Vacant job

Job Responsibilities

The Development and Management Department consists of six units: Legal and Case Management, IT and Digitalization, Communication, Procurement and Purchasing, Security, and Quality.

The department is responsible for coordinating and developing common management, administration, and leadership support for the administration, as well as laying the foundation for common systems, structures, and working methods/processes. The department monitors the external environment within its areas of responsibility and has an overarching responsibility to coordinate and inspire the development of the administration's operations and the quality of our deliveries.

We are now looking for a lawyer for the Legal and Case Management unit, whose mission is to provide legal support to our administration. Currently, there are four lawyers and a unit manager in the legal team, and we are now seeking reinforcement for our competent and friendly team. As a lawyer with us, you will have the opportunity to deepen and broaden your legal expertise and participate in various networks. The work is characterized by independence but also by great freedom to plan your workdays and maintain a good balance between work and leisure.

Your main responsibilities

• Provide ongoing advice to managers and employees primarily in rental law and property law matters
• Represent the administration in cases and matters in courts and authorities
• Monitor the external environment based on the needs of the operations
• Conduct training sessions
• Assist with confidentiality assessments and make written appealable decisions to not disclose a document.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with a law degree who wants to work with varied and complex legal issues in a dynamic environment. For this position, we require several years of experience in qualified advice within rental law and other rights of use, as well as good knowledge of public law issues such as transparency and confidentiality. Experience working in court is an advantage, as is experience applying the Planning and Building Act and experience in the public sector.

As a lawyer, you have a pragmatic approach without compromising on the requirement for high quality in your advice. You find it easy to collaborate with people from different professional backgrounds. You are engaged and enjoy taking your own initiatives. To succeed in this role, you need to have a good ability to explain complex issues in an easily understandable way. You prioritize your tasks, are flexible, and take responsibility for your goals and cases. You have the ability to work systematically even under high workloads.

Other

We offer a workplace in development and with a forward-looking spirit. Our employees have broad and varied competencies. We work in pleasant premises and offer employee benefits such as flexible working hours, wellness grants, and cycling benefits. The City Property Management works for a sustainable work life where you can combine an exciting and rewarding work life with a rich life outside of work. We offer you a development and innovation climate that provides good opportunities for career development. Within the administration, we apply a trust-based leadership that is rooted in an inclusive workplace.

We strive to have an even distribution between genders and a spread in terms of age within our administration. We want our workplace to be characterized by openness and respect for differences, and we believe that diversity contributes to the development of our operations.

To those representing staffing and recruitment companies: We kindly but firmly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance.

About Us

The City Property Management creates environments where life can thrive by planning, building, renting, managing, and developing premises and outdoor environments for the City of Gothenburg's operations. Every day, hundreds of thousands of Gothenburgers are active in preschools, schools, care homes, and other premises that we manage.

Together with the City Environment Administration, the Exploitation Administration, and the City Planning Administration, we have a coordinated responsibility for urban development in the City of Gothenburg. This entails a shared division of responsibilities and roles based on phases: planning; implementation; and management, with the goal of contributing to a cohesive, efficient, and transparent urban development for residents, visitors, and businesses in the city.