Assistant to the Department Head of National Geology and Head of PMO

Assistant to the Head of the Department of National Geology and Head of PMO

Federal Office of Topography swisstopo
Wabern | 60-80%

Your contribution

• Manage the secretariat of national geology and effectively support and relieve the department management and process leaders in organizational and administrative matters

• Lead the Project Management Office (PMO) of the department and support project leaders with reporting, controlling, project administration, documentation, and knowledge management

• Be responsible for departmental controlling, analyze and visualize financial and personnel data, and assist in budgeting and departmental reporting

• Manage contract management and electronic business administration (GEVER) and advise and support employees in their application

• Lead the office of the federal coordination body for geology (KBGeol) and support its committee work and communication

What makes you unique

• Completed commercial vocational training with higher professional education or qualified commercial additional training

• Several years of experience in the secretariat area and/or in a Project Management Office (PMO)

• Articulate, communicative personality with organizational talent and assertiveness

• Team-oriented and actively thinking person with good IT skills (MS Office products, SAP, GEVER)

• Active knowledge of two official languages as well as English

What we offer

Working for Switzerland

We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.

Lived Diversity

Thanks to equal opportunities, we unleash our competencies and bring in different perspectives.

Healthy at Work

We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

Work and Private Life in Harmony

We support individual life design with flexible working forms and different time models.

In a nutshell

Do you like it when many threads come together? With an overview, organizational talent, and a feel for people, you move more than projects – you shape national geology.

swisstopo – know where to go

swisstopo is the federal competence center for geoinformation. It is responsible for national surveying and coordinates the federal activities regarding geodata and geoservices. swisstopo provides its partners and customers with current, high-quality spatial reference data across the entire territory of Switzerland and offers its products, for example, in the form of printed or digital maps, as 3D models or web services. The office is also the federal specialist authority for geology and the supervisory authority for official surveying.

swisstopo is committed to a good life balance. We have been certified with the Family AND Work label. We also live an open, participative, and collegial culture.

Additional Information

Please apply via our application management system. Click on "Apply Now" for this.

For this position, we do not consider personnel service providers.

The next steps

• Application with cover letter

• Application with complete application dossier

• Review of applications

• First interview

• Decision

Start date: by agreement
Type of employment: permanent
Reference No.: JRQ$540-20221
Work location: Seftigenstrasse 264, 3084 Köniz

Questions about the position

Roland Baumberger
+41 58 46 90575