Head of Main Department Operations

100 %

per 1. Januar 2027 or by arrangement

Member of the Executive Board AMB | Chief of Staff Cantonal Command Staff

Your responsibility :

• You lead the Main Department Operations with the departments of Operations Management as well as Operations and Prevention Planning.
• You are responsible for the cantonal prevention planning and operational doctrine of the cantonal civil protection and continuously develop these.
• You are responsible for the operations of the Civil Protection Operational Association (EVB). This combines nine cantonal operational resources: Care-Team, emergency hotline, personnel management team, ABC-Wehr, Öl-Wehr, Rheinrettung, Zivilschutzkompanie, Ingenieur-Team and Helisupport Bevölkerungsschutz.
• As Chief of Staff of the Cantonal Command Staff (KFS), you assume a central leadership function in managing major events and emergencies and work closely with partner organizations, municipalities, cantons, Confederation and Army.
• You lead and accompany IT and procurement projects.
• You represent the office in cantonal, national and trinational specialist and working groups.

Your background :

• You have a Master's degree and proven conceptual skills as well as experience in project management, preferably according to HERMES.
• You have a pronounced understanding of business management contexts.
• As an experienced leader, you combine strategic thinking with high operational orientation.
• You also lead confidently under time pressure, make clear decisions and know how to bring different organizations and specialist departments together.
• You have experience in project management, preferably in IT, digitalization and procurement projects.
• You are at least an officer of leadership level 2 of a partner organization of the civil protection or an officer of the Swiss Army with proven operational experience.
• High resilience as well as the willingness for operations outside of regular working hours are required.

For questions regarding the position

Patrik Reiniger
Dienststellenleiter / Leiter Kantonaler Führungsstab

Amt für Militär und Bevölkerungsschutz (AMB)

The Amt für Militär und Bevölkerungsschutz (AMB) is an operational, training and administrative organization. The AMB is an office with around 50 employees within the Security Directorate of the Canton Basel-Landschaft.
The AMB is responsible for the operations of the Civil Protection Operational Association, the training in civil protection as well as for personnel and officers in the Zivilschutz. Administrative activities include, among others, army tasks on behalf of the Confederation or the operation of the Kaserne Liestal. Furthermore, operational and prevention planning is created in the AMB, as well as logistics and administration services are provided.

What else you should know

An extraordinary management position with high responsibility, great creative freedom and direct impact on the security of the population awaits you.
You help shape the civil protection of the Canton Basel-Landschaft – from prevention planning to leadership in operations.

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