Jurist/in oder Wirtschaftswissenschaftler/in — Confederazione Svizzera

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Put to the Point

The performance area of export controls and sanctions in SECO will be responsible for the implementation of the Investment Audit Act (IPG), which was adopted on 19 December 2025. The IPG provides for comprehensive audits of certain investments of foreign players in Swiss companies. This affects a wide range of different sectors of the economy (sensitive technologies/armament industry, power plants/energy supply, health, telecom and transport infrastructures, etc.).

• Date of entry: 1.1.2027
• Type of employment: temporary
• Reference No: JRQ$540-20820
• Location: Holzikofenweg 36, 3007 Bern

You can make this contribution

• Examination of investments by foreign investors in Switzerland on the basis of legal, economic and security policy issues;
• preparation of decision-making bases for the sake of the hierarchy, including motions to the Federal Council, as well as providing legal information on the scope of the IPG;
• Representation of Switzerland in bilateral and multilateral negotiations on investment audits and coordination of examination procedures and cooperation with the competent federal authorities and other national and foreign authorities;
• Participation in the further development of the IPG, for example in the parliamentary legislative process;
• Participation in the development of digital working instruments as well as guidelines, leaflets, checklists and other practical foundations for investors, companies and legal representatives.

This makes them unique.

• university degree in law or economics, as well as knowledge in commercial and business law, economics or in the analysis of companies and M&A transactions;
• interest in economic, geopolitical and security contexts;
• Strong analytical skills, confident judgment and the ability to quickly grasp complex corporate, ownership and transaction structures;
• Precise written expression as well as an independent, structured and reliable working method – also in time-critical processes – and a committed, responsible and resilient personality with a high level of teamwork and cooperation ability;
• Very good active knowledge of two official languages as well as English in word and writing and passive knowledge of the third official language.

We offer this

• Working for Switzerland: We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the benefit of the population.
• Living diversity: 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.

The State Secretariat for Economic Affairs (SECO) is the federal competence centre for all core questions of economic and labour market policy and belongs to the Federal Department for Economic Affairs, Education and Research (WBF). It promotes international market opening in goods, services and investment. To reduce poverty, SECO is committed to economic development cooperation. It plans the economic and trade policy measures for developing countries, the Eastern European and Central Asian countries and the new member states of the European Union (EU).

Additional information

Please apply via our application management system (complete dossier with letter of motivation, CV, employment certificates and diplomas). Click on “Apply now”.

People from the French and Italian linguistic communities are sub-represented in our administrative unit. Your applications are therefore particularly welcome.

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