Execution Officer 100%

Commencement of position:

per 01.02.2027 or by arrangement

Work location:

Gampelen

The Justizvollzugsanstalt Witzwil executes sentences and measures for 184 adult men in open penal execution as well as in administrative detention under foreign law. The admitted persons are guided and supported in various occupations in agriculture, trade, and supply according to labor-agogic principles. In penal execution, around 140 employees work consistently towards the goal of socialization and reduction of recidivism of the prisoners. Production goals and execution goals do not compete, but rather complement each other.

Your tasks

As an execution officer, you are responsible for the leadership, care, and social work of 8 - 10 admitted persons.

• Creation of execution plans as well as writing execution progress reports for the admitting authority and courts
• Performance of social service tasks
• Responsibility for the structured course of life in the residential groups
• Design of a socially acceptable environment for the admitted person to fulfill the legal mandate
• Professional handling of conflicts, resistance, and emotionally taxing situations
• Accompanying leisure and employment offers
• Close interdisciplinary cooperation with internal and external bodies
• Completion of demanding administrative tasks
• You contribute actively to an efficient and humanly respectful cooperation and act according to the guiding principles of the Justizvollzugsanstalt Witzwil. On a rotational basis, you perform day, late, and weekend shifts

Your profile

• Training in the social or pedagogical field
• Ideally demonstrate several years of professional experience
• Respectful and professional handling of people from different cultural backgrounds
• Resilient, stable, and capable of criticism personality
• Enjoy working in a team and are interested in and open to new things
• Very good written German skills as well as good oral French skills
• Proficient use of common PC applications

We offer you

A challenging and exciting task awaits you in one of the largest agricultural enterprises in Switzerland. As a "bridge to freedom", your work makes an essential contribution to the reintegration of the admitted persons into society. You will acquire the necessary execution knowledge during part-time vocational training or further education at the Schweizerisches Kompetenzzentrum für den Justizvollzug.

Contact

We look forward to your application. Send us your application documents online by 12.10.2026. Further information will be gladly provided by Marc Herren, Vollzugsteamleiter, Tel. 031 655 65 11.

About the Amt für Justizvollzug

The Amt für Justizvollzug (AJV) is responsible for the open and closed penal and measure execution for adults and adolescents with around 1000 employees within the Sicherheitsdirektion des Kantons Bern (SID). To fulfill this task, the office has at its disposal four concordat correctional facilities, four regional prisons, the security station at the Inselspital, the detention management center, as well as probation and execution services.

https://www.ajv.sid.be.ch/de/start/themen/erwachsenen--und-jugendvollzug/justizvollzugsanstalt-witzwil.html