Hochschulpraktikant/-in Transformation und Innovation Verteidigung — Swiss Armed Forces (VTG)

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In a nutshell

Would you like to actively help shape the future of Group Defence? With us, you will work directly on new organizational forms, strategic concepts, digital collaboration and transformation formats in an interdisciplinary team, and use your own ideas to help shape a unique security-relevant environment.

• Start date: by agreement
• Employment type: fixed-term
• Reference no.: JRQ$540-20369
• Work location: Guisanplatz 1, 3003 Bern

This is what you can contribute

• Contribute to the conceptual development of the Transformation & Innovation Defence organizational unit, and develop organizational variants and strategic concepts.

• Conduct research, analyses and benchmarks on topics such as organizational design, enabling, digital transformation and military innovation.

• Create communication products to accompany the transformation internally and externally (presentations, dossiers, texts)

• Support the design and further development of digital work platforms (SharePoint, M365, Confluence)

• Contribute to the organization of workshops, meetings and events in the context of Transformation, Enabling & Innovation

What makes you unique

• Master's degree in business administration, psychology, social sciences (e.g. international relations, political science, communication studies) or a comparable field. Knowledge of organizational development, transformation or digitalization is an advantage

• Affinity for modern ways of working, communication and digital collaboration

• Understanding of business contexts and practical challenges in day-to-day operations

• Initial practical professional experience during your studies in a company, public administration or comparable organization (e.g. through internships, working student positions or employment alongside your studies)

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to Switzerland's success story and work for the benefit of the population.

• Diversity in practice Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and contribute different perspectives.

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

Your commitment to security and freedom The Armed Forces Staff (A Stab) supports the Chief of the Armed Forces in managing the Defence sector and is responsible for the overall military planning and development of the Swiss Armed Forces. In accordance with political directives, it develops the strategic foundations, force development, and army and armaments planning, and performs tasks in the international security context. The management, steering and coordination of all cross-cutting areas (personnel, finance, real estate) also fall within the remit of the Armed Forces Staff.

The Swiss Armed Forces employs over 9'000 people in four military and around 200 civilian professions – at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. The next generation is also taken care of: The Swiss Armed Forces trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

A position with the Swiss Armed Forces makes sense and offers many benefits. See for yourself at www.vtg.admin.ch/studierende. At the start of employment, the degree must not have been completed more than 18 months earlier. The internship begins by agreement and lasts 12 months.

Women are still underrepresented in our administrative unit. We therefore particularly welcome your applications.