Community Police Officer 80-100%

About the job

Your new role

As a community police officer, you make an important contribution to preventive policing and strengthen the trust relationship between the city police and the population. In daily service, you take on general police duties while maintaining direct contact with residents, business owners, and other stakeholders. Your responsibilities also include handling concerns from the public as well as planning and overseeing prevention campaigns and larger events. In operational situations, you may be deployed to lead an operational section and act as a "uniform platoon leader" (first D) at football matches.

This role is for you if you

• hold the federal specialist certificate as a police officer and ideally have six years of service in the police force.
• have experience in planning and conducting larger events and ideally in operational leadership.
• identify with prevention activities and are a sociable, communicative personality.
• are characterised by independence, proactive behaviour, flexibility, and teamwork skills.
• are willing to adapt your duty roster flexibly to the security situation and, if necessary – regardless of the day of the week – perform additional duties.
• have an impeccable reputation and for whom confidentiality and reliability are a matter of course.

Good reasons to work for the City of St. Gallen:

Are you with us for the people of St. Gallen?

The City Police of St. Gallen, with around 260 employees, is on duty daily to ensure the safety of the population and provides citizen-oriented and networked policing. This makes a significant contribution to the quality of life in the city of St. Gallen.

What we offer

We offer you an exciting and challenging role in a modern and dynamic working environment as well as attractive employment conditions. You will benefit from a workplace within walking distance of the main station, the most modern operational equipment, and high-quality gear. Equal opportunities are highly valued here, and our framework conditions support you in balancing work and private life.

Our selection process

For further information about the position, please contact Primo Inauen, Head of Security, telephone 071 224 42 53. For matters related to the selection process or framework conditions, please contact Sévérine Niederer, Head of Human Resources City Police, telephone 071 224 61 41. Please submit your complete application documents exclusively electronically.

We value diversity in all its forms and look forward to your perspective.