advocate for an improvement of the framework conditions. You participate in joint sectoral solutions and advise and support internal sector managers and union secretaries in all OSH matters. You represent Unia in expert committees, lead projects, and develop foundations for decision-making processes, for sectoral or political campaigns as well as for training and meetings. You are responsible for exchange and coordination with the Swiss Trade Union Federation.
Your profile
- Proven skills in developing foundations and positions as well as in conveying content to different target groups
- Negotiation skills and assertiveness
- Trade union political sensitivity, identification with Unia's values
- Knowledge in the field of occupational safety and health at the workplace; knowledge of labor law is an advantage
- Experience in campaign and/or project work
- University degree or comparable education and experience
- Fluent German or French in spoken and written form as well as very good knowledge of the other language; knowledge of Italian is an advantage
- Initiative, team-oriented, service-minded, and persistent personality
What we offer
At Unia, you will enjoy progressive working conditions and good social benefits. We support part-time work. This also includes the possibility to balance work and family. In addition, we promote your development potential. Look forward to a respectful, collegial, and lively environment.
Are you interested?
Then we look forward to receiving your complete application dossier by November 25, 2025.
If you have questions about the position, the Head of the Politics Department, Peppina Beeli, will be happy to answer them by phone at 078 742 12 99 or by email at peppina.beeli@unia.ch
