Scout Programme Assistant, International Affairs and Association Publications (60%)

About the job

With more than 51,000 members, the Swiss Scout Movement (MSdS) is the largest organisation for children and young people in Switzerland. It offers children and young people an exciting experience outside of school and studies. With its approximately 550 local groups, the Scout Movement is present in all cantons and linguistic regions of Switzerland; internationally, it is part of the worldwide-rooted Scout Movement. 

For our national secretariat team in Bern, we are looking for a Scout Programme Assistant, International Affairs and Association Publications (60%) starting from February 2027 or by agreement.

Scout Programme Assistant, International Affairs and Association Publications (60%)

Within this exciting and varied role, as a flexible and proactive organisational talent, your tasks are:

• Support for the Programme & International Manager (responding to written enquiries, preparing documents, etc.)
• Support for the programme committee composed of volunteers (project support, drafting and layout of documents, forms or minutes, preparing articles for the newsletter and social media, organising conferences, managing the website, etc.)
• Support for the international committee composed of volunteers (project support, organising trips and registrations for international conferences and seminars, processing or forwarding international requests, preparing articles for the newsletter and social media, organising conferences, managing the website, etc.)
• Management of the movement’s publications (responsible for the MSdS publication portfolio, updating/reprinting publications, administrative assistance for brochure creation, requesting quotes, etc.)
• General secretarial tasks, such as taking minutes and managing incoming phone calls

What do you bring?

• Completed apprenticeship, e.g. commercial clerk; ideally with professional experience
• Used to independently managing a complex work environment
• Native German or French speaker with very good knowledge of the other language, good knowledge of English (spoken and written)
• Good IT skills; comfortable with common MS Office programmes, possibly knowledge of InDesign, MailChimp and CMS (website)
• Ability to take initiative and enjoy group reflection
• Stress resistance, great flexibility and ability to quickly link different topics
• Team player with an interest in working with volunteers
• Available to occasionally attend meetings or events in the evening or at weekends throughout Switzerland
• Ideally, experience in scouting or voluntary engagement

What do we offer you?

• An interesting and responsible role within the exciting environment of a large, multilingual national non-profit organisation (NPO)
• Many opportunities for your personal development
• A paid, permanent position for Swiss scouting
• An attractive workplace in the centre of Bern (near the station)
• Flexible and attractive working conditions with an annualised schedule, five weeks’ holiday, two weeks’ youth leave and up to 50% remote working

Interested? For more information, Eléonore de Planta, Programme and International Manager, is at your disposal (eleonore.deplanta[at]msds.ch, tel. 031 328 05 58).

Please send your digital application with the usual documents by 26 November 2026 to the email address postulation[at]msds.ch.

Interviews will probably take place on 3 and 4 December.