Lawyer for the Procurement Unit

Do you have the courage to lead and create a Vallentuna where people and ideas thrive? Do you have experience in translating law into practical, usable solutions? Then you could become the new lawyer for the procurement unit.

Vallentuna Municipality has the courage to lead. Our ambition is to be at the forefront of innovative solutions, smart working methods, and an efficient organization. As an employee, you play an important role in the development work. The municipality as a workplace is characterized by a consensus between politics and operations, where the common interest and responsibility for the best of Vallentuna shines through. Responsiveness, accessibility, and customer focus are important in our work for good results and increased quality.

Engagement, collaboration, and equal value for all should permeate our organization. You who are applying should of course share our common values.

About the organization:

The Procurement Unit is responsible for conducting procurements that meet the needs of the operations. Here, we are driven by working on improving and developing the purchasing process, creating good relationships with our suppliers, and being businesslike by following up on our agreements. We want to do business with serious suppliers where you will have an important role.

The unit is part of the finance department and currently consists of four procurement officers, a purchasing controller, a contract controller, and a procurement manager. For the past year, we have been in completely new activity-based premises which allows for close collaboration with other departments and colleagues in the municipality. The unit's employees vary between working in the office and remotely. With us, there is great opportunity for a flexible work life, and the balance between work and private life is important to us. We enjoy having fun at work and hope that you, like us, thrive in teamwork where we help each other and develop together.

Job Responsibilities:

In the role of lawyer, you will work with contractual legal issues with a particular focus on contract follow-up in close collaboration with your colleagues in the procurement unit. You will be responsible for drafting, reviewing, and further developing contract texts so that they clearly reflect the requirements set and are possible to follow up in practice. We want to ensure high quality and that suppliers meet their commitments in the municipality's procured agreements. Another important part of the job is to provide legal support in various matters.

You will assist in assessing contractual deviations and handle contractual legal consequences all the way from correction, fines, withheld compensation, recovery, and ultimately to termination of contracts. You will also contribute to developing internal routines, governing documents, and working methods that strengthen control, quality, and legal certainty throughout the contract chain.

Part of the position also involves being a coordinator in the municipality's joint efforts to combat welfare crimes. Through environmental monitoring, participation in relevant networks, and close collaborations with contact persons from various departments, you strengthen the municipality's overall ability to prevent and detect welfare crimes. You disseminate knowledge, initiate joint efforts, and act as a hub in the cross-cutting work for a safe and legally secure welfare.

To succeed in this role, you need to have good collaborative skills but also enjoy working independently.

Qualifications:

We are looking for someone who has:

• A law degree.
• Knowledge of LOU (the Public Procurement Act).
• Several years of experience in contract law, preferably within the public sector.
• Experience in contract follow-up, procurement, or supervision.
• Experience and a good ability to translate law into practical, usable solutions.
• Good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing.
• Meriting: Experience working with welfare crimes, economic auditing, or internal control.
• Meriting: Experience working in a politically governed organization.

Personal Qualities:

• You work towards results, demonstrate reliability, and take responsibility for planning and following up on your work.
• You strengthen relationships by helping others, collaborating, following rules and processes, and sharing information.
• You develop, improve, seek solutions, learn, and gain knowledge on your own initiative.
• You are the link, provide service, show loyalty outward and inward, and monitor the environment.
• Common values are reflected in your interactions.
• You adapt communication in both speech and writing according to the audience's level of knowledge.
• You work in a structured manner, have analytical skills, and are not afraid to make and communicate uncomfortable decisions.
• You are driven, have good collaborative skills, and also enjoy independent work.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities.

Information:

As an employer, we want to harness the qualities that a balanced gender distribution and cultural diversity bring. Vallentuna Municipality invests in competence development and a sustainable work life. To provide you with the best possible conditions in your employee role, Vallentuna Municipality has an employee academy where you will receive training and tools.

The employment is a permanent full-time position with a start date as soon as possible. We apply individual salary setting and a probationary period may be applied.

Before any new employment, Vallentuna Municipality conducts background checks.

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process, we use the tool ReachMee. We ask you to submit your application by clicking the application link in the ad. We do not accept applications/expressions of interest via email. If you have any questions, please feel free to contact us as below.

When you apply, you will need to answer a number of selection questions related to the requirements profile in the ad. Your answers will be used as part of the selection process and may determine whether you proceed in the recruitment process or not. Therefore, it is important that you answer as thoroughly and clearly as possible. For an unbiased recruitment process, tests will be applied for those we consider meet the qualification requirements. Work samples may occur in the recruitment process.

You are warmly welcome to submit your application with a short personal letter and CV by January 23, 2026.

For more information contact:

Linda Jansson, Procurement Manager, phone: 08-587 850 71, email: [email protected]

More information and union representatives can be found at this link (https://www.vallentuna.se/naringsliv-och-arbete/arbeta-hos-oss/lokala-fackliga-foretradare/).