Basel
HR Business Partner
- 26 October 2026
- 80 – 100%
- Permanent position
- German (Fluent)
About the job
80%-100%
Department of Justice and Security, General Secretariat
01.12.2026, or by arrangement
Responsibilities
Consulting: As a Business Partner, you will support a division of 300 employees. You advise managers on operational and strategic levels and accompany employees throughout the HR Life Cycle.
Projects: For a future-oriented HR management, you collaborate within the department and canton-wide on various projects and are responsible for implementation in your area of responsibility.
Leadership Support: You assist managers in recruitment, personnel and team development topics, as well as succession planning, and skilfully mediate between parties in any conflict situations.
Salary Systematics: You define job profiles with the line management and act as a link in managing classification processes according to the cantonal salary system. Together with department heads, you conduct the annual budgeting process.
Profile
Experience: You have solid experience as an HR Business Partner. Skilled communication as well as the analysis of complex issues and the derivation and implementation of measures are among your competencies.
Personality: We are looking for an honest personality who communicates with all stakeholders on an equal footing. You are always trustworthy, solution-oriented, resilient, and work in a structured and efficient manner.
Education: You hold a completed degree (Bachelor level) and further training in HR management at the professional examination or university of applied sciences level.
Language: You communicate appropriately and authoritatively in spoken and written German and possess proven consulting skills.
Insight into our work
The General Secretariat is the central hub of the Department of Justice and Security Basel-Stadt. It comprehensively supports the head of the department in leadership and control tasks and significantly contributes to the implementation of the department’s strategic goals. It is responsible for smooth political business processing as well as internal and external communication. Furthermore, it provides central cross-sectional services in the areas of legal services, finance, personnel, IT, procurement, and facility management, thus supporting the operational areas of the department. The specialist offices "Swisslos Fund" and "Violence Protection and Victim Support" are also located within the General Secretariat.
We support our employees with more time for their family and an additional maintenance allowance on top of the family allowance.
thanks to professional care management and one hundred percent continued salary payment in case of illness or accident throughout the entire employment relationship.
We support our employees as best as possible with flexitime, part-time work, and home office up to annual and trust-based working hours as well as job-sharing opportunities.
Contact
Questions about the role
Michele De Socio
Head of Finance & Personnel
Tel. +41 61 267 70 17
Questions about the application
Ute Kanzok
HR Business Partner
Tel. +41 61 267 74 54
Versatile.
Working for Basel-Stadt.
There is one thing all our more than 11,000 employees have in common: They engage at the pulse of the city by supporting, enabling, guiding, shaping, and protecting. With their commitment, they contribute every day to making Basel-Stadt a place worth living and loving. As diverse as our tasks are, so are our employees and their opportunities. Welcome to the team of the Canton Basel-Stadt!
