Prison Officer - Vegetable Growing Section 90-100%

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Employment level

 90-100%

Location

 Mont-Vully, CH, Lake

Application deadline

 15.11.2026

Start date

 Immediately or by arrangement

Contract type

Fixed-term contract of 3 months (extendable)

Employing authority / Department / Institution

The Fribourg Prison (the institution) consolidates the enforcement facilities of the Canton of Fribourg. It has the legal form of a public-law institution with its own legal personality. It is administratively assigned to the Directorate of Security, Justice and Sport and is subject to the supervisory authority of the State Council. The institution ensures the guarding, accommodation, care and treatment of prisoners in its custody and contributes to the implementation of the objectives for the enforcement of custodial sentences and measures.

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Your tasks

• Work within the vegetable growing section
• Perform various tasks on an agricultural farm
• Carry out the various tasks of an agricultural operation
• Ensure a guard service and constant supervision of the incarcerated persons taking into account the different detention regimes
• Manage and organise internal and external movements
• Contribute to the resocialisation of inmates through positive influence on them
• Enforce discipline, order and security among the inmates
• Apply and enforce the applicable regulations and instructions

Desired profile

• Federal VET Diploma as a vegetable grower or equivalent training with several years of professional experience in vegetable production
• Possession of the federal specialist certificate for prison officers, advantageous
• Knowledge in handling machines and equipment, advantageous
• Good physical and mental fitness as well as flexibility and stress resistance
• Interest in good interpersonal relationships, communication and conflict management
• Willingness to work in shifts (irregular working hours, including Saturdays and Sundays)
• Willingness to work outside working hours in cases of force majeure
• Good IT skills (MS Office)
• Clean criminal record and debt enforcement register extract
• Proficiency in German and French with good knowledge of the other language

Contact details

 Claude-Alain Chevalley, Head of Agriculture Department, claude-alain.chevalley@fr.ch, T +41 26 304 12 21