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About the job

We are now looking for a lawyer with a focus on transparency and confidentiality and public documents.

The Legal Unit is responsible for the authority's legal matters and contributes to ensuring good legal quality in development cooperation and in Sida's internal administration. This also includes legal support for the development cooperation carried out at Sweden's foreign missions (embassies, etc.) as well as Sida's guarantee operations. The unit is responsible for Sida's contract templates for our partners, including multilateral organizations, reviews contract drafts prior to decisions, and has a coordination responsibility for the authority's internal regulations. The lawyers also conduct internal training.

Currently, there are 19 employees in the Legal Unit, one of whom is the authority's data protection officer. The head of the unit is also Sida's chief legal officer. All employees within the unit are located in Sundbyberg.

The main area of work for the lawyer is legal advice on matters primarily concerning contracts, business law, and administrative law, including issues of transparency and confidentiality and public procurement. The current position is intended to be responsible for managing transparency and confidentiality issues and providing legal support regarding public documents and disclosure matters, including appeals in court.

Responsibilities

• Handle administrative law issues, primarily requests for disclosure of public documents and confidentiality assessments.
• Prepare legal investigations and communicate their results within the authority.
• Participate in methodological and development work within the own area of work and in the authority's overall operations.
• Train employees within the area of work, both at Sida and at Sweden's foreign missions (embassies).

The work is independent and requires self-motivation and initiative, integrity, as well as the ability to work in a team and take joint responsibility with others in the authority.

We offer

We offer a workplace with good opportunities for development and a work environment characterized by openness and diversity. You work based on a clear mandate and area of responsibility characterized by trust between you, your manager, and your colleagues.

As an employee at Sida, you work with the world as your workplace, with Agenda 2030 and the state value base as your guide. In order to respond to the challenges the world faces today and in the future, we need people with diverse backgrounds and skills.

Qualification requirements

Education

• Master of Laws (270 credits) or equivalent.

Language

• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

Work experience and knowledge

• At least 3 years of experience working with Swedish law regarding transparency and confidentiality.
• At least 5 years of experience in qualified legal work from e.g. court, another government authority, law firm, or equivalent.

Functional competencies/abilities:

For this role, you need to:

• Be able to lead yourself and take responsibility for your own development.
• Take initiative and be proactive.
• Have the ability to handle stress, uncertainty, and risks.
• Be good at collaborating and building trusting relationships.
• Be able to handle resistance, be flexible, and solution-oriented.
• Communicate strategically to influence, negotiate, and mobilize.
• Be able to contribute to and absorb knowledge and evidence.
• Be able to translate experiences and lessons into action.

For this role, it is advantageous if you have

• Knowledge and extensive experience working with transparency and confidentiality, the Archives Act, and these types of issues also in a digital context.
• Knowledge and experience working with administrative law.
• Knowledge and experience working with international development assistance.
• Experience in training employees within the own area of work.

Good to know

The position is a permanent employment with immediate start. A probationary period applies.

Sida offers the possibility of remote work to some extent if it works for the operations.

When contacting, please indicate reference number 168/25.

Further information about the position's content can be obtained from the unit manager, Ola Andersson, 076-722 22 32.

Any questions regarding terms and other union matters should be directed to union representatives at Sida for Saco: [email protected] and ST: [email protected].

In Sida's recruitment process, selection questions are used as a tool for making an initial selection. Therefore, be careful with your answers so that they accurately reflect your competence and experience. Read more about Sida's recruitment process.

Sida is a government authority. This means that information and application documents you provide to us may be disclosed under the principle of transparency if someone requests them. Normally, there is no confidentiality for the information processed in the database. If you have protected personal information, please contact the contact person specified in the advertisement by phone.

Note! Sida communicates with applicants primarily through our recruitment system ReachMee. Depending on which email client you use, emails sent from ReachMee may get caught in the spam filter, so we encourage candidates to keep an eye on this.

About Sida

Sida – the Swedish International Development Cooperation Agency - is a government agency that works on behalf of the government and parliament to create conditions for better living conditions for people living in poverty and oppression. Our work should contribute to achieving the parliament's goals and the government's direction for Swedish aid.

We have over 800 employees distributed between three offices in Sweden and at Swedish embassies in our partner countries. Read more about Sida's employment benefits and Sida's diversity work.

Diverse experiences, backgrounds, and perspectives are the foundation for a workplace free from discrimination, where everyone thrives and does their best. We believe in diversity and its positive impact on our operations and welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences.