Travailler dans l'urbanisme et aménagement du territoire en Suisse?
by Stef313
This discussion is in French, the community’s main language.
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Bonjour,
Etudiante en aménagement du territoire, je voulais savoir quel était la situation du marché de l'emploi en Suisse en urbanisme et aménagement du territoire? Est-il aisé de trouver un poste (dans un bureau d'études, en collectivités territoriales) ces temps-ci ? Faut-il avoir un concours de fonctionnaire pour exercer en collectivité? Je suis preneuse de toutes informations et tous sites internet ayant attrait à ce domaine d'activité ou permettant de trouver un emploi dans cette branche.
Merci d'avance pour vos réponses.😊
Salut stef,
En Suisse, l'aménagement du territoire est l'affaire des administrations cantonales (26 cantons !). Le gouvernement fédéral édicte les lois, les offices cantonaux sont chargés de les appliquer (ordonnances cantonales). Ils confient assez souvent des études et des projets à des bureaux privés (p.ex. remaniement parcellaire des zones agricoles d'un village, etc.).
Si tu lance une recherche sur les pages suisses de google, sous - Aménagement du territoire - ou - Urbanisme -, tu trouveras déjà pas mal d'informations à ce sujet.
Ensuite, fait un tour sur les pages officielles des cantons francophones. Elles contiennent pas mal d'infos et, en général, une rubrique des postes vacants (Genève, Vaud, Valais, Neuchâtel, Fribourg (bilingue), Jura, Berne - la partie du Jura bernois, francophone, et la ville de Bienne, bilingue).
Pour les bureaux privés, tu peux consulter le Registre du commerce des divers cantons, ils doivent obligatoirement y être inscrits.
Nous n'avons pas de concours pour le fonctionnariat dans les services publics. Le recrutement se fait comme dans l'économie privée, les contrats sont établis sur la base du droit privé. Le dépôt du dossier de candidature et la procédure d'engagement sont identiques que dans l'économie privée (publication des postes vacants, dossier de candidature, sélection, entretien personnel, etc.).
A ma connaissance, aucune restriction en ce qui concerne la nationalité... mais il faut bien sûr dominer la langue du canton, ce qui est ton cas, et si possible une deuxième langue officielle (c. à d. l'allemand ou l'italien... toujours un avantage pour obtenir un poste).
Il existe aussi un post-grade spécifique en aménagement du territoire à l'Ecole polytechnique fédérale de Zurich (en allemand):
http://www.orl.arch.ethz.ch/ContentsORL/index.html
et un site intéressant de l'EPF de Lausanne:
http://ceat.epfl.ch/index.htm
Voilà, j'espère t'avoir été utile. Si tu as d'autres questions, n'hésite pas, j'y répond volontiers si je peux. Amitiés Marianne
PS. Est-tu un homme ou une femme ? Profil: homme / Texte: étudiante et preneuse !!
Voilà, j'espère t'avoir été utile. Si tu as d'autres questions, n'hésite pas, j'y répond volontiers si je peux. Amitiés Marianne
PS. Est-tu un homme ou une femme ? Profil: homme / Texte: étudiante et preneuse !!
Merci pour ces explications, je vois que le statut de fonctionnaire suisse est différent de celui français. Je vais donc consulté les sites que tu me préconises. J'en déduis aussi que les rémunérations doivent être très disparates vu que c'est l'offre et la demande qui régit les postes. Mais à quoi peut-on prétendre comme salaire dans ces emplois à Fribourg ou Berne? (une fourchette pour se faire une idée?)
Pour info : c'est vrai que le pseudo n'est pas en rapport avec mon message mais j'ai emprunté le pseudo de mon copain. Donc je me présente, Alexia, étudiante en fin d'études en Master Aménagement du territoire dans le sud de la France et très motivée pour venir en Suisse.
Cordialement, Alexia
Pour info : c'est vrai que le pseudo n'est pas en rapport avec mon message mais j'ai emprunté le pseudo de mon copain. Donc je me présente, Alexia, étudiante en fin d'études en Master Aménagement du territoire dans le sud de la France et très motivée pour venir en Suisse.
Cordialement, Alexia
Bonjour Alexia,
Oui, en effet, c'est l'offre et la demande qui joue aussi dans l'administration public. Mais une fois qu'on y est.... en général on y reste ! Il y a moins de restructurations que dans le privé.
