Lawyer with Notary Qualification for Stockholm City Legal Department

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The City Management Office is the municipal executive's administration. We are responsible for governance, follow-up, and development of the city's operations based on the vision and budget decided by the municipal council. We have just over 300 employees who mainly work with strategic issues that are of great importance to the city's operations.

Welcome to us

The legal department of the City of Stockholm is part of the City Management Office.

Our clients are the city's committees, administrations, companies, and foundations. The department's task is to provide qualified legal expertise and service to our clients, as well as to serve the municipal council and the municipal executive.

We have about 60 employees in the department, of which approximately 35 are lawyers. The department is divided into four units – the general legal unit, the social and school legal unit, the operational support unit, and the municipal council and municipal executive secretariat – KF/KS secretariat.

In the social and school legal unit, we work with legal issues within the areas of social services and education. The unit has twelve lawyers: city attorneys and deputy city attorneys. We are now seeking a lawyer with notary qualification for a temporary position as a deputy city attorney until March 31, 2026.

We offer

great opportunities to contribute to social benefit
clear areas of responsibility and significant autonomy
a workplace where competence and collaboration are fundamental to job satisfaction and good results
a large network within the City of Stockholm with many collaboration opportunities
good development opportunities
a centrally located workplace at City Hall
flexible working hours
wellness allowance and training facilities in close proximity to the workplace.

Please read more about our offerings here (https://jobba.stockholm/formaner).

Your role

The tasks mainly involve the following:

advising municipal administrations
representing the city as counsel in courts, primarily in cases under the law with special provisions on the care of young people (LVU)
providing opinions on legal matters
conducting training.

The area of work is primarily social law such as SoL, LVU, LSS, and family law. School legislation, municipal health care, general administrative law, public access and confidentiality legislation, and municipal law are also commonly occurring legal areas.

Your competence and experience

You who are applying have:

a law degree (jur.kand.)
completed notary service.

It is an advantage if you have:

current experience of working in social law
current experience in any of the other aforementioned legal areas
experience of litigating in court as counsel.

As a person, you are communicative and have a good ability to create good relationships in your workplace and with your clients. The work requires you to be meticulous, have good judgment, and be quick and efficient. You should be able to conduct processes in court and express yourself clearly and concisely in speech and writing.

Other

To have a complete application, you must attach transcripts and documents that you wish to refer to.

We offer a centrally located workplace at City Hall. Please read more about our offerings here (https://jobba.stockholm/formaner).

In connection with your application, you will be asked to answer a number of questions that form the basis for our continued selection work for this specific position.

In your personal letter, we would like you to provide a brief motivation of why you would be suitable for the position and what you can contribute in the role. The City of Stockholm works with competency-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby counteracting discrimination.