Coast Guard is Hiring Temporary Legal Advisor

The Coast Guard is a civil state preparedness authority responsible for maritime surveillance and rescue services at sea on behalf of the government and parliament. With our maritime capabilities, the Coast Guard is also an important authority in Sweden's total defense. A key part of the maritime surveillance mission is to ensure safety in Sweden's maritime zones. This is achieved, among other things, through crime prevention, monitoring, and maintaining order. The Coast Guard's rescue mission includes a wide range of different rescue operations, including environmental rescue efforts in case of accidents or spills and rescue operations in case of shipwrecks or emergencies.

The Coast Guard is a maritime hub that ensures a civil maritime situation picture for Sweden and that other authorities have access to the maritime capabilities they need for their missions. An important part of the Coast Guard's mission is to support other parts of society based on the expertise the authority possesses.

The Coast Guard is a workplace characterized by collaboration and engagement across boundaries. Here, there are dedicated employees with varying competencies, creating a dynamic workplace with constant opportunities to learn new things. The Coast Guard works with and has a strong focus on employee participation and leadership, which is why it is important that your values align with those of the Coast Guard – holistic view, goodwill, and commitment. The Coast Guard offers an attractive workplace characterized by striving to be free from discrimination and providing equal opportunities and rights for all.

Description

The Coast Guard is seeking a temporary legal advisor to the legal unit, with placement in Karlskrona, Malmö, or Gothenburg.

As a legal advisor, your main tasks will be to work with other lawyers to provide internal legal advice primarily concerning the Coast Guard's responsibilities for rescue services at sea and maritime surveillance.

Maritime surveillance includes coordination and dissemination of maritime information, control and supervision activities within customs and border control, police monitoring, and maintaining order as well as crime prevention activities. The advice also covers issues related to civil protection and total defense, public access and confidentiality, administrative law, labor law, contract law, procurement, personal data processing and data protection, as well as information security, operational security, and maritime safety.

Your tasks will also include monitoring national, EU, and international legal developments within the authority's area, developing and revising the authority's governing documents, and conducting legal quality reviews of the decisions and other documents prepared within the authority.

This position is advertised in several locations. Apply for the position here: https://kustbevakningen.varbi.com/se/what:job/jobID:897592/ (https://kustbevakningen.varbi.com/se/what:job/jobID:897592/)

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• law degree / legal exam.
• several years of experience in qualified legal work.
• very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.

It is an advantage if you also have:

• experience and competence in legal work related to data protection, administrative law, information exchange, or public access and confidentiality.
• several years of experience from work within the Coast Guard's area of operations, the judiciary, or another government agency.
• practical experience with privacy by design and default and risk and impact assessments based on data protection regulations.
• experience working with information exchange.
• experience working with GDPR and crime data legislation.

To succeed in this role, you need to approach your tasks with a solution-focused mindset and flexibility. You have a good ability to quickly switch between different tasks. You are outgoing and enjoy social contexts, have good collaboration skills, and can adapt your communication style according to the situation and person. At the same time, you are independent, self-motivated, and highly engaged in your tasks. You are structured with good analytical and administrative skills.

When hiring, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities and abilities.

Conditions

The position is a fixed-term employment in the form of a temporary position for one year. Start date is as agreed.

Business travel is included in the employment, both domestic and international.

For employment, Swedish citizenship, drug testing, and security clearance according to the Security Protection Act are required. Tests may be conducted during the recruitment process and used in the selection.

The Coast Guard participates in overseas assignments and international operations. Therefore, the employment includes an obligation to serve abroad when required for the operation.

Other

To ensure quality and efficiency in the recruitment process, we use an electronic application form in collaboration with Varbi for all job vacancies. Please fill out your application as carefully as possible to provide an accurate representation of yourself.

The Coast Guard is a government authority, which means that the information you provide to us may be disclosed under the principle of public access. Normally, there is no confidentiality for the information processed in the database. If you have protected personal data, please contact the contact person indicated in the advertisement.

In preparation for the recruitment process, the Coast Guard has made decisions regarding recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly request that media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar do not contact us.