Scientific Advisor International Space Affairs

This is your contribution

• Represent Switzerland in ESA committees (e.g., in the Advisory Committee on Education) and adopt binding positions on programmatic, legal, and financial issues
• Support the Swiss delegation at ESA in the preparation of and participation in the ESA Council
• Analyze and monitor the space policy of the EU, the ESA and EU member states, as well as established and emerging space actors
• Lead projects in the area of bilateral and multilateral relations in space and maintain contacts with foreign partners and space agencies
• Develop strategic space policy projects and contribute to the preparation of Federal Council matters

This makes you unique

• Completed university degree and several years of professional experience in an international environment
• Independence, loyalty and flexibility, as well as negotiation skills and social competence
• Analytical thinking, strong conceptual and editorial skills as well as audience-appropriate communication
• Experience in processing technical, economic and legal issues, high political sensitivity as well as interest in technology, business development and international affairs
• Very good knowledge of two official languages and very good English skills
• Willingness to travel

This we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the welfare 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.

Shaping today for tomorrow

The State Secretariat for Education, Research and Innovation (SBFI) in the Federal Department of Economic Affairs, Education and Research (WBF) is the federal competence center for nationally and internationally oriented questions of education, research and innovation policy.