Deputy Head of the Community Policing Division

About the job

Introduction

The Riviera Municipal Security Association (ASR) is a regional public safety organisation that brings together several emergency services (Police, Ambulances, SDIS, ORPC). In addition to these operational areas, there is the Management and Support Services.

ASR currently has 250 professionals and nearly 750 reservists (PCi on-call and volunteer firefighters) who combine daily commitment and a sense of service, quality and reliability of actions, proximity and a spirit of partnership, serving the population. ASR is responsible for community safety in the nine partner municipalities that make it up. It covers a population basin of nearly 85,000 inhabitants.

For the Police Service, we are looking, in the context of the upcoming retirement of the current holder, for a Deputy Head of the Community Policing Division.

Join a division at the heart of the link between the police and the population!

Your mission

As a police officer, you are the number two of the Community Policing Division. You participate daily in its leadership and management, and you replace the Head of Division in their absence. You are also responsible for intercultural matters and institutional, associative and social partnerships, serving prevention as well as safety and social cohesion.

Your responsibilities

• Manage daily activities and staff in delegated areas, supervise operations and decide on corrective measures.
• Contribute to the division's strategic directions, lead projects and support change.
• Coordinate the division's actions with the Police-Rescue Division, police partners in Eastern Vaud, the Commercial and Events Police, and the Mobility Office.
• Develop partnerships in the fields of youth, the elderly, addictions and precariousness, and represent the institution with regional and cantonal bodies.
• Maintain dialogue with the migration community and foreign communities, and lead prevention and mediation efforts.
• Identify staff training needs in your areas, then organise awareness-raising actions and evaluate their effects.
• Ensure, on a rotating basis, the duty of the General Staff.

Your profile

We are looking for an experienced individual combining police skills, leadership, organisational sense and ability to collaborate.

Required or committed to following and successfully completing the following training:

• CAS CEP ISP (police engagement management at officer level) or equivalent.
• ASFC Leadership Certificate or equivalent management certificate.
• Adult trainer diploma.

Required:

• Several years of experience in a managerial position.
• Excellent knowledge of the legal framework and operational practices, strong operational and organisational management skills.
• Good knowledge of police ethics and deontology, and sensitivity to issues of cultural diversity and social cohesion.
• Strong leadership, exemplary conduct, managerial courage, sense of consultation and ability to manage conflicts.
• Very good analytical, synthesis and writing skills, and ease in representing the institution.
• High autonomy, adaptability and sense of public service.

Start date: 1 May 2027 or to be agreed

Any questions?

Lt-Col. Ruben Melikian is available for any further information at 021 966 84 01.

A detailed specification may be requested at the address: recrutement(arobase)securiv.ch.

Application

If you wish to actively contribute to the security of the Riviera region, we invite you to submit your complete application via JobUp (cover letter, CV, work certificates and diplomas) by 8 December 2026. We look forward to meeting you.