Pour la fourchette de salaire, difficile à dire, même un Master en poche. Dans l'administration, à ton âge, cela doit commencer autour de 5'500.-- CHF brut, peut être un peu moins. Dans les bureaux, aucune idée, mais plutôt un peu moins au début. Si tu veux, je peux me renseigner avec plus de précision.
Bon week-end à toi
Marianne
C'est hallucinant la fourchette de salaire dont tu me parles, c'est trois fois plus que ce que je gagne actuellement dans une commune française. Par contre, hier soir j'ai passé en revu les sites des cantons dont tu m'as parlé et je n'est rien trouvé d'approprié à mon profil, ça doit pas courir les rues ce genre de boulot dans l'aménagement ou l'urbanisme. Mais je suis pas sectaire, je vais élargir mes recherches et regarder plus en détails.
Faut dire que c'est vraiment la galère en ce moment pour un jeune de trouver un boulot correct en France (cf : crise du CPE et des banlieues en France dernièrement qui montre que ya un réel problème) et donc est ce que c'est plus facile d'après vous en Suisse? Donne-t-on plus la chance aux jeunes en Suisse?
Encore merci pour toutes ces infos, Alexia.
Encore merci pour toutes ces infos, Alexia.
Bonjour Alexia,
Oui, la fourchette doit te paraître "hallucinante" comme tu dis... mais le coût de la vie en Suisse est aussi très élevé, notamment les loyers. Je ne sais pas s'il est plus facile pour un jeune de trouver un boulot correct en Suisse qu'en France. En ce moment, ce sont plutôt les places d'apprentissage qui manquent. Notre taux de chômage oscille actuellement entre 3, 7 et 3, 9 %, ce qui est très faible par rapport à la moyenne européenne. Mais il y a quand même pas mal de jeunes au chômage...
Voilà encore un lien qui peut t'être utile, c'est la liste des postes vacants à la Confédération:
http://www.epa.admin.ch/dienstleistungen/stellen/angebote/index.html?lang=fr
Elle est mise à jour en permanence.
Bon courage pour tes recherches, je suis sûre que tu trouveras quelque chose qui te convient.
Marianne
"Mariannehon" a tout à fait raison quant au coût de la vie en Suisse, toutefois, l'on peut dire que d'une manière générale, on s'en sort un peu mieux qu'en France et ceci n'est pas du chauvinisme.
Pour ce qui est du taux de chômage, achtung !!! Il est vrai qu'il est d'env. 3.8%, toutefois ce pourcentage ne tient pas compte des chômeurs en fin de droit et des chômeurs placés dans des ateliers et institutions diverses.... si tel était le cas, l'on serait à environ 6-7% au minimum.
Pour ce qui est du taux de chômage, achtung !!! Il est vrai qu'il est d'env. 3.8%, toutefois ce pourcentage ne tient pas compte des chômeurs en fin de droit et des chômeurs placés dans des ateliers et institutions diverses.... si tel était le cas, l'on serait à environ 6-7% au minimum.
CiGiOne, have a good time.
Bonjour Mariannehon,
je viens de regarder le site dont tu m'as parlé et là effectivement, j'ai trouvé des choses très intéressantes auxquelles je vais postuler (on croise les doigts). Juste un HIC, presque tous ces emplois demandent de bien connaître l'allemand. Or, notre système scolaire français est assez mauvais sur l'apprentissage des langues et je pense que ce sera une lacune sur mon CV. Je crois qu'il va falloir que je fasse des cours intensif d'allemand!!
Et concernant les rémunérations, la vie étudiante nous apprend à être économe et raisonnable 😕 dont je me répète les salaires sont hallucinants et très allégants pour quelqu'un qui a été habitué à peu.😉
Encore un grand merci pour toutes ces infos, je vois que le système d'entraide par internet fonctionne très bien!! Alexia
Et concernant les rémunérations, la vie étudiante nous apprend à être économe et raisonnable 😕 dont je me répète les salaires sont hallucinants et très allégants pour quelqu'un qui a été habitué à peu.😉
Encore un grand merci pour toutes ces infos, je vois que le système d'entraide par internet fonctionne très bien!! Alexia
Bonjour Alexia,
Pour travailler dans un service de la Confédération, il est (pratiquement) indispensable d'au moins bien comprendre et lire l'allemand à défaut de le parler. N'oublies pas que 2/3 du pays est germanophone (en plus un dialecte), ce qui se ressent aussi au niveau des emplois fédéraux. L'apprentissage de cette langue est une question de motivation... et de la solidité des préjugés sur sa difficulté ! Nous avons une loi qui autorise chaque personne, à son travail ou dans une fonction publique, à s'exprimer dans sa langue... mais dans la pratique, l'allemand domine nettement, même si les germanophones parlent en général bien mieux le français que les francophones l'allemand.
