Information Security Officer (m/f/d) 80% - 100%

Start date:

1. February 2027 or by arrangement

Work location:

Thun

The Wirtschaftsschule Thun (WST) is the leading vocational and continuing education center in the Berner Oberland. At our locations in Thun and Gstaad, we train around 850 learners annually in 60 classes across five basic training professions (KV, retail, ICT) as well as two vocational baccalaureate specializations (BM 2). In addition, we accompany 500 participants in higher vocational education in over 80 courses in the business sector. Our team of around 80 employees and three learners (KV/Mediamatik) stands for education at the highest level.

Do you not see information security as a rigid set of rules, but as an enabler for sovereign learning? Are you strong in conceptual work, but also enjoy rolling up your sleeves and taking action? Do you want to sustainably shape the security landscape of seven secondary level II schools in the Berner Oberland as a trustworthy advisory and leadership personality?

Then this is your chance!

Your tasks

The scope of this newly created key position extends across seven schools (two gymnasiums and five vocational schools) in the Berner Oberland.

• Actively participate in the development and implementation of the ISMS at seven schools.
• Sustainably manage, review, and optimize the ISMS at the schools.
• Establish a lived ISDS awareness among school management, teachers, and administration, and provide level-appropriate advice on concepts and risk analyses.
• Systematically identify and assess ISDS risks, develop and implement school-wide standards based on them, and support the schools in managing them.
• Represent school interests towards the office as well as other school cooperations and report to the SIBE and the school management.

Your profile

• Bachelor/Master in computer science or in the field of education, computer scientist EFZ with relevant professional experience and subject-specific further training (e.g., CAS, CISA, CRISK).
• Sound practical experience in the ISDS environment (ideally Sek II or cantonal data protection) as well as in the development and operation of ISMS.
• High degree of personal responsibility and a structured and solution-oriented way of working to manage seven school contexts in parallel.
• Assertive and conflict-capable personality with high empathy to communicate complex specifications in a level-appropriate manner and to grasp connections quickly.
• German at C2 level, willingness to travel in the Berner Oberland area.

We offer you

• Great creative freedom, flat hierarchies, and an open team culture.
• Flexible annual working time model, mobile working (home office), 15 minutes of paid break time twice daily.
• 5 to 7 weeks of vacation (age-dependent), planable flexibly or aligned with school operations.
• 15 guaranteed, paid holidays per year (weekend holidays are fully compensated).
• Increased working hours (42h/week) with a lump-sum compensation between Christmas and New Year.
• Employment according to the personnel regulations of the city of Thun.
• Remuneration according to cantonal guidelines in salary class 21.

Contact

Curious? Your contact for questions: Lorin Reber, Project Manager Large Cooperation Berner Oberland, Telephone 033 225 26 92, lorin.reber@wst.ch

https://wst.ch/