Kanton Graubünden
Chur
Head of the Food Safety and Animal Health Office and Cantonal Veterinarian
- 18 August 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Chur
Job summary
Join the Grisons, Switzerland's only trilingual canton, offering diverse economic and cultural landscapes. Enjoy a vibrant work environment with a high quality of life.
Tasks
- Lead a team of 80, ensuring efficient service operations.
- Oversee animal health legislation and food safety compliance.
- Engage in national and cantonal committees for policy development.
Skills
- Proven leadership experience with a veterinary degree required.
- Strong communication and decision-making abilities essential.
- Familiarity with Grisons' economic and agricultural conditions preferred.
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About the job
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in its economic, cultural and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts and countless days of sunshine per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Head of the Food Safety and Animal Health Office and Cantonal Veterinarian
Food Safety and Animal Health Office | 80-100% | Chur
Department of Public Economy and Social Affairs. In the cantons of Graubünden and Glarus, it ensures protection against epizootics, compliance with animal protection as well as control of primary animal production. To protect against unsafe or misleading foodstuffs and consumer goods, it also supervises the production and distribution chains of the companies concerned.
For the 1st July 2027 or by agreement, we are looking for a head of the Food Safety and Animal Health Office (with simultaneous function as cantonal veterinarian).
- Management of the service with around 80 employees
- Organisational, personnel and financial responsibility for the service
- Ensuring efficient implementation of the laws within the competence of the service in the canton of Graubünden and the canton of Glarus
- Internal and external communication appropriate to requirements
- Exercise of the function of cantonal veterinarian for the canton of Graubünden and the canton of Glarus
- Specialist responsibility for the implementation of legislation on epizootics and animal protection, as well as legislation on therapeutic agents and foodstuffs in the context of primary animal production and slaughter in the canton of Graubünden and the canton of Glarus
- Participation in various national and cantonal bodies
- Strong leadership skills and several years of professional experience in a similar position
- Federal diploma as an official veterinarian
- Familiarity with the economic, agricultural and political conditions of Graubünden
- Innovative, entrepreneurial, service- and solution-oriented way of thinking and acting
- Ability to make decisions and assert oneself
- High social skills as well as flexibility, ability to cope with stressful situations and discretion
- Strong communication skills and excellent command of German
- Good knowledge of several cantonal languages is an advantage
Application deadline: 13 September 2026
