Administrative Assistant 80-100%

Who are we?

The Food Safety and Veterinary Affairs Service (SAAV) is tasked with ensuring, through its inspections and analyses, that foodstuffs and everyday objects do not endanger consumer health or mislead them. It also safeguards animal welfare and health for their own sake and for the benefit of humans.

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Why join us?

Do you want to work for the entire population of Fribourg and join a committed team made up of varied and complementary profiles? Join us to pursue a meaningful profession within a human-scale service, while benefiting from the stability and resources offered by a large organisation such as the State of Fribourg.

In addition to this stimulating environment, we offer attractive conditions: pleasant working environment, company restaurant, ergonomic workstations, employer State benefits and continuous training. Promotion of bilingualism through training in the partner language. For more information, follow this link .

Your tasks

• Assist the Head of the Animal Health Section with various daily administrative tasks in French and German
• Ensure administrative follow-up of dossiers related to epizootics
• Manage general correspondence and process official documents of the section
• Be the contact person in French and German for external requests, whether from public institutions or private partners
• Manage and monitor federal databases related to animal health
• Guarantee quality service through your communication skills, discretion and stress resistance
• Provide effective support and demonstrate great availability during crisis situations

Desired profile

• Commercial apprenticeship certificate and/or commercial professional maturity (or equivalent training), complemented by several years of experience in a similar role
• Enthusiastic, dynamic personality with excellent interpersonal and communication skills
• Able to work independently within a team
• Very good organisational skills, with proven ability to manage priorities pragmatically and effectively
• Sense of responsibility, analytical mind and solution-oriented approach to handling dossiers
• Empathetic, discreet, flexible and available, you demonstrate a strong service orientation
• Comfortable with common IT tools
• Fluency in French or German with very good knowledge of the other language as well as excellent writing skills

Contact details

Catherine Heimann, Deputy Head of Service, T +41 26 305 80 04