Specialist Public Affairs & Regulation (80-100%)

The Verband Schweizerischer Kantonalbanken (VSKB) is the umbrella organization of the 24 Kantonalbanken – one of the most significant banking groups in Switzerland. We advocate for a strong and diverse Swiss financial center and represent the common interests of the Kantonalbanken. At the interface of the financial market, politics, and the public, we actively shape future-oriented topics. At the same time, we strengthen the radiance of the common umbrella brand of the Kantonalbanken and promote their positioning as a competent, responsible banking group through targeted engagement.

To strengthen our team, we are looking for a politically interested, engaging, and communication-confident personality who quickly grasps financial market-political topics, prepares them appropriately for the target audience, and professionally represents the VSKB in exchange with internal and external stakeholders.

Your tasks

• Responsibility for important financial center topics
• Developing and writing political positions, arguments, and statements
• Monitoring and accompanying political processes
• Writing social media posts
• Representing the VSKB towards our members and externally
• Conception and organization of political events
• Building and maintaining networks in business and politics

Your profile

• University degree in the fields of economics, law, politics, or communication
• At least 3 years of experience in political work (association, company, administration, or politics)
• Enthusiasm for politics, regulatory processes, and the Swiss financial center
• Ability to quickly grasp complex content and convey it in a target-group-oriented manner
• Very good oral and written communication skills (French language skills are an advantage)

What awaits you

• Extremely exciting and varied activity at the interface between politics and the financial industry
• Taking on topic responsibility and representing the VSKB towards politics, the federal administration, and others
• Dedicated and motivated team where you can set your own accents
• Flexible working conditions (workplaces in the headquarters Basel, Bern, Zürich and home office)