Internship for trainee lawyers 80-100 %

Start of position:

July 2027 / or later by arrangement

Work location:

Bern-Bümpliz

You are right
You think that in a tax administration one must work precisely, treat equals equally and have a lot of specialist knowledge? You are right. If you confuse that with bureaucratic, <<official-like>> and boring, however, we will lodge an objection. We are working increasingly digitally, organizing ourselves with new forms of work and giving your ideas room to maneuver.

The Law and Coordination division of the Steuerverwaltung des Kantons Bern offers lawyers (MLaw) a 6-month internship. According to Art. 4 Para. 2 of the Verordnung über die Anwaltsprüfung (APV), this internship is creditable as an administrative internship.

Your tasks

• Independent processing of requests for restoration of deadlines, revision and correction
• Clarification of legal questions in connection with the assessment and collection of taxes (esp. tax law incl. tax criminal law, general administrative law as well as debt enforcement and bankruptcy law)
• Support in tax justice proceedings before the Steuerrekurskommission, the Verwaltungsgericht and the Bundesgericht
• Further development of specialist information of the Steuerverwaltung
• Participation in meetings and discussions

Your profile

• You have a completed law degree (MLaw); initial legal internship experience is an advantage
• You have an interest in tax law, administrative law and the willingness to further train in tax law
• You are analytical, possess networked thinking and have a confident and audience-appropriate writing style
• You like to show commitment, flexibility, teamwork
• Good knowledge of the French language in speaking and writing

We offer you

• Comprehensive supervision in a motivated team with an appreciative and constructive discussion culture
• Annual working time
• Modern working environment incl. possibility to work in the home office
• Staff restaurant incl. microwave station

Contact

We look forward to meeting you personally! Send us your application documents with a photo online. Questions? Katja Preuss, wissenschaftliche Mitarbeiterin, Tel. +41 31 633 61 50 is happy to be there for you.

About the Steuerverwaltung

With well over 950 employees in very different professions, we are there for our customers at five locations in the Kanton Bern and implement the tax law. <<Simple. Taxes -- Human. Competent. Efficient.>> With this vision in mind, we examine and assess over 733'000 tax returns every year and ensure that taxes are paid.

https://www.sv.fin.be.ch/de/start/ueber-uns.html