Prendre un cours intensif me paraît une très bonne idée.
CiGiOne a raison, je n'ai pas compté les chômeurs en fin de droit ou ceux placés temporairement dans des programmes d'occupation, ni les saisonniers du bâtiment qui n'ont pas été réengagés et qui sont restés chez eux (chômage exporté). Pour la recherche d'un emploi à ton âge et avec ta formation, c'est plutôt le taux de chômage des jeunes universitaires qui devrait t'intéresser...
Tiens-moi au courant de tes recherches...
Bonne journée
Marianne
Concernant l'allemand je sais ce qu'il me reste à faire, mon petit frère reçoit sa correspondante allemande dans 15 jours, va donc falloir essayer avoir une discussion avec elle pour voir si mon niveau est aussi bas que je le pense (je comprend l'allemand mais le parler est autre chose). La langue en soit n'est pas plus difficile qu'une autre mais c'est le vocabulaire à apprendre qui prend du temps...
En tout cas, ça a l'air de se préciser pour l'emploi de mon copain à Fribourg donc je continue à chercher activement de mon coté. Mariannehon, je te tiendrait au courant très volontiers de l'avancement de mes recherches. Cordialement, Alexia.
En tout cas, ça a l'air de se préciser pour l'emploi de mon copain à Fribourg donc je continue à chercher activement de mon coté. Mariannehon, je te tiendrait au courant très volontiers de l'avancement de mes recherches. Cordialement, Alexia.
Bonjour,
Je suis française et je travaille en Suisse, en plus aussi dans le domaine de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme...enfin, si tu pense avoir un gros salaire détrompe toi. En suisse, il faut tout payer et cher, assurance, impôt, loyer, medecin, dentiste, etc... et pas question d'avoir des aides de l'état. Ce qui peut paraitre exobitant fond comme neige au soleil surtout si tu as une famille.
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Je suis française et je travaille en Suisse, en plus aussi dans le domaine de l'architecture et de l'urbanisme...enfin, si tu pense avoir un gros salaire détrompe toi. En suisse, il faut tout payer et cher, assurance, impôt, loyer, medecin, dentiste, etc... et pas question d'avoir des aides de l'état. Ce qui peut paraitre exobitant fond comme neige au soleil surtout si tu as une famille.
Lausi
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About my background: • I earned a *Bac Pro* through VAE (*Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience*), issued by the *Éducation nationale*. • I also have a professional certification as a *Conseiller en Insertion* (Employment Counselor), issued by the Ministry of Labor. • Altogether, this adds up to a *Bac+2* level.
I’d like to know if this level qualifies me to apply for the DV Lottery.
Regarding my work experience: • I work as an *Employment Counselor*. • I checked on O*Net Online for the classification: Job Zone 4, SVP Range: 7.0 – <8.0. • I only have one year of experience, but I handle similar tasks in business creation.
So my question is: can I apply for the DV Lottery despite my relatively short experience, given that my job falls under Job Zone 4?
Thanks in advance for your answers and advice! !
I’d like to get some information about my eligibility for the DV Lottery.
About my background: • I earned a *Bac Pro* through VAE (*Validation des Acquis de l’Expérience*), issued by the *Éducation nationale*. • I also have a professional certification as a *Conseiller en Insertion* (Employment Counselor), issued by the Ministry of Labor. • Altogether, this adds up to a *Bac+2* level.
I’d like to know if this level qualifies me to apply for the DV Lottery.
Regarding my work experience: • I work as an *Employment Counselor*. • I checked on O*Net Online for the classification: Job Zone 4, SVP Range: 7.0 – <8.0. • I only have one year of experience, but I handle similar tasks in business creation.
