Clerk Accounting Social Assistance (60% - 80%)
Stadt Burgdorf
Burgdorf
Key information
- Publication date:01 December 2025
- Workload:60 – 80%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Burgdorf
Job summary
Burgdorf, a modern city in Emmental, has over 17,000 residents. Join a supportive work environment with great benefits!
Tasks
- Manage and verify health costs for insurance and support services.
- Conduct checks on non-mandatory costs and document findings accurately.
- Create social assistance statements and maintain statistical data.
Skills
- Commercial training or equivalent experience in accounting.
- Flexibility, responsibility, and teamwork are essential.
- Proficiency in MS Office and willingness to learn new software.
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Burgdorf the modern city in the Emmental
Burgdorf, with its over 17,000 inhabitants and a large catchment area, is an urban, prosperous center in the green. The Social Directorate provides services in the areas of child and adult protection and social assistance for the city of Burgdorf and the neighboring municipalities of Ersigen, Hasle b. Burgdorf, and Oberburg.
We are looking for a
Your tasks
In this responsible position, the assertion and control of medical expenses (health insurance/supplementary benefits/aids) are the focus. You ensure that all relevant services are correctly claimed. Additionally, you take on the examination of non-mandatory or non-covered medical expenses and report them accordingly. You check whether these costs can be covered according to legal regulations or whether they must be deducted. If necessary, you conduct clarifications with third parties, clients, or social workers. Furthermore, you support your team in recording and pre-checking health insurance policies as well as in processing individual assignments from social workers in the area of social assistance accounting.
Your diverse tasks also include the preparation of social assistance accounts when the economic circumstances of the beneficiaries improve, assets are realized, or claims against third parties can be asserted. Maintaining and updating master data for the Federal Statistical Office is also part of your duties.
Your profile
You have a commercial or equivalent basic education, preferably in a comparable environment, with several years of professional experience in accounting. You are flexible, responsible, and a helpful and team-oriented personality with a quick grasp. With your efficient, prompt, precise, and goal-oriented way of working, you bring the ideal prerequisites. Good IT skills (MS Office products) as well as the willingness to familiarize yourself with specialized products (KLIBnet) complete your profile.
Your prospects
We offer you a responsible task at the pulse of social life. You will receive thorough training and can count on motivated and helpful colleagues. You also benefit from modern working conditions.
Contact
Your questions will be answered by Velinka Grujic, Team Leader Social Assistance Accounting, at phone number 034 429 93 02 or by email velinka.grujic@burgdorf.ch. Alternatively, you can also contact Marianne Hirsiger, Head of Support, (034 429 92 35, marianne.hirsiger@burgdorf.ch).
Please submit your application by January 9, 2026, at the latest via our online portal.
We look forward to meeting you.
