Legal Secretariat, Ministry of Education

Do you have experience as a leader and want to help develop a new organization for our legal secretariat? As a group manager, we offer you a stimulating role in a developing, dynamic, and socially important environment.

The Legal Secretariat at the Ministry of Education ensures that legality, consistency, and uniformity are observed in the work and is responsible for:

• legal quality review,
• legal support,
• development of legislative proposals,
• preparation of parts of departmental memoranda, council drafts, propositions, and letters to the parliament that contain legal considerations or accounts of legislation, as well as contributing to the design of such products, and
• management of the department's legislation.

Your workday, Sweden's tomorrow.

The Legal Secretariat is currently undergoing reorganization. Starting in the autumn of 2025, the secretariat will be divided into two groups led by their respective group managers under the unit manager. Each group will include about half of the secretariat's lawyers. The reorganization also involves a partially changed role for the legal secretariat, with the responsibility for the secretariat's work clearly placed on the unit manager and group managers. The heads of the legal secretariat will therefore be responsible, together with the heads of the department's subject units, for the review and quality of legislative matters and other matters within the department's area of responsibility, to the extent that they involve legal issues. The changes in organization and working methods at the secretariat will be led and driven by the unit manager in collaboration with the group managers and other managers at the department.

The responsibility as a group manager involves leading, distributing, planning, and coordinating tasks within the relevant group at the legal secretariat, as well as developing and following up on the work. The role also includes being the head of legislative work. The group manager has operational and personnel responsibility for a group consisting of about 10 employees. The work is carried out in close collaboration with the unit manager, the other group manager, as well as the political leadership and other units and secretariats within the department.

Your background

We are looking for someone who has a law degree of 270 credits or an equivalent degree and is a court of appeal or administrative court assessor, or has equivalent experience from other qualified legal work. You have experience working with legal areas that fall within the Ministry of Education's area of responsibility and experience with legislative work within the Government Offices. Leadership experience is also a requirement for the position.

You need to have very good legal knowledge and knowledge of the legislative process, very good knowledge of public administration, its decision-making processes, and the processes within the EU. You are also expected to have a good insight into what it is like to work in a politically governed organization and a good understanding of the demands of politics.

It is an advantage if you have worked with improvement work and organizational development and have experience representing an organization in various contexts. Very good knowledge of Swedish and good knowledge of English are required for the position.

Your qualities

You need to have leadership skills and be able to inspire and motivate employees, contribute to a good working environment, create participation, and delegate. It is also important in this role that you see the whole and consider the larger perspective. Furthermore, you need to be goal-oriented and focus on results.

We see that you have good judgment and the ability to remain stable and calm in stressful situations; you also need to be flexible and able to switch between operational and strategic work. A well-documented ability to collaborate, communicate, and be structured is a prerequisite for taking on the role. We place great importance on personal suitability.

Here you can read more about what we expect from all employees and managers within the Government Offices.

Other

Full-time, permanent employment as a councilor or subject advisor with a fixed-term managerial appointment of five years with the possibility of extension. The employment is subject to the terms agreement. A security clearance will be conducted before a decision on employment is made.

Are you interested?

Would you like to know more about the job and what we offer? The expedition manager Karin Erlingsson is available from March 31 and can be contacted at 076–7765369. You are also welcome to contact recruitment specialist Isabel Åkermark at isabel.akermark@regeringskansliet.se with questions about the recruitment process. Union contacts are Lotta Bodelius for Saco and Karina Åbom-Engberg for ST. You can reach them via the Government Offices switchboard, 08-405 10 00. We welcome calls from those interested in the job, but we decline calls from those selling advertisements and recruitment services.

Welcome to register your application in our recruitment tool by April 10, 2025.

The mission of the Government Offices is to support the government in its work to govern Sweden and realize its policies. Here, 4,800 people work, of which 600 are abroad. The Government Offices welcomes applicants with diverse backgrounds and experiences. We see gender equality and diversity as strengths and assets and actively work to be a workplace free from discrimination. The Ministry of Education is responsible for issues related to preschool activities, preschool class, primary school and other compulsory school forms, school-age childcare, upper secondary school, adult education, folk education, universities and colleges, research, and student financing.