Unemployment Benefits Specialist
- 03 November 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Chur
Job summary
Join the Grisons, the only trilingual Canton in Switzerland! Experience a diverse work environment with great benefits.
Tasks
- Review and process unemployment benefit applications accurately.
- Ensure timely and correct payment of insurance benefits.
- Provide professional assistance to insured individuals regarding their rights.
Skills
- Business training or equivalent, ideally with social insurance experience.
- Strong numerical skills and attention to detail.
- Excellent IT skills, especially with MS Office.
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About the job
Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in its economic, cultural and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts and countless days of sunshine per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in its economic, cultural and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts and countless days of sunshine per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Unemployment Benefits Specialist
Graubünden Labour Office (ULAV) | 80-100% | Chur
The Graubünden Labour Office currently employs around 135 staff across six regions of the canton of Graubünden. In addition to managing the Regional Placement Office (URC), we organise active labour market measures for job seekers and manage the cantonal unemployment fund. Furthermore, we carry out various tasks in the labour market and occupational safety sectors.
For the Graubünden unemployment fund section, we are looking for an unemployment benefits specialist (80-100%) starting 1 February 2027 or by agreement.
Responsibilities
- Examination and processing of unemployment benefit applications, including thorough assessment of entitlement and calculation of benefits
- Correct and timely payment of insurance benefits
- Competent and service-oriented advice by telephone, in writing and, if necessary, in person to insured persons regarding their rights, payment deadlines and other relevant matters
- Coordination and exchange with other social insurers as well as with other sections of the office (especially URC)
What we expect from you
- Completed commercial training or equivalent qualification, ideally with experience in social insurance (the federal professional certificate for social insurance specialists is an advantage)
- Numerical proficiency as well as precise and structured working method
- Excellent IT skills, especially in the use of MS Office
- Friendliness and professionalism as well as the ability to explain complex issues simply and understandably
- Responsible personality, able to work under pressure and independently
- Flexibility and reliability as well as the ability to work in a team
- Good oral and written knowledge of German
- Good knowledge of several cantonal languages is an advantage
We look forward to receiving your online application and to meeting you.
For specialist questions as well as recruitment process inquiries, Nadja Klopfenstein, head of the Graubünden unemployment fund, is gladly available at telephone number 081 257 23 60.
Application deadline: 23 November 2026
