Scientific Employee - Armed Forces Relations

About the job

Bern (and home office) | 80-100% |

You can contribute to this role

• Lead and coordinate the armed forces relations of the Army/Defence Group within the thematic portfolio
• Analyse developments at the international level with regard to the own portfolio, especially in the areas of security policy developments, situation development, armed forces development; prepare and represent corresponding decision-making bases within and outside the federal administration
• Be responsible for managing the international contacts of the Army/Defence Group (including annual planning INTAKTA, approval procedures and reporting); decide on conflicts of interest at the Army/Defence Group level within the own portfolio or prepare bases so that the higher level can decide
• Conduct negotiations with foreign partners as well as within the federal administration within the framework of the international contacts of the Army/Defence Group in the own portfolio
• Maintain relations with stakeholders in the Army/Defence Group, SEPOS, the DDPS as well as with foreign representations in Switzerland (notably defence attachés); maintain further assignments within the scope of the own portfolio

What makes you unique

• Completed university degree in international relations, law, political science, history or economics (Master's or equivalent)
• Additional training in international relations desirable
• In-depth knowledge of the functioning of the Army Staff, especially army planning and/or army development desirable
• Analytical and editorial skills, networked thinking ability as well as high resilience, precise action, independence and sense of responsibility
• Military further training (staff officer or unit commander) advantageous
• Very good active knowledge of a second official language as well as very good English skills in spoken and written form; passive knowledge of a third official language advantageous

In a nutshell

Do you want to apply your military-political knowledge practically in an international environment? If so, become part of International Relations Defence, which represents the interests of the Army in the international environment at the interface between military, law and foreign affairs.

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

All benefits

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Army Staff (A Staff) supports the Chief of the Army in leading the Defence Department area and is responsible for the overall military planning and development of the Swiss Army. Here, according to political guidelines, the strategic foundations, armed forces development and army and armament planning are developed, and tasks in the international security context are performed. The leadership, management and coordination of all overarching cross-sectional areas (personnel, finance, real estate) also fall within the responsibility of the Army Staff.

The Swiss Army employs over 9,000 staff in four military and around 200 civilian professions – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: the Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

A position with the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile .

Questions about the position

Vincent Choffat
Deputy Head Verification
+41 58 46 01204