Scientific Associate

Bern, Switzerland | 80-100% |

This is your contribution

• Establishment, maintenance and further development of relationships with relevant stakeholders in the context of accreditation
• Conception and implementation of a coherent information strategy towards these stakeholders as well as definition of the thematic priorities
• Maintenance of contacts with national and/or international bodies or organizations to ensure knowledge transfer or the fulfillment of tasks.
• Preparation of position papers, presentations, lectures, speaking notes and reports for the hierarchy
• Management and coordination of projects within your own area of activity as well as participation in other projects
• Ensuring rule-compliant information management according to the specifications of the Federal Administration

What makes you unique

• Master in politics/social sciences, communication or comparable degree
• Communicative flair, editorial skill and experience in stakeholder management as well as in dealing with new media
• High degree of social, analytical and conceptual competence as well as an independent and self-organized way of working
• Quick grasp, sense for the essential and composure even under time pressure
• Very good active knowledge of two official languages and very good English skills

In a nutshell

The Swiss Accreditation Service (SAS) is the national accreditation authority of Switzerland. From product safety tests to energy management systems to material analysis in the laboratory - whenever it is tested whether products, systems or services comply with certain standards and legal requirements, the SAS also takes a close look. In this way, we create trust in the services of others and contribute to making the everyday lives of many people safer and reducing technical barriers to trade.
The Knowledge and Information Management department, consisting of six well-positioned employees, ensures contemporary knowledge and information management within the SAS, always with the goal that the SAS can fulfill its core tasks in the best possible way.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the welfare of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy in the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is the federal government's competence center for all core issues of economic and labor market policy and belongs to the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (WBF). It promotes international market opening for goods, services and investments. To reduce poverty, SECO is engaged in economic development cooperation. It plans economic and trade policy measures in favor of developing countries, Eastern European and Central Asian countries as well as the new member states of the European Union (EU).

Additional information

Please apply via our application management system (complete dossier with cover letter, CV, work certificates and diplomas). To do this, click on <<Apply now>>.

Questions about the position

Flurina Semadeni
+41 58 46 26549