Team Lead Employee Life Cycle Processes, HR Services

Zollikofen, Switzerland (and home office) | 100-100% What you can contribute <br /> • Lead a team of eight people on human, technical, and organizational levels, and actively contribute to HR services within the management team • Ensure efficient management, continuous development, and quality assurance of processes throughout the staff members' life cycle, and promote knowledge management within the team • Guarantee professional, qualitative, and customer-oriented HR services for staff members and executives • Participate in the design of projects aimed at standardizing and digitizing HR processes <br /> What makes you unique <br /> • Bachelor's degree -- HES/University/EPF -- in a relevant discipline or comparable training, with continuing education in the field of human resources • Solid professional experience in staff member life cycle processes, ideally in an HR service center • Proven experience in a leadership role accompanied by experience in project activities and change processes • Good proficiency in SAP SuccessFactors as well as common use of Microsoft 365 applications, notably Excel, PowerPoint, Word, and Teams • Cooperative personality, with a strong team spirit, great flexibility, and a sense of diplomacy • Good active knowledge of at least a second official language. Passive knowledge of a third official language is an asset. <br /> In a few words You will take the lead of the << Employee Life Cycle Processes >> team and actively contribute to its development. Through your mastery of operational HR processes and your sense of processes, you will promote the efficiency of operations, advance digitization, and, with your team, develop future-oriented HR services. A varied management position awaits you within a motivated team, in an exciting international context. What we offer <br /> • Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success of the Swiss model and to the well-being of the population. • Diversity in everyday life We ensure equal opportunities, which allows us to deploy our skills and express different points of view. • Health at work We assist and advise our employees on all matters related to physical or mental health. All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/fr/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html) <br /> On behalf of the Federal Council, the Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (FDFA) designs and coordinates Switzerland's foreign policy. It also strives to defend the country's interests and promote its values. The Directorate for Resources (DR) manages the human and financial resources necessary to implement foreign policy objectives. It maintains the global network of Switzerland's representations. The DR also provides the services necessary for the smooth running of the department's operations in terms of logistics, telematics, management instruments, and controlling. It is also responsible for legislative activity, the application of law, and legal advice for the department. Finally, it includes the Federal Travel Centre, which organizes and purchases the services required for official travel carried out abroad. Additional information For more information, please contact Alexandra De Toro, specialist and deputy head of the Employee Life Cycle Processes team, tel. 058 463 15 83, alexandra.de-toro@eda.admin.ch, or Cécile Thess, deputy head of HR services, tel. 058 485 51 50, cecile.thess@eda.admin.ch. Application deadline: 14 July 2026 Questions about the position