Regional Lawyer at Region Västmanland

Is what is truly important a strong driving force for you? Are you a skilled lawyer who is confident in your independent analyses and assessments while enjoying working with others? Are you driven by transforming law into concrete solutions that promote business development and quality? Are you particularly interested in public law, preferably related to digitalization issues and health and medical care law? Do you also have experience in qualified legal assignments in public operations - then you might be the one we are looking for as we expand our operations. As a regional lawyer, you will be offered a responsible job with great opportunities to develop both yourself and the Region's operations.

Job Responsibilities

We offer a varied and challenging job with significant personal responsibility, but as part of a group with other lawyers and information security specialists. You will operate within a broad legal area in a large and multifaceted organization and have good opportunities to develop your skills and personal network.

The position involves meeting the various needs of the region's operations for qualified legal advice, and you will serve as an expert in various working groups, projects, and investigations. The role of the regional lawyer is advisory and supportive, in close collaboration with other competencies within the region's various operations.

The range of assignments is significant, from corporate strategic issues to purely operational matters. Examples of tasks include representing legal perspectives in various projects, reviewing and drafting contracts, disclosing documents and confidentiality assessments, legal investigations, and other opinions where there is a need for legal expertise. The central areas are health and medical care law, public access and confidentiality, administrative law, contract law, research law, as well as IT law and data protection law.

Other tasks may also occur within the framework of the role of the regional lawyer.

We Offer You:

• Challenging and developing tasks with significant personal responsibility within a broad legal area.
• A job that truly makes a difference in a large and socially important organization. You will participate in the innovative and absolutely necessary development of health and medical care required to ensure continued high quality and preparedness for future challenges.
• Good opportunities to develop your skills and personal network.
• The position allows for partial remote work when personal needs arise and the operations permit.

About the Workplace

Region Västmanland is responsible for health and medical care, dental care, and research in Västmanland. We also oversee parts of public transport, culture, and plan and coordinate development in the county.

Region Västmanland is a large, politically governed organization. All our activities should be based on the region's vision and values. We grow sustainably and prioritize health. We create opportunities and courageous solutions. We provide conditions for development in a vibrant democracy. Together we break new ground and push boundaries. In the everyday and in the overarching. In what is close and what is long-term. We are at the heart of life and society, making a difference every day.

Your organizational placement will be within the Legal and Information Security department, which is part of the regional office administration.

The department currently consists of three lawyers and two information security specialists, one of the lawyers is the head of legal and information security and also serves as chief legal counsel. We are now looking for a fourth lawyer to join our team.

Our goal is to work solution-focused with high quality. We welcome new employees to a stimulating and pleasant community.

Qualifications

You have a law degree and experience working with qualified legal issues in public operations. You have strong legal knowledge and well-founded expertise in public law and civil law. You have very good knowledge in matters concerning public access and confidentiality. It is an advantage if you have good knowledge in the areas of health care and data protection law, IT law, and legal information security. To succeed in the position, you need experience in independent legal work in public operations, or as a qualified advisor for public operations. Experience in legal work within a health and medical care organization or a larger politically governed organization is an advantage for the position.

We expect you to have good knowledge of the Swedish language as the execution of tasks requires high precision and quality in legal documentation as well as very good communication skills towards various actors who are not lawyers themselves.

In addition to your strong legal knowledge, we place great importance on your personal qualities, such as your ability to deliver well-founded and thoughtful advice based on a solution-focused and responsive approach. Since the tasks are varied and qualified, you need to have good judgment and be able to prioritize well. You structure and drive your work with high integrity and you enjoy creating new contacts, building relationships, and developing collaborations. Your service orientation is high and you adapt easily and collaborate well with different actors. We are looking for someone who has an interest in development issues and who actively works to identify and enable well-balanced solutions for our operations.

Employment Conditions

Permanent employment, full-time, and daytime. Start date according to agreement. The position allows for partial remote work when the operations permit.

Other benefits offered by Region Västmanland can be read about here: https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/ (https://regionvastmanland.se/jobba-med-oss/dina-formaner/)

Welcome with your application by April 9, 2025.

Interviews are planned for weeks 17 and 18. Please attach relevant certificates and transcripts with your application. The position is security classified, and in connection with recruitment and appointment to the position, a security review will be conducted, including a security interview according to the Security Protection Act. The position thus requires Swedish citizenship.