Senior Project Manager Security Communications — Confederazione Svizzera

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Immerse yourself in a professional world between fire brigade, police, medical and civil protection in connection with highly complex digitalization solutions. They take responsibility for a project of national importance, lead it together with the Confederation and cantons to the goal and thus ensure communication in civil protection also in crisis situations.

• Entry date: by agreement
• Type of employment: perpetual
• Reference No: JRQ$540-20408

You can make this contribution

• Lead complex key projects of the BABS in the area of security communication and bear the full responsibility of the results towards the Confederation, cantons and operators of critical infrastructures.
• Lead the cooperation with the cantons, other federal agencies and partner organisations. clarify requirements and interfaces, chair multilingual section meetings and prepare the decisions of the relevant bodies.
• Responsible for costs, deadlines, quality and risks, managing project controlling and reporting to the supervisory and decision-making bodies.
• Communicating in a step-by-step manner: from the technical group to the project supervision, the administration to the department and the cantonal representations.
• Bringing together different interests of the Confederation and cantons. Addressing conflicts at an early stage, negotiating viable solutions under pressure and maintaining the trust of stakeholders throughout the project.

This makes them unique.

• University degree (uni or technical college) in business administration, project management, computer science or equivalent education
• Very good knowledge of project management methods and tools (e.g. Hermes, IPMA, Agile, Scrum, PRINCE2, PMI, SAFe), where possible with appropriate certificates
• 8 to 12 years of experience in managing large-scale projects with high complexity, including several years in the field of security communications, network infrastructure or critical infrastructures. Successes in the leadership of interdisciplinary teams
• A high degree of design and problem-solving skills, good handling of complexity and a pronounced ability to abstract. Experience in the federal environment with cantons and other stakeholders
• Excellent conceptual and editorial skills, high social and communication skills and the ability to communicate in a step-by-step manner. Negotiation skills, stability and assertiveness in a politically and security-relevant environment
• Active knowledge of two official languages as well as English, passive knowledge of a third official language beneficial

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 Federal Office for Civil Protection (BABS) is the nationally recognized coordination office for civil protection between federal, cantonal and third parties. It provides fundamentals and coordination, particularly in the areas of risk analysis, warning and alerting, training, telematics and protective infrastructure, as well as disaster medicine, ABC protection and disarmament. Together with the cantons and other national and international partners, it has the capabilities, current technologies and infrastructure for dealing with disasters and emergencies.

Women and people from the French and Italian linguistic communities are still underrepresented in our administrative unit. Your applications are therefore particularly welcome.

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