Gamekeeper
- 23 October 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Vals
About the job
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 days of sunshine 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.
Gamekeeper
Office for Hunting and Fisheries Graubünden / DIEM | 75% | Vals Area
The Office for Hunting and Fisheries is responsible for the game populations, fish stocks and their habitats in the canton of Graubünden. Many species such as capercaillie, black grouse, rock ptarmigan, hoopoe and riverbank pipit have distribution focal points in Graubünden. In recent years, large predators such as the wolf and lynx, or occasionally the bear, have also migrated back to Graubünden.
As a gamekeeper, you work under the guidance of the district gamekeeper chief and perform conservation, hunting planning, fishery management as well as hunting and fishery police functions. You know the designated area of operation and its waters well.
- Monitoring of game and fish populations as well as their habitats in the municipality of Vals
- Monitoring of various wildlife species
- Support of administrative tasks in the district
- Completed vocational training
- Physical fitness
- Practical experience in hunting and fishing in the canton of Graubünden
- Knowledge of wildlife and fish species and their habitats
- Shooting skills
- Independent and responsible working
- Good communication skills
- Willingness to perform on-call duty
- Driving licence category B
- Fulfilment of the 20th year of age
- Good knowledge of several cantonal languages is an advantage
- Good IT user skills
For professional questions, district chief Samuel Caviezel, samuel.caviezel@ajf.gr.ch and head of department Wild & Hunting Lukas Walser, lukas.walser@ajf.gr.ch are at your disposal.
For questions about the recruitment process, please contact Daria Denoth, Head of Finance & Personnel, daria.denoth@ajf.gr.ch (telephone 081 257 21 98).
Start date: 1 June 2027
Application deadline: 19 November 2026
