Clerk in Disability Assistance
- 11 November 2026
- 60 – 80%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
60%-80%
Department of Economy, Social Affairs and Environment, Office for Social Contributions
01.01.2027
Tasks
Administrative support of our stakeholders: You independently handle business processes from registration and needs assessment to cost coverage and service billing. You maintain contact with service recipients and providers by phone and in writing.
Registration procedures: You process registrations, check admission to various needs assessment procedures, and issue decisions on individual needs levels.
Cost coverage: You professionally and financially review applications for cost coverage, issue cost coverage guarantees, and clarify the responsibility of other cost bearers, especially social assistance and supplementary benefits.
Service remuneration: You review and approve service invoices from intra- and extra-cantonal service providers in our specialised application and process replacements of social assistance cases.
Teamwork: You work closely with professionals from different disciplines, contribute constructively to the team, and actively develop processes and collaboration.
Profile
Experience: You bring several years of commercial professional experience, a flair for numbers, and an independent, careful working style. You use digital applications confidently and are interested in the further development of our processes.
Personality: You appreciate a dynamic environment, are flexible and curious, think ahead, and show initiative. In the multiprofessional team, you contribute with commitment and constructiveness, take responsibility, and actively shape changes.
Education: You have completed commercial training (EFZ) and necessarily possess sound knowledge of Swiss social insurances, acquired through professional practice and/or further training.
Language: You express yourself clearly, precisely, and confidently in German, both orally and in writing. Additional language skills are an advantage.
Insight into our work
The Office for Social Contributions is responsible for the provision of various social benefits in the canton of Basel-Stadt and belongs to the Department of Economy, Social Affairs and Environment. It examines claims for alimony assistance, disability assistance, supplementary benefits, premium reductions, rent contributions, and other needs-based social benefits.
thanks to professional care management and one hundred percent continued salary payment in case of illness or accident throughout the entire employment relationship.
We value and utilise the diversity of our employees and ensure an equal opportunity working environment.
We support our employees as best as possible with flexitime, part-time work, and home office up to annual and trust-based working hours as well as job-sharing options.
Our centrally located sites are easily accessible on foot, by bike, and by public transport.
With us, tasks, competencies, education, and experience count for salary determination and development.
We cover the larger share of ongoing contributions, offer savings plan options, and possibilities for flexible retirement.
Contact
Questions about the role
Christoph Fenner
Head of Disability Assistance Basel-Stadt
Tel. +41 61 267 84 78
Questions about the application
Hildegard Fessler
HR Consultant
Tel. +41 61 267 21 61
Versatile.
Working for Basel-Stadt.
There is one thing all our more than 11,000 employees have in common: They engage at the pulse of the city by supporting, enabling, guiding, shaping, and protecting. In doing so, they contribute every day with their commitment to making Basel-Stadt a place worth living and loving. As diverse as our tasks are our employees and their opportunities. Welcome to the team of the canton of Basel-Stadt!