City Lawyer for Malmö City

Job Responsibilities

As a city lawyer, you will be responsible for legal matters concerning the municipal executive board and the municipal council, as well as providing legal support to the city office's organization. You will prepare cases for the municipal executive board and respond to referrals. Your assignment also includes providing advice and support on legal matters to the city's administrations and companies, conducting training, and representing Malmö City in court and before other authorities.

As a city lawyer, you will engage with several areas of law, including municipal law, administrative law, contract law, and public access and confidentiality. You will analyze and implement legal changes into working methods that ensure Malmö City complies with laws and regulations. You will develop and implement procedures and guidelines to ensure that the city's decisions and processes are legally secure. You will draft and review contracts.

In addition to your daily tasks as a city lawyer, you will participate in the unit's development work. Our ongoing development focuses on becoming even better at seeing, syncing, and gathering as a unit, department, and administration.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• Law degree or equivalent legal education
• At least four years of relevant work experience in qualified legal work within public administration, including experience with presentation techniques
• Excellent knowledge of Swedish, both spoken and written
• Good knowledge of English
• Good knowledge of Office 365.

It is an advantage if you have:

• Completed notarization service.

To thrive in this role, you need to have the ability to build relationships, collaborate closely with the business, and translate legal knowledge into solutions that create value for the entire organization. You are analytical and solution-oriented, accustomed to handling complex issues and finding solutions that work for the business. Your legal competence is broad, and you are eager to share your knowledge. You also have the ability to explain legal issues in a way that is understandable and relevant to different target groups. You have high integrity and let laws and principles guide your work, even in challenging situations. As a person, you are self-driven, structure your work, and push processes forward.

About the Workplace

The Department of Internal Management and Coordination is responsible for finance, planning, monitoring, HR, communication, and internal support and services at the city office, as well as support to the municipal executive board and the municipal council. The Legal and Secretariat Unit is part of the department and provides administrative support to municipal councilors and political bodies, planning and conducting elections in Malmö, managing case processes, and handling the city's document and case management, as well as overarching issues within Malmö City and the city's whistleblower function. The unit provides legal advice to the municipality's bodies, companies, and foundations, promotes legal certainty, and prevents disputes. The unit includes six lawyers, an investigator, a data protection specialist, and the municipality's data protection officer.

The city office directs, challenges, and strengthens the development potential in the organization, the city, and the region. We are the administration of the municipal executive board and work with a holistic perspective close to the city's leadership. The city office consists of seven different departments and has approximately 300 employees. Our departments work across a broad spectrum of areas, and the administration has many employees with high specialist competence.

The operations of Malmö City are organized into 14 administrations. Our common mission is to create welfare and sustainable community development. Together with the residents of Malmö, we are developing an even better city to live, work, and be in; diversity, life experiences, and talents make Malmö a smart city in the heart of Europe. The world's knowledge is here.

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Information about the Position

Employment Type: Permanent position
Scope: Full-time
Number of Positions: 1
Start Date: By agreement

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Please note that Malmö City has removed the personal letter from the application process and replaced it with selection questions, for a more inclusive recruitment process and an efficient candidate experience for you applying for a job with us. Your answers will be an important part of our selection process.

Malmö City strives for employees to represent the diversity that exists in our city. Therefore, we welcome applicants who can contribute to us as an employer meeting the needs of Malmö residents.

We do not accept applications via email. To submit your application, click on apply below. If you have any questions regarding the position, please contact the contacts in the advertisement. Your application documents are public records and are handled according to the principle of public access. If you have a decision regarding protected personal data, please contact the recruiting manager for an alternative application route.

From January 13-18, Ann-Louise Rönnerhed, the recruiting manager, will be out of the office. Questions during this period should be directed to Jonas Rosenkvist, department manager for internal management and coordination.