Assistant to the Executive Board and Commercial Floater (80-100%)

Obergericht des Kantons Zürich

Generalsekretariat

Today you coordinate a meeting appointment for the General Secretary, tomorrow you ensure that a judgment is sent on time: In this dual role, you work for both the judicial administration and the judiciary and get to know the Obergericht from the inside.

The Obergericht des Kantons Zürich is the appellate instance in civil and criminal matters, includes the Handelsgericht and is responsible for the judicial administration of the Zürcher Zivil- und Strafgerichte as well as the notary system.

To strengthen the Generalsekretariat as well as the commercial registries of the chambers of the Obergericht and the Handelsgericht, we are looking for a versatile and flexible personality who connects both worlds, starting 1. Januar 2027 or by arrangement.

Assistant to the Executive Board and Commercial Floater (80-100%) #

Your area of responsibility ###

• Assistance to the Executive Board (50%)
• Administrative and organizational support for the Obergerichtspräsidentin or the Obergerichtspräsident as well as the management of the Generalsekretariat.
• Control, recording, and management of incoming files.
• Preparation of decisions and correspondence.
• Organization of internal and external meetings and events.
• Maintaining the business statistics of the Obergericht.
• Telephone clarifications and general support for the management bodies.
• Holiday substitution within the assistance to the Executive Board (during this time, the floating assignments are omitted).
• Floater activity at the chambers and at the Handelsgericht (30 - 50%)
• Administrative support for the proceedings assigned to you.
• Recording and creating of business matters.
• Preparation, execution, and dispatch of decisions.
• Deadline control as well as statistical completion and filing of proceedings.
• General secretarial tasks in changing teams.
• The two areas are divided on fixed weekdays.

Your profile ###

• Commercial basic training, ideally with further training as a Direktionsassistent/in with eidgenössischem Fachausweis or with a comparable qualification.
• Several years of experience in a comparable function, ideally in a legal environment.
• Excellent German skills, very good MS-Office skills and openness to digital working methods.
• Overview and confident prioritization even with multiple clients.
• Trustworthiness, discretion, organizational talent, and strong service orientation.
• Flexibility and enjoyment of changing teams.

Our offer ###

• Versatile dual role with insight into the management of the Obergericht and into the procedural work of the judiciary.
• Modern employment conditions according to cantonal guidelines and a diverse range of further training opportunities.
• Small, motivated teams with a very good working atmosphere.
• Central workplace in the Zürcher Altstadt.

We look forward to receiving your complete application documents, which you can submit online by 19. Oktober 2026. We only require a current criminal record extract after the first selection round. For questions about the position, Beat Kämpfen, Generalsekretär-Stellvertreter, and Remo Graf, Chef Personal & Bildung, are happy to assist you (Tel. 044 257 91 91).