Coast Guard is Seeking a 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 capability, the Coast Guard is also an important authority in Sweden's total defense. An important part of the maritime surveillance mission is to ensure safety in Sweden's maritime zones. This is done, among other things, through crime prevention, monitoring, and maintaining order. The Coast Guard's rescue service mission includes a wide range of different rescue operations, including environmental rescue efforts in the event 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 mission. An important part of the Coast Guard's mission is to support other parts of society based on the expertise that the authority possesses.

The Coast Guard is a workplace characterized by collaboration and commitment across area boundaries. Here, there are engaged 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 located in Karlskrona, Malmö, or Gothenburg.

As a legal advisor, your main responsibilities 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 supervisory 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 protection, 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 guiding documents, and conducting legal quality reviews of decisions and other documents prepared within the authority.

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 advantageous 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 in work within the Coast Guard's operational area, the judiciary, or another government authority.
• practical experience with privacy by design and default and risk and impact assessments based on data protection regulations.
• experience in information exchange.
• worked in accordance with GDPR and crime data legislation.

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

When hiring, we place great importance 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 domestically and internationally.

For employment, Swedish citizenship, a drug test, and a 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 foreign missions and international efforts. Therefore, the