Secretary General (a)

03 November 2026
100%
Permanent position
German (Intermediate)
Hirschengraben 16, 6002 Luzern

About the job

Secretary General (a)

100% | Lucerne | from 01.02.2027 or by arrangement | Home office possible

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As Secretary General of the Lucerne Cantonal Court, you take on a central leadership and management role in the Lucerne judiciary. You are responsible for the operational management of the court administration as well as the administrative leadership and coordination of administrative activities and lead the Secretary General's office as a staff unit of the judiciary. In strategic, professional and operational leadership matters, you advise and support the management and play a key role in shaping the further development of the judiciary.

Your tasks

You assume the administrative leadership of the judiciary and coordinate administrative activities with the aim of an efficient, effective and goal-oriented organisation.

You advise and support the management in strategic, professional and operational leadership matters and are responsible for the preparation and coordination of business for the presidency, the management and the entire court.

You bear responsibility for the operational management of the court administration as well as for the strategic further development of the Secretary General's office as a central staff unit of the judiciary.

In addition, you actively shape the strategic and organisational further development of the judiciary and initiate and manage change, digitalisation and optimisation projects.

Your profile

You have a completed university degree as well as a solid business and/or legal additional qualification.

Several years of proven leadership experience in a demanding organisation as well as sound knowledge of the political and institutional environment, ideally in the judiciary or public administration, distinguish you.

With your high advisory, communication and negotiation skills, you know how to bring together different stakeholders and interests and win them over to common goals.

Decisiveness and a sense of responsibility characterise you as much as your confident, integrative and cooperative personality.

What you can look forward to

Our fields of activity are as diverse as we are.
Environment, infrastructure, finance, security, health, education and much more - together we shape the canton of Lucerne.

With us you will get ahead.
We offer attractive and exciting career and development opportunities - both in leadership and for specialist experts.

We work flexibly and smartly.
Mobile-flexible working is highly valued with us. More than half of our employees work part-time and realise their professional goals in harmony with their private commitments.

You benefit with us.
Attractive further training offers, discount platforms for employees, mobile and internet offers, Next Bike, fleet discounts, and other benefits.

All our benefits at a glance

Your employer

Working at the Canton of Lucerne means shaping the future - that of the canton, its residents and not least your own. More than 7,000 employees in 200 different professions contribute daily to the excellent quality of life in our canton.

At the Cantonal Court , tailor-made work is required. We employees prepare court hearings and judgments. We support the cantonal judges in their work: legally, technically, organisationally and administratively. As employees of the highest cantonal court, we have a special responsibility. Thanks to expertise and precise work, we make a decisive contribution to the quality of our judgments.

The "a" in the job title stands for "all". The Canton of Lucerne stands for diversity and variety.