Head of Labour Market Surveillance SuMT 80 - 100 %

Start date:

1 March 2027 or by arrangement

Workplace:

Berne

50% Remote Work

At the head of the SuMT, you set the course for three committed teams, evolve processes and tools, and represent the Canton of Berne to its partners. Work permits for foreign workers, wage undercutting, undeclared work, posted workers: behind every file lie fair working conditions and fair competition between companies.

Your tasks

• Lead three team leaders, manage priorities, resources, and the workload of the department
• Guarantee legal and efficient execution: decisions, appeal procedures, and criminal complaints
• Evolve organization, processes, and tools, support recruitment, succession, and knowledge transfer
• Collaborate with the SECO, the SEM, social partners, and service providers
• Prepare decision bases and contributions for the division management

Your profile

• You are a generalist with specialized skills that can be useful to the department
• At least five years of experience, including several in management, in administration, surveillance, or enforcement
• Proven experience in managing change and the development of organizations and processes
• Continuing education in management or leadership; in-depth legal knowledge or willingness to train
• French and German: very good oral and written proficiency; English is a plus

We offer you

• A key position serving fair working conditions and a fair Bernese economy
• Real leeway to shape the processes and digitalization of a changing field
• An office at Laupenstrasse, a few minutes' walk from Berne station

Contact

We look forward to meeting you! Send us your application dossier online. For more information, please contact Rachel Lavanchy, designated Head of Working Conditions, by telephone at +41 78 765 70 99, info.awi@be.ch

Office de l'économie

The Office de l'économie promotes, advises, supports, and monitors. Within its Conditions of working division, labour market surveillance is the entry point for notifications of posted workers, suspicions of undeclared work, and complaints regarding wage undercutting -- and ensures that the rules of the game are the same for everyone.

https://www.weu.be.ch/fr/start/ueber-uns/die-organisation/amt-fuer-wirtschaft.html