Head of Department Water Police
Kantonspolizei Bern
Wohlen bei Bern
Key information
- Publication date:15 November 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Wohlen bei Bern
Job summary
The Gewässerpolizei in Bern is always ready for rescue operations. Join our dynamic team and enjoy flexible hours and training opportunities!
Tasks
- Lead and manage a team of 19 in various police operations.
- Plan and coordinate prevention and emergency actions on water.
- Develop guidelines and ensure compliance in operations.
Skills
- Must be a certified police officer with leadership experience.
- Strong IT skills and effective written communication.
- Engaged, flexible team player with a professional demeanor.
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The water police operate under constant readiness to respond to rescue missions on all waters in the canton of Bern and are responsible for judicial police tasks on, in, and at the water as well as for water-specific prevention work. The water police are responsible for searching and recovering persons and objects and take on tasks related to blocking and binding driftwood, storm warning services, or in connection with fishery, hunting, and nature conservation controls as well as water pollution.
Your tasks
- Professional, organizational, and personnel management of the water police (a total of 19 employees, including 3 directly subordinate managers)
- Deployment to crime and/or incident sites, leading operations as overall incident commander, police incident commander, and water police incident commander
- Responsible for planning, organizing, coordinating, executing, and evaluating police and preventive actions and tasks or exercises in the area of water police; setting operational priorities
- Developing directives, training, and operational concepts for the department and ensuring their implementation and compliance
- Providing water police on-call services
Your profile
- Police officer with a federal specialist certificate and several years of leadership experience
- Knowledge of water police is desirable but not necessary
- An engaged, eager to learn, flexible, and innovative personality as well as a pronounced team player with a confident demeanor
- IT affinity and especially related skills in written communication
We offer you
- A responsible, varied, and exciting activity in a dynamic environment
- Specialized training and further education opportunities (training to become a boat driver and SRT staff. Training to become a rescue diver is not mandatory.)
- Flexible working hours
- Pleasant and team-oriented working atmosphere
Contact
Have we sparked your interest? Then apply via the "Apply now" link.
For further information, Martin Rohr, Head of Operations Coordination, Tel. 031 638 77 17, is happy to assist you.
We look forward to getting to know you.
About the Bern Cantonal Police
The Bern Cantonal Police, with around 3,000 employees in over 300 functions, is there for the people and makes the canton of Bern one of the safest in Switzerland. Around the clock. Aware of its role model function and special responsibility in dealing with citizens, our employees stand for binding values.
