Scientific Associate Staff HR EDA

This is your contribution • Support the Head of HR in strategic HR topics by developing and further developing concepts and their implementation, as well as taking over partial and total projects in close cooperation with various stakeholders within and outside the HR department of the EDA. • Develop and share responsibility for the global budget and other financial and personnel control variables of Personal EDA, as well as ensure and formulate IKS processes, substantive quality, documents and recommendations for action for the hierarchy. • Ensure cross-departmental coordination of various matters, such as Federal Council and parliamentary matters and audit mandates from the Internal Audit or the Swiss Federal Audit Office. • Support the department and its management through the substantive coordination of agenda items at meetings, the preparation of management decisions and their implementation, as well as representing the department management in cross-departmental committees. • Advise the HR department regarding communication and the associated formats and platforms. • Represent the assistant to the Head of HR in his/her absence. What makes you unique • Bachelor's degree, preferably in the fields of humanities and social sciences, economics or pedagogy • Experience in the federal administration, ideally in the EDA or in a political-administrative environment • Very good analytical, conceptual and editorial skills • High organizational competence with a strong ability to prioritize complex, parallel matters • Confident handling of digital working and communication tools (e.g. MS 365, business management systems, collaboration and intranet tools; affinity for AI is an advantage) • Excellent knowledge of at least two official languages and very good English skills (min. B2) What we offer • Working for Switzerland: We are committed to the Swiss success model 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. The Federal Department of Foreign Affairs (EDA) coordinates and shapes Swiss foreign policy on behalf of the Federal Council, safeguards the interests of the country and promotes Swiss values. The Directorate for Resources (DR) controls the use of personnel and finances to implement foreign policy objectives. It operates the worldwide Swiss representation network. The directorate provides the services necessary for the operational management of the department in the areas of logistics, telematics, management and controlling instruments. The legislation, application of law and legal advice of the department also belong to the area of responsibility of the Directorate for Resources. Subordinate to it is also the Federal Travel Centre, which organizes and purchases international business trips.