Jurist/-in

Bern (and home office) | 80-100%

This is the contribution you can make

• Processing of mediation requests, conducting mediation procedures with applicants and authorities, as well as issuing recommendations predominantly in German
• Advising and informing the population about their rights and possibilities regarding access to official documents
• Assessing legislative drafts as part of agency consultations
• Advising the Federal Administration on the Freedom of Information Act
• Drafting legal opinions

This makes you unique

• Master's degree in law
• Strong analytical thinking and excellent editorial skills
• Ideally knowledge in the field of the principle of transparency and/or data protection
• Independent way of working as well as resilience, teamwork skills, and flexibility
• Very good German language skills with good knowledge of a second official language (B2)

To put it in a nutshell

This is what we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the success model of Switzerland and work for the welfare of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunity, we develop our competencies and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy in 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)

The Federal Data Protection and Information Commissioner (EDÖB) is committed, on the one hand, to protecting privacy. In doing so, he supervises the application of federal data protection regulations. He can, in particular, initiate investigations and take measures to remedy the illegality of data processing. On the other hand, according to the Freedom of Information Act, the EDÖB is the competence center for all questions in connection with the principle of transparency and access to official documents in the Federal Administration. His main task is the management of mediation procedures between citizens and authorities when they have not granted access to an official document. If no agreement is reached, he issues recommendations.

Additional information

The recruitment interviews for the 1st round will be planned in the month of November.

Astrid Schwegler
Deputy Head of the Directorate for the Principle of Transparency
+41 58 46 49411

Questions about the position