Administrative Management

About the job

Hochwald is an attractive and well-connected municipality on the beautiful Gempen plateau. We are easily accessible within the Basel agglomeration and offer a high quality of life and an attractive village life. The administrative team works daily on behalf of the municipality for its stakeholders and values competent services, sustainable and pragmatic solutions, and is committed to cooperation between municipalities: The Hochwald administration is also responsible for the residents' registration and financial administration of Gempen. We are looking for an Administrative Manager 80% (Municipal Clerk) from 1 November 2026 or by arrangement.

These tasks await you:

• As the Administrative Manager of our municipality, you bear the personnel and organisational overall responsibility for the operational activities of the residents' and citizens' municipality of Hochwald. Together with your team, you coordinate the daily business and ensure an efficient, service-oriented, and legally compliant operation.
• You are the contact person for the population, authorities, and service partners and thus significantly shape the municipality's image externally.
• You are responsible for the monthly publication "Hobel aktuell zwüscheduurä" and the municipality's website. As a member of the editorial team "Hobel aktuell," you also help shape external communication.
• As Municipal Clerk, you prepare decision-making bases for the municipal council, accompany political processes, and ensure the implementation of resolutions after the minutes are prepared.
• You take on the preparation and minute-taking for the municipal assemblies.
• Through your knowledge of administrative areas, you can also contribute your expertise in residents' services and finances.

You bring with you:
For this role with a very broad range of tasks and high personal responsibility, we are looking for a personality who works with experience and enthusiasm for our village. You already have:

• training and several years of experience in public administration,
• further education in the public sector (e.g. CAS Public Community Competence Municipal Administrator),
• profound knowledge of municipal law matters and interest in legal issues,
• high social and leadership competence, preferably with experience in organisational development.

Good IT skills and willingness to attend evening meetings are assumed. You think and act in a networked way, work in a structured and solution-oriented manner, and are resilient. We also place great emphasis on independence, good communication skills, and goal-oriented and efficient work organisation.

What awaits you:

You will find a well-coordinated team and a well-organised and modern administration. As a team player, we offer you a lot of personal responsibility and a diverse working environment in a very beautiful workplace with well-equipped office premises in Hochwald. Contemporary employment conditions, training opportunities, and the possibility to contribute to the community are a matter of course for us.

Interested?

Please send your complete application documents electronically to Municipal President Beat Kübler, who will also be happy to answer any questions. We look forward to getting to know you.

Further information about the municipality can be found at www.hochwald.ch .
Municipal Administration Hochwald, Hauptstrasse 1, 4146 Hochwald