Project Manager Usage and Operations

About the job

Project Manager Usage and Operations

Become part of our team

Your work has 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 of Finance, Personnel and IT provides a variety of internal city services and supplies central resources. The Immobilien Stadt Bern department manages and maintains the extensive municipal property portfolio.

What you will achieve

• You are responsible for the topics of usage and operations in the new city district within the remit of Immobilien Stadt Bern [e.g. commercial and community spaces, open spaces, neighbourhood life].
• You further develop the operations and usage concept, taking into account economic, social and ecological aspects, and accompany its implementation.
• You represent the interests of the City of Bern as landowner vis-à-vis all parties involved and within the overall project management team.
• You act as the interface to the infrastructure cooperative that operates the district’s shared infrastructure offering, and actively shape the collaboration with it and its management.
• You contribute your expertise to ensure that a functional, attractive and sustainable district emerges from the planning.
• You prepare decision-making bases and draft proposals and statements for commissions, the municipal council and the city council.

What you bring

• You have completed a university or university of applied sciences degree in a relevant field (e.g. architecture, real estate economics, civil engineering) and have several years of professional experience in the planning, construction or real estate sector.
• You have experience in strategic or operational facility management and have led subprojects or complex projects.
• You work in a structured, precise and solution-oriented manner, negotiate skilfully and bring together different interests.
• You communicate confidently in spoken and written form and draft proposals and reports.
• You deal with stakeholders in a customer- and service-oriented manner.
• You understand political processes and public decision-making structures.

Your benefits in Bern

For meaning & city life

With us, you make a difference. You help shape city life, take responsibility and make Bern a better place to live.

Security & stability

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

Space 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 room 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 just at the workplace.

Benefits 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 assisting you.

Anita Haldimann

HR Specialist

+41 31 321 64 82

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!

Michael Heim

Department Head / Overall Project Manager Viererfeld/Mittelfeld

+41 31 321 47 56

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: 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 what happens until you start the job. It didn’t work out? We look forward to you applying for other exciting positions despite a rejection.

For Bern. With heart. With impact.

More than 4,500 people work together in the City of Bern 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.