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The Administrative Court in Gothenburg is one of Sweden's largest courts with approximately 280 employees. Our main task is to resolve disputes between individuals and authorities. The Administrative Court is also one of the country's four migration courts.

The court currently has six adjudicating departments, each focusing on one of the major areas of law – tax law or social insurance law. In addition, all adjudicating departments handle migration cases. The court has an administrative department consisting of case management units, a registration and archive unit, an administrative secretariat, and a unit for IT, security, and service.

Every day, hundreds of cases and matters are decided in courts across Sweden. Our organization consists of employees with various competencies, each of whom is significant in maintaining legal certainty and high quality at all levels.

To ensure an inclusive and fair recruitment process, the Swedish Courts apply competency-based recruitment. Our selection is based on candidates' competencies and qualifications. We kindly but firmly request no direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of additional job advertisements.

Job Description

About the Role

With us at the Administrative Court, you can work as a court clerk in the court's case management, registration, archive, or administrative secretariat. Your tasks vary depending on the function you work in, and the needs of the organization determine your placement. The tasks are varied and independent, and you perform them under your own responsibility together with your colleagues.

Case Management

In case management, you will work with mail and email handling, correspondence in cases, summoning parties to hearings, and issuing judgments and decisions.

Registration

In registration, you will work with mail and email handling, inbox review, and registration of incoming cases as well as initial checks of these.

Administrative Secretariat

In the administrative secretariat, you will work with jury management. The work includes daily contact with jurors, handling cancellations and replacements, compensation issues, scheduling, providing information to jurors, and dismissals.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

Ongoing or recently completed studies in law or paralegal programs, or in a bachelor's or master's program in public administration or political science.
Documented experience in administrative work through relevant internships during ongoing education or previous employment.
Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

Meritorious

We consider it an advantage if you have, in addition to the above qualifications:

Experience working or interning at an administrative court.

Personal Qualities

As a court clerk, you need to be able to collaborate easily with your colleagues while independently managing your own tasks. You are flexible in your approach and can adapt to changes in both tasks and work pace. You possess a strong sense of service while being structured and valuing accuracy in your work. It is important that you have good judgment and are committed to ensuring that our cases are handled correctly.

To be employed with us, you need to be deemed suitable. This means that you uphold democratic values and the state values that govern the operations of the Swedish courts. We also require that you comply with Swedish laws.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.