Lawyer Focused on Procurement Supervision

Do you want to work with issues that affect all citizens? Are you interested in procurement and competition? Do you want to develop in a stimulating and pleasant work environment while working with varied and complex issues? Then the Swedish Competition Authority is for you.

Are you driven, enthusiastic, and interested in procurement and development issues? Do you want to continue developing in a stimulating and pleasant work environment while working with varied and complex issues? Then the role of legal management support within procurement supervision at the Swedish Competition Authority could be the next step for you!

Description

We are now looking for an experienced lawyer who can contribute strategically to our important work as a supervisory authority over the laws on public procurement and the laws on choice systems.

The Swedish Competition Authority has about 25 employees who work with supervision, litigation, and analysis in the procurement area. You will be placed in one of our two procurement supervision units but will work strategically with procurement issues across unit boundaries.

Responsibilities

As legal management support, you will be involved in ensuring that the Swedish Competition Authority's investigations are conducted efficiently. You will quality assure your colleagues' work, work with consultation responses, policy issues, and EU matters, as well as other strategic materials for management. You will work closely and report to the unit manager. You will participate in a continuous improvement process regarding strategic priorities based on the authority's set goals, effective working methods, knowledge building, and knowledge management. You will create well-functioning contact points towards the rest of the organization and provide support to other units in procurement law matters. You will participate in the Swedish Competition Authority's external information work on procurement supervision.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone with an academic law degree, excellent knowledge of procurement law issues from many years of experience in qualified legal work, a high level of legal professionalism, and a very good ability to express yourself clearly and understandably in both spoken and written Swedish.

You are quality-conscious, analytical, and have good collaboration skills. You are flexible and have a desire to develop and grow in line with the changes in the organization. You have a high work capacity and the ability to prioritize. You have experience working with procurement issues from a strategic perspective.

It is an advantage if you have experience leading others in their work, e.g., as a project manager. Experience in court work or work at the Government Offices is also an advantage. Experience in other relevant legal areas such as EU law, contract law, and administrative law is also beneficial.

A Developing Workplace with an Important Social Mission

The Swedish Competition Authority is a knowledge-intensive and exciting workplace with an important social mission. We work in pleasant premises at Skanstull in Stockholm. With us, you get flexible working hours and the opportunity to enter into an agreement for remote work two days a week. We also offer a favorable occupational pension according to the PA 16 pension agreement and generous vacation conditions, 28–35 days per year depending on age. We also provide a generous wellness allowance and one wellness hour per week.

Application

Does this sound like a position that suits you? Then you are welcome to submit your application by 2026-01-18. Attach your CV and a cover letter explaining how you match the advertised position. Also, attach your degree certificate. Work samples and/or tests may occur during the recruitment process. You apply for the position via our recruitment system Varbi.

Information and Contact

Read more about the Swedish Competition Authority and what we have to offer on our website www.konkurrensverket.se (http://www.konkurrensverket.se). The position is a permanent full-time employment. The Swedish Competition Authority applies individual salary setting and, in normal cases, a six-month probationary period. If you have questions, please feel free to contact unit manager Thérese Westermark or Sara Lindblom, HR partner. Union representatives are Patrik Lundström (Saco) and Åsa Lövström (ST), all reachable at phone 08-700 16 00.

In preparation for the recruitment process, the Swedish Competition Authority has decided on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly ask for no contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, or similar.