Chef/in Strategie und Governance Verteidigung — Swiss Armed Forces (VTG)

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The Strategy and Governance V team shapes the long-term orientation of Group V to strengthen Switzerland’s defence capability. We create strategic decision-making bases for the chief of the army and the army leadership and support them in steering the development of the group as a whole. Our aim is to translate strategy into organizational impact – through clear priorities, coherent governance and consistent implementation. As head of the team, you will be responsible for key strategic issues at the interface between military and organizational development. You advise senior management, coordinate cross-organisational projects and ensure the coherence of organizational development. We are looking for an intellectually curious personality with integrity, who combines analytical depth with pragmatic implementation, takes responsibility and wants to achieve impact.

• Entry Date: Immediately
• Type of employment: perpetual
• Reference No: JRQ$540-20673
• Location: Guisanplatz 1, 3003 Bern

You can make this contribution

• Enable the chief of the army and the army leadership to strategically control the long-term development of the defence group. Represent the chief strategy, control and transformation in his/her absence in all respects

• Responsible for decision-making on the further development of Group V in the areas of strategy, organizational development and transformation

• Coordinate the organisational development of the Defence Group and ensure its coherence with the strategic direction

• Further develop and anchor the governance of the Defence Group in a strategy-oriented manner

• Lead an experienced team and coordinate interdisciplinary working groups with experts and stakeholders at top management level

• Support and advise senior management in the development, coordination and implementation of sub- and specialist strategies

This makes them unique.

• Higher or higher education or equivalent education

• Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as networked and strategic thinking skills

• Many years of experience in strategy, organizational development or transformation, ideally along the entire strategy cycle – from analysis and planning to alignment to implementation and controlling

• Strong consulting skills and the ability to effectively navigate complex stakeholder landscapes with partially diverging interests

• knowledge of the internal processes and structures of the Federal Republic or training for the General Staff or Staff officers are beneficial

• Very good active knowledge of at least a second official language (B2) and English at least B2

We offer this

• We are committed to the success model Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.

• Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.

• Healthy at work We support and advise our employees in the field of physical and mental health.

Application questions Lea Gall HR Business Partner +41 58 46 31631

Your commitment to security and freedom The Army Staff (A Staff) supports the Chief of the Army in the leadership of the Departmental Department of Defence and is responsible for the overall military planning and development of the Swiss Army. Here, in accordance with the political guidelines, the strategic foundations, the armed forces development and the army and armaments planning are developed and tasks in the international security context are performed. The command, control and coordination of all cross-cutting areas (personnel, finance, real estate) also fall under the responsibility of the Army Staff.

The Swiss Army employs more than 9,000 people in four military and around 200 civilian occupations – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: The Swiss Army trains learners in more than 30 professions.

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