Head of Fire Brigade Training 100%

About the job

Your new role

In this position, you plan and manage fire brigade training holistically for professional and militia fire brigades. You further develop training concepts and ensure that our emergency personnel understand risks, assess them correctly, and handle them professionally. Together with your training team, you ensure that training is effective. You can expect a broad and varied range of tasks. In this role, you also serve as an on-call officer during standby duty.

The head of fire brigade training reports directly to the commander, is a member of the command, and contributes the training strategy to the overall development of the fire brigade. They are responsible for fire brigade training and its quality and work closely with external training institutions. In close coordination with the operational areas, they ensure that training is consistently aligned with real operational requirements.

This position is for you if

• You understand training as the key to operational readiness and management and want to actively shape it.
• You have several years of leadership experience in the fire service.
• You can plan and coordinate complex training landscapes.
• You want to develop people and promote a uniform training culture.
• You have completed fire service-specific training at officer level and have several years of leadership experience in core and specialised fire service tasks.
• You can demonstrate solid didactic qualifications and experience in adult education.
• You have a confident understanding of operational reality, tactics, and hazard development.
• You are confident in planning and managing complex training and exercise projects.
• Strategic thinking, organisational skills, leadership and communication competence, as well as high resilience, are among your strengths.
• A residence within a maximum radius of 30 minutes (residential area) is not an obstacle for you for this position.

Good reasons to work for the City of St.Gallen:

Your department

The Fire Brigade and Civil Protection Department of St.Gallen protects the population, environment, and property and manages all kinds of damage events. The fire brigade of the City of St.Gallen provides immediate assistance around the clock and makes a significant contribution to the safety of the population.

Our corporate culture

We stand for professionalism, collaboration, and trust. Our work is guided by a shared understanding of safety: we handle risks consciously and proactively and strengthen our physical and psychological operational readiness. We rely on a uniform training culture, promote skills, and create perspectives for our employees.

We cultivate a culture of respect and equal opportunities. As diverse as the City of St.Gallen is, so are our employees. We support the compatibility of work, family, and other areas of life.

What we offer

We offer you a meaningful role with a direct contribution to the safety of the City of St.Gallen. In this central leadership position, you have strategic scope for design. You work with committed professionals in the professional and militia systems and are part of a broad network, actively participating in numerous committees. We offer you individual training and development opportunities.

Our selection process

For information, the commander, Colonel Daniel Frei, is happy to assist you at 071 224 41 55. Please apply exclusively online by 31 July 2026.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.