City Clerk

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City Clerk

Taking responsibility – actively shaping the city

With around 20,000 inhabitants, Olten is a vibrant and growing city in the heart of Switzerland. As a central hub for business, culture, and society, it combines tradition with progress and actively shapes its future. On behalf of the city of Olten, we are looking for a committed, integral, and strong leadership personality for a key position at the interface of politics, administration, and society.

General information

• Workload
• 100%
• Start date
• by agreement
• Employer
• Municipality of Olten
• Type of employment
• permanent
• Type
• Job offer

Tasks

• Organization, coordination, and assurance of city council and parliament affairs
• Participation in commissions as well as cooperation with authorities and external partners
• Responsibility for communication and public relations
• Advising the city president and political decision-makers
• Preparation, support, and follow-up of meetings
• Supervision of elections and votes
• Leadership and coordination of cross-departmental topics and projects for the further development of the administration and the city
• Ensuring the implementation of political decisions
• Operational management of the "Presidency" directorate with around 40 employees
• Leadership, support, and development of the subordinate areas
• Management of urban development

Expectations

Requirements: You have a completed university degree (e.g., political science, administrative sciences, business administration, economics, law, or communication) or an equivalent education. Further training in leadership and management is an advantage. You bring several years of professional experience in the public sector or in a comparable function and have a solid understanding of political processes and administrative procedures. In addition, you have leadership experience and ideally experience in project management as well as organizational development. Very good German skills in spoken and written form are required. You are able to convey complex content clearly, precisely, and appropriately for the target audience.

Personality: You are an integral, resilient, and service-oriented personality with a high degree of independence. You convince through pronounced organizational and conceptual thinking as well as through your trustworthiness and reliability. In a broad and demanding range of tasks, you keep an overview and set clear priorities. Thanks to your political intuition and diplomatic skills, you move confidently in the tension field between administration and politics. At the same time, you are characterized by strong leadership and decisiveness and take responsibility – even in detail. You act pragmatically and solution-oriented and are willing to get involved operationally if needed.

We offer

• Central key position within the city administration
• Close cooperation with the city council, authorities, and the public
• Very versatile task with leadership responsibility and a broad range of topics
• Interaction with all city directorates
• Hinge function between administration and politics
• Participation in exciting and socially relevant projects
• Opportunity to actively influence and help shape the city

Procedure

Contact Philipp Uhlmann and explore the interesting opportunities this exciting position offers you.

Please send your detailed application documents including a photo to jobs@upconsult.ch

Further information

Please send your complete application documents directly to Philipp Uhlmann, jobs@upconsult.ch. Thank you very much.

Signature

On behalf of the personnel service of the municipality of Olten