Chief Legal Officer at the Media Authority

The Media Authority works for an open and safe media landscape. We are now looking for a Chief Legal Officer for a role that is both overarching and independent. As the Chief Legal Officer, you will have a wide-ranging assignment in a central role with many collaborations both internally and externally. The position being advertised is a new position and is organizationally placed under the Director-General.

The Media Authority is located near Gullmarsplan in Hammarby sjöstad, Stockholm. Here, you will work side by side with dedicated colleagues with unique expertise and backgrounds in customized and pleasant premises. The deadline for applications is January 12, 2025, welcome with your application!

About the Position

The Media Authority is tasked with promoting freedom of expression, media and information literacy, and opportunities for diversity and accessibility in the media sector. The authority also aims to empower children and young people as conscious media users, leverage their experiences, and protect them from harmful media influence. As the Chief Legal Officer, you will have a role close to the operations where you will handle varied tasks and collaborations.

The main responsibilities include:

Providing legal support to the authority's management and other departments
Ensuring that the authority's operations are conducted legally, efficiently, and with high quality
Ensuring quality in regulations, referrals, public access and confidentiality issues, and that the authority conducts its operations in accordance with applicable rules
Working on legal tasks such as legal investigations, referrals, and preparation of court cases
Investigating legal issues with both national and EU legal perspectives
Developing and disseminating knowledge internally and externally
Collaborating with other authorities and internationally
Representing the Media Authority and being a "public face"

Who You Are

For the position of Chief Legal Officer, we are looking for someone who meets the requirements below:

Highly experienced and skilled lawyer, preferably a court of appeal or administrative court assessor
Several years of experience in qualified legal work in a court or authority
Very good ability to perform legal analyses and quickly familiarize yourself with new subject areas and apply new knowledge
Very good ability to express yourself orally and in writing, both in Swedish and English
Very good knowledge of public law
Very good knowledge of state administration and its decision-making processes
Socially oriented and updated on social issues
Current and relevant experience in similar tasks

Merits for the position include:

Good knowledge of the international regulatory framework for the authority's operations
Good knowledge of EU law
Experience in legislative work and regulatory activities
Knowledge and experience of supervisory work
Knowledge of media issues
Knowledge of technology issues related to digital services
Knowledge of accessibility issues
Skills in languages other than English

Personal qualities:

As a person, you are committed and clear with a pedagogical ability. You possess good social skills, are unpretentious, and have an easy time collaborating. Your holistic view allows you to place individual issues in a larger context and prioritize what is most important to achieve results. You are proactive and solution-oriented with good analytical skills. Your work approach is structured, and you are thorough with a strong sense of responsibility while being goal- and results-oriented with the ability to perform at a high pace. The position requires high integrity and good judgment. Significant emphasis will be placed on personal qualities.

Other:

The position is full-time and a permanent position with a probationary period of 6 months.
The Chief Legal Officer reports directly to the Director-General and is part of the authority's local management group where the central Management Agreement is applied. Personnel responsibility is currently not included in the position.

We want to harness the qualities that a balanced gender distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the organization. We strive for a work environment where each employee is given the opportunity to combine professional and private life for a balanced life. We offer wellness grants and some opportunity for remote work.

Contact:

In this recruitment, the Media Authority collaborates with Poolia. For questions about the position, you are welcome to contact recruitment consultant Eva Nilsson via phone 073-944 53 12