Research Associate Defense Strategy

Bern (and Home Office) | 80-100%

This is your contribution

• Support the Army leadership in steering long-term development and military strategic situational monitoring
• Develop strategic (decision) basic documents for the further development of the Defense Group, particularly in the areas of corporate development and strategic transformation
• Analyze data and insights from strategy controlling and risk management and translate them into action-relevant recommendations
• Coordinate and lead interdisciplinary working groups with experienced experts as well as stakeholders at the office level
• Support and advise office directors and department heads in the development, coordination, and implementation of their partial and specialist strategies

This makes you unique

• University or university of applied sciences degree or equivalent training
• Strong analytical and conceptual skills as well as networked and strategic thinking abilities
• Experience in strategy work along the entire strategy cycle -- from analysis and planning to alignment, implementation, and controlling
• Ability to effectively navigate complex stakeholder landscapes with partially diverging interests
• Knowledge of federal internal processes and structures or training as a General Staff or Staff Officer is an advantage
• Very good active knowledge in at least one second official language (B2) as well as English at least B2

In a nutshell

The Strategy and Governance Defense team shapes the long-term orientation of the Defense Group to strengthen the defense capability of Switzerland. We create strategic decision-making bases for the Army leadership and support them in effectively steering the development of the Group as a whole. Our ambition is not only to develop strategy but to achieve organizational impact: through clear priorities, coherent governance, and consistent implementation.
As part of the team, you work on central strategic issues at the interface of military and corporate development. You combine analytical depth with pragmatic implementation competence and drive topics forward independently. You coordinate organization-wide projects, work together with senior stakeholders, and ensure the coherence of strategic initiatives. We are looking for an upright, intellectually curious personality with high personal responsibility, conceptual strength, and the ambition to achieve impact.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy at the workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits (https://www.stelle.admin.ch/stelle/de/home/bundesverwaltung/ihre-vorteile-auf-einen-blick.html)

Your commitment to security and freedom

The Army Staff (A Stab) supports the Chief of the Army in leading the Defense Department area and is responsible for the overall military planning and development of the Swiss Army. Here, in accordance with political specifications, the strategic foundations, the armed forces development, and the army and armament planning are developed, and tasks in the international security context are performed. The leadership, steering, and coordination of all cross-cutting areas (personnel, finance, real estate) also fall within the responsibility of the Army Staff.

The Swiss Army employs over 9'000 employees in four military and around 200 civilian professions -- and this at 110 locations throughout Switzerland. Provision is also made for young talent: The Swiss Army trains apprentices in over 30 professions.

Additional information

Employment with the Swiss Army makes sense and brings many advantages. Convince yourself at armee.ch/vorteile (https://www.vtg.admin.ch/de/vorteile).

Questions about the position

Anton Maurice Regli
Chief Strategy and Governance Defense
+41 58 46 66752

Questions about the application

Lea Gall
HR Consultant
+41 58 46 31631