Work Master Internal Logistics - fixed-term from January 2027 to March 2027

Start of position:

from 1 January 2027 or by arrangement

Work location:

Krauchthal

<<Execution according to need>> is our motto at the Thorberg correctional facility. We execute sanctions for 180 men from over 40 nations in closed custody. Our 140 employees work daily for the reintegration of the admitted persons (EP) into society and thus make an important contribution to public safety. In eleven workshops, we lead and promote the admitted persons according to work-agogic principles. Our programs in the areas of work, therapy, education, sport and leisure are consistently oriented towards risk reduction and social integration.

Your tasks

• You operate the temporarily established work area <<Internal Logistics>>, which was set up as a temporary forwarding service due to a lift renovation.
• You lead and accompany three admitted persons work-agogically and provide them with a structured, meaningful and responsible working day.
• You organize and coordinate the internal forwarding orders and ensure their reliable and timely execution.
• You are responsible for the supply and return of raw and finished material for the ateliers as well as the goods flows to the residential areas and the other operational areas.
• You undertake tasks in connection with the laundry process as well as with supply and catering deliveries within the JVA, especially via stairs and with suitable stair transport equipment.
• You assess the work performance of the admitted persons regularly and fairly and provide constructive oral and written feedback.
• You ensure professional, structured and demand-oriented warehouse management in the forwarding warehouse.
• You maintain close and solution-oriented cooperation with internal work partners, especially the various work ateliers / residential floors and other areas of the JVA.
• You ensure compliance with safety, order and operational specifications during the working day.

Your profile

• You possess a federal certificate of proficiency (EFZ) in a manual trade.
• Ideally, you bring experience in work-agogics and/or in corrections.
• You have experience in the guidance, accompaniment and qualification of unskilled employees in everyday professional life.
• You are a balanced, reliable and responsible personality and are characterized by resilience, decisiveness and assertiveness.
• You encounter people from different cultural backgrounds and in sometimes challenging social situations in an open, respectful and appreciative manner.
• Even in hectic and demanding situations, you maintain an overview and your humor.
• You enjoy working interdisciplinary, can take different perspectives and bring understanding for the concerns and requirements of different professional groups.
• You have a strong service orientation as well as good organizational and logistical skills and work independently, structured and reliably.
• You have very good oral and written German skills; oral knowledge of French and/or English is an advantage.
• You have good digital user skills and are familiar with common IT applications.

We offer you

A varied and unusual activity awaits you in a correctional facility, where you can work independently and contribute actively to the further development of the execution. You will be supported by an experienced and well-coordinated team of work masters and will receive the opportunity to gain an exciting insight into the everyday work of the JVA Thorberg during a fixed-term assignment.

Your workplace is located in a historically significant building in the middle of a unique natural landscape. Look forward to a responsible task, a versatile working environment and an activity with social significance.

Contact

Interested? We look forward to meeting you! Send us your application documents online by 13 October 2026 at the latest. Further information will be gladly provided by Mr. Markus Kreis, Head of Work, Agogics & Education, +41 31 635 64 11 (absent from 28.09.2026 to 09.10.2026). During the absence, you can contact Mr. Tim Grubenmann, Team Leader Production, +41 31 636 48 51.

About the Office for Corrections

The Office for Corrections (AJV) is responsible for the open and closed execution of sentences and measures for adults and young people within the Security Directorate of the Canton of Bern (SID) with around 1000 employees. To fulfill this task, the office has four concordat correctional facilities, four regional prisons, the detention station at the Inselspital, the detention management center as well as probation and execution services at its disposal.

https://www.ajv.sid.be.ch/de/start.html