Scientific Associate Innovation and Business

This is your contribution

• Leading the innovation subject area VBS and ensuring the implementation and further development of the VBS Innovation Governance in cooperation with all offices of the department
• Ensuring innovation management in the VBS General Secretariat as the office's innovation officer, leading the corresponding processes and committees within the framework of ideas and challenges and empowering employees
• Promoting the innovation subject area in the VBS as in the GS-VBS and representing interests in committees within the department as well as at the federal level
• Leading work and working groups on political mandates, business matters and issues at the department and office level with a focus on top projects, planning, controlling, digitalization and VBS security
• Leading projects, analyzing, processing and reviewing complex issues, forecasting relevant developments and deriving bases for action and decisions

What makes you unique

• University degree in the field of innovation, digitalization, economics, politics or comparable training
• Training and experience in the subject area of innovation
• Good knowledge in the subject areas of digitalization, strategy and governance
• Experience in the area of political processes at the federal level as well as interest in political texts / content
• Experience in project management and the preparation of reports and decision-making bases
• Excellent written and oral expression as well as good knowledge of at least one second official language and, if possible, passive knowledge of a third official language

What we offer

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

Questions regarding the application

Michele-Davide Esposito
+41 58 46 10787

Connect, steer - shaping a secure future.

The General Secretariat of the VBS is the actual staff organization of the department. It supports the head of the department as a member of the Federal Council as well as in the management of the department. The GS-VBS develops the political strategy as well as specifications for the administrative units and supports and monitors their implementation. Furthermore, it ensures planning, controlling and coordination at the department level in the cross-sectional areas of personnel, finance, law and informatics, but also in security policy or in the area of space and environment.