Do you want to use your skills to create a radiation-safe society?

Do you want to work at an exciting authority? Now is your chance to work at a growing agency. Do you thrive in and are motivated by good collaborations in a developing environment? Then you could be our future colleague!

The Legal Secretariat at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority provides support to the agency's management, departments, and units, and assists the Government Offices in matters within the agency's area of responsibility. The secretariat is led by the agency's chief legal officer, who is part of the agency's management group. The secretariat employs an administrative officer and 14 legal advisors, including the agency's data protection officer. The legal advisors are led by a unit manager.

The secretariat is responsible for, among other things, internal legal support and training, litigation in court, and monitoring legal issues within the agency's area. The tasks also include, among other things, investigation and advice regarding, for example, regulatory activities, regulations, total defense and crisis preparedness, security protection, regulatory issues, data protection, contracts, and international cooperation. The unit is also responsible for the agency's whistleblower function and internal legal governance.

With us, you plan your work yourself and get variety by handling several complex tasks simultaneously. Depending on your skills, experience, and interests, it may be relevant to focus on certain areas of law or tasks.

We are now looking for one or more legal advisors.

Societal Important Tasks

We offer you a job where you, in close collaboration with the chief legal officer, unit manager, other lawyers, and departments within the agency, will:

• support the operations with legal assessments in various areas of law and contribute to the agency making decisions of high legal quality,
• work on the development of regulations,
• participate in work with consultation responses, governing documents, and other projects,
• depending on your background, plan, develop, and participate in training activities, and
• participate in other tasks that occur at the secretariat.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have

• Professional degree: Law degree/jur.kand.
• Notary qualification or experience deemed equivalent by the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority
• Several years of experience in qualified legal work
• Good knowledge of administrative law and public access and secrecy legislation
• Very good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing
• Good ability to communicate in English, both orally and in writing

It is meritorious if you have

• Worked as a legal advisor
• Worked with regulations
• Experience in advising case officers working with regulatory activities
• Good knowledge of nuclear technology or radiation protection regulations
• Experience from the Government Offices
• Experience from the EU, OECD, or IAEA
• Experience in international governmental or development cooperation
• Experience in drafting or negotiating IT contracts, specifications, or governing documents to address regulatory requirements
• Good knowledge of relevant IT legal regulations
• Worked with privacy protection legislation
• Good knowledge of security protection regulations
• Worked in a knowledge-intensive organization where you collaborated with several other professional categories

Personal Qualities

As a person, you thrive in collaborations and communicate clearly, where you can explain complex legal issues simply and have the ability to translate complex regulations into usable working methods. The position requires that you are structured and have good judgment.

We expect you to have a high security awareness and that you can work according to both our values - Swedish Radiation Safety Authority (stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se) and the Government's values (forvaltningskultur.se)

We Offer You

As an employee at the Swedish Radiation Safety Authority, you have an important societal mission! Together we work for a radiation-safe society. Here you can read about what we offer: Read more about our terms and benefits

The employment begins with a 6-month probationary period starting by agreement.

Some of our tasks are classified, which means that a security review with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may be conducted before a decision on employment. For some of our classified tasks, Swedish citizenship is also required.

You may be part of the agency's crisis organization and may also be assigned to the agency in case of war. The crisis organization performs radiation protection assessments and nuclear technical analyses and collaborates with other relevant actors to handle radiological emergencies, including situations of heightened preparedness.

Contact and Application

Would you like to know more about the position or the recruitment process? Contact acting unit manager Anna Haraldsson, 08-799 42 07.

Union representatives are Mathias Häggblom, Saco-S, 08-799 44 85, Michael Wallin, ST, 08-799 42 87, and Mikael Andersson, SEKO, 08-799 41 00.

We kindly decline offers of advertising and recruitment assistance in connection with this recruitment.

Location: You who apply for the position can choose to be placed in Solna, Gothenburg, or Katrineholm. Travel between offices may occur. You state your desired location when applying.

Applications are made by attaching a CV and answering selection questions. To make a fair and equal assessment of you as a candidate, we ask you to answer the selection questions, and you do not need to attach a personal letter. Your application will become a public document when you apply for positions with us.

Work samples may be applied.

Welcome with your application via our website no later than January 13, 2026

The Swedish Radiation Safety Authority works proactively and preventively to protect people and the environment from unwanted effects of radiation. Our approximately 380 employees have deep and broad knowledge in radiation protection and nuclear safety. The authority has offices in Solna, Katrineholm, and Gothenburg.

Read more about our operations here www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se (http://www.stralsakerhetsmyndigheten.se)