Foreperson

About the job

We make Bern more beautiful, colourful and livable. Do you want to support us in this? We are looking for you immediately or by arrangement if horticultural work is your passion and you are looking for a field of activity with meaningful tasks as well as individual working time solutions that suit your needs.

Foreperson

Become part of our team

Your work has an impact – for Bern and for the people who live and work here. Help us shape the community and the future of this city: visible, tangible, sustainable.

The Directorate for Civil Engineering, Transport and Urban Green Spaces ensures an attractive public space. Stadtgrün Bern looks after the public green spaces and trees and operates a nursery as well as the cemeteries.

What you will achieve

  • Working in a well-coordinated team
  • Maintenance and upkeep of Bremgarten Cemetery
  • Performing pruning, planting and mowing tasks
  • Carrying out burials and interments
  • Operating and maintaining vehicles, machines and equipment

What you bring

  • Apprenticeship as a gardener EFZ
  • Independent and reliable, experience in leading employees
  • Team player and responsible
  • Enjoyment of practical work outdoors in all weather conditions
  • Driving licence category B

Your benefits in Bern

For meaning & city life

With us, you make a difference. You help shape city life, take responsibility and make Bern more livable.

Security & stability

We offer you fair pay, clear structures, regulated working hours and long-term prospects.

Room for your whole life

Our working model adapts, wherever possible, to your life. With us, you bring all areas of life into harmony.

Growing with Bern

We give you space for development, further training and independent action.

Healthy in everyday life

With sport, exercise and advice, you stay in shape: physically, mentally, socially – and not only at the workplace.

Advantages for every day

We offer you practical extras that make your everyday life easier and more enjoyable.

Contact

Do you have questions about the application process or the employer City of Bern? I look forward to helping you.

Amanda Epper

HR Administration

031 321 73 71

Would you like to learn more about this position and our team at the City of Bern? I look forward to meeting you and am happy to help!

Daniel Mast

Head of Bremgarten Cemetery

031 321 71 21

Unsure if you meet all the requirements?

Even if you (still) do not meet all the requirements – we are curious, want to get to know you and look forward to your application!

Your application process

This is how the application process works with us:

Step 1: Online application

Submit your application documents online via our job portal. To allow us to process your documents further, you must create a login. After submitting your application, you will receive a confirmation. We assess each application individually based on the criteria in the job advertisement. This sometimes takes a little time. If your application fits, we will contact you for a first interview.

Step 2: Interviews

In the interview – by phone, on site or online – we want to get to know you. We check whether your expectations of the position match ours, what experience and skills you bring, whether you like our culture and how you fit into the team. If there is mutual interest and depending on the position, several interviews may take place. All your questions about the position, the team or the employment conditions are always welcome.

Step 3: Further steps in the process

Depending on the position, we arrange a trial or taster day, give you a professional task, organise a meeting with the team or invite you to an assessment. Reference checks are usually also part of our application process. You will be transparently informed about all steps in the process.

Step 4: Application decision

Are you convinced by us and we by you? After a verbal offer, you will receive a confirmation, the contract documents and information on how to proceed until you start the job. It didn’t work out? We look forward to you applying for other exciting positions despite the rejection.

For Bern. With heart. With impact.

More than 4,500 people work together in the City of Bern, spread across five directorates and more than 80 professions. We are committed with passion and conviction to the people who live and work here. Together we shape the community and the future of this city – visible, tangible, sustainable. For our city. For Bern.

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