So my question is: can I apply for the DV Lottery despite my relatively short experience, given that my job falls under Job Zone 4?
Thanks in advance for your answers and advice! !
Hi everyone,
I’m looking for info on villages around Aix, like Fuveau, Bouc-Bel-Air, or even Éguilles and Venelles? We’re a couple with a child living in the Paris region, and I’ll be relocating to Aix-en-Provence in spring 2026. We’d love to swap our apartment for a house with a pool within 20-30 minutes max of central Aix, with a budget of around 650k €.
In terms of climate and geography, I’ve read that Aix is in a basin where it can get really hot. What about the surrounding villages that are a bit more elevated, like Venelles? Is it just as stifling?
For a family, which area would you recommend?
Thanks in advance for your replies!
I’m looking for info on villages around Aix, like Fuveau, Bouc-Bel-Air, or even Éguilles and Venelles? We’re a couple with a child living in the Paris region, and I’ll be relocating to Aix-en-Provence in spring 2026. We’d love to swap our apartment for a house with a pool within 20-30 minutes max of central Aix, with a budget of around 650k €.
In terms of climate and geography, I’ve read that Aix is in a basin where it can get really hot. What about the surrounding villages that are a bit more elevated, like Venelles? Is it just as stifling?
For a family, which area would you recommend?
Thanks in advance for your replies!
Starting this spring, we want to settle near Aix-en-Provence. We're tired of living in the mountains with all the snow—we really need some sunshine and a fresh start. Is it hard to find a house to rent there? What about prices? If you have any great tips or useful info about the area, we’d love to hear it. I work in education and want to do prevention work in Marseille or Aix—are there jobs in the social sector?
Anyway, we need tons of info, but we’re sure we’re going to take the leap—no hesitation, adventure is adventure!!! Thanks for your help and any experiences you can share.
Anyway, we need tons of info, but we’re sure we’re going to take the leap—no hesitation, adventure is adventure!!! Thanks for your help and any experiences you can share.
Hi,
I’m an osteopath and I’d like to set up and open an osteopathy practice in Thailand. I don’t have a precise location in mind yet, but I’m thinking maybe Hua Hin. I saw there’s an osteopath based in Phuket, so I wrote to him for some info, but he still hasn’t replied🤪!
So I’m reaching out to people who live there or know the country well: I’d like to know what the best ways are to advertise and get known in Thailand. Are there any local classifieds newspapers? First, I’d like to practice from my apartment. Is that allowed in Thailand? Ideally, I’d like to work part-time in a private hospital as an osteopath. I’m thinking that in Thailand, the medical field is much more open than in Europe!!! Has anyone seen an osteopath or chiropractor working in a Thai hospital? Do you know the price of a consultation?
Any info you can share will be super helpful! Thanks in advance[;)!!!]
I’m an osteopath and I’d like to set up and open an osteopathy practice in Thailand. I don’t have a precise location in mind yet, but I’m thinking maybe Hua Hin. I saw there’s an osteopath based in Phuket, so I wrote to him for some info, but he still hasn’t replied🤪!
So I’m reaching out to people who live there or know the country well: I’d like to know what the best ways are to advertise and get known in Thailand. Are there any local classifieds newspapers? First, I’d like to practice from my apartment. Is that allowed in Thailand? Ideally, I’d like to work part-time in a private hospital as an osteopath. I’m thinking that in Thailand, the medical field is much more open than in Europe!!! Has anyone seen an osteopath or chiropractor working in a Thai hospital? Do you know the price of a consultation?
Any info you can share will be super helpful! Thanks in advance[;)!!!]
Hello everyone,
We’re a small family from the south of France, with a 2-year-old little boy, and we’re dreaming of starting a new adventure abroad by opening our own business. For now, we haven’t chosen a specific destination yet.
We mainly speak French, with a basic level of Spanish and English, and we’re ready to improve these two languages if needed. We’re looking for a multicultural, safe country with quality healthcare and good schools accessible for our son. We’d also love a pleasant place with a mild climate where life is good.
Our idea is to travel to different countries to explore, compare, and refine our project. We’d be really happy to read your tips, experiences, or anecdotes if you’ve already undertaken a similar project or if you know key points to anticipate.
Thanks in advance for your shares and help—it would really help us move forward with our project! 😄






