Clerk Training Grants 90 - 100 %

Start of position:

1. December or by arrangement

Work location:

Bern

As a trained and experienced specialist in processing demanding administrative subject areas, you will take responsibility for the legally compliant examination of applications for training grants in German. In standardized processes, you will examine applications independently and on a case-by-case basis, calculate scholarship and loan entitlements, prepare decrees, and revise them if necessary. To do this, you will use the previous scholarship application and the successor solution in parallel.

Your tasks

You independently examine and process applications for training grants and calculate the entitlement to scholarships or training loans based on the legal foundations. You collect all necessary documents, justify your method of calculation, issue decrees, check the level of training, and collect certificates and other supporting documents. If necessary, you reclaim granted contributions. You advise and support applicants by telephone and correspond with them via email and by mail. You are in contact with institutions, especially with social services.

Your profile

For this varied and very responsible task, we are looking for a person with a completed commercial vocational training or an equivalent background for our team of a total of fifteen employees. Several years of professional experience are required for this position. Interest in IT solutions is an advantage. Your place of work is centrally located in Bern. Your way of working is very independent, very exact, and very structured. You communicate very fluently orally and in writing. You are familiar with MS Office products from professional application. You can quickly familiarize yourself with new IT applications and are open to technical innovations. You enjoy working in a team and are a responsible and service-oriented personality. Confident German, both orally and in writing, completes your profile. The induction into this position takes place in German. You process German-language applications. With appropriate linguistic skills, there is also the possibility to process applications in French.

We offer you

We offer you a versatile, meaningful, and responsible task in a well-coordinated team, scope for design in work organization, and support for personal further training.

Contact

Curious? Your contact for questions: Sebastian Wille, Head of Application Processing and Deputy Department Head, +41 31 633 39 56; Tibor Bauder, Department Head, +41 31 636 21 12

Amt für zentrale Dienste

The Amt für zentrale Dienste of the Bildungs- und Kulturdirektion (BKD) is responsible as an internal service provider for the correct classification and salary payment to teachers, the awarding of scholarships, IT in the BKD, finance and accounting, the central reception/telephone, and the facility management of the BKD.

The Ausbildungsbeiträge department of the Amt für zentrale Dienste is responsible for the awarding of training grants in the form of scholarships and loans to trainees with a residence subject to scholarship law in the Canton of Bern. Around 5,000 to 6,000 applications are processed and examined annually.

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