Administrative Assistant

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

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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, staff restaurant, ergonomic workstations, employer state benefits, and ongoing training. Promotion of bilingualism through training in the partner language. For more information, follow this link .

• Assist the head of the Animal Health section with various daily administrative tasks in French and German
• Ensure the 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

• Commercial employee certificate (CFC) 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
• Capable of working 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, with a strong service orientation
• Comfortable with common IT tools
• Fluency in French or German with very good knowledge of the other language and excellent writing skills

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