Lawyer in Data Protection

IMY is now recruiting lawyers to work on data protection issues for several of our operational units. With us, you will have the opportunity to work in a dynamic organization with an important mission that affects all citizens in our society. We contribute to sustainable digitalization, where proactive innovation is combined with strong privacy protection. Do you also want to work for a safe information society with important data protection issues? Then you should apply for a job with us.

Responsibilities

As a lawyer at the authority, you will work with legal issues in the field of data protection. Your tasks include handling complaints and supervisory matters under the Data Protection Regulation. Additionally, you will be involved in court processes and provide both written and oral guidance to the public. In several of our units, the work also includes significant elements of cross-border collaboration, where English is our working language.

You will work in a unit primarily responsible for handling complaints and complaint supervision. The needs of the organization form the basis for our division of labor, so changing needs and conditions may lead to changes in tasks and placement over time, within the framework of the employment contract.

In addition to the regulations that follow from the EU's Data Protection Regulation (GDPR), the lawyers at IMY also work with the application of the Crime Data Act, the Credit Information Act, the Patient Data Act, and other sector-specific legislation. The operations are also affected by developments and regulatory changes in the AI field.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has a law degree (jur. kand.) or equivalent legal education, as well as a notary qualification or other experience deemed equivalent by the employer. You have at least three years of experience in qualified legal work. You find it easy to express complex legal issues in a target group-adapted, clear, and concise manner and have excellent written and oral skills in both Swedish and English.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Experience in supervisory work
• Knowledge of data protection legislation and practical experience in applying these rules in the private or public sector
• Experience in providing guidance
• Competence in IT and information security, artificial intelligence, or new technology

Your Personal Qualities

As a person, you are responsible and unpretentious. You are decisive and independently drive your tasks forward. Additionally, you are flexible, attentive, and cooperative. You have a good ability to listen to different perspectives and quickly find the core of complex information. Furthermore, you have the ability to make qualified decisions under changing conditions and can deliver quality even under high workloads. We place great importance on your personal qualities.

The Position

The employment is a permanent full-time position. IMY applies a six-month probationary period. The work is based in our pleasant activity-based premises centrally located in Stockholm, with the possibility of individual agreements for remote work. Travel in the service may occur.

Questions about the Position

For further information about the position and the recruitment process, please contact:

• Unit Manager Albin Brunskog, 08-657 61 15
• Unit Manager Nidia Nordenström, 08-657 61 58
• Unit Manager Evelin Palmér, 08-657 61 43
• HR Specialist Julia Martinez Palm, 08-657 61 64
• Union Representative Theodor Adolfsson (Saco-S), 08-657 61 13

How to Apply?

The deadline for applications is April 16, 2025. You can register your application according to the instructions on imy.se/ledigajobb. Please state reference number IMY-2025-4693. Work samples may occur during the recruitment process.

In preparation for the recruitment, we have carefully considered our advertising channels and therefore do not wish to be contacted by recruitment and ad sales companies.

About IMY

We are the ones who review that companies, authorities, and other actors comply with GDPR – the Data Protection Regulation. We educate and guide those who process personal data and also influence legislation.

We want to see a sustainable and privacy-friendly digitalization. We are convinced that it is possible to safeguard citizens' security and the safety of society without unwarranted tracking and surveillance. Together with other data protection authorities in the EU, we work to ensure that citizens' personal data has the same protection throughout the union.

We offer an exciting, dynamic, and pleasant workplace. Here you will find competent and engaged colleagues and experienced, exploratory leaders and managers. Our core values – together, trust, clarity, availability, and transparency – truly mean something, and it is important that you share them. Our vision is a safe information society – together we protect personal integrity. Please read more about us at www.imy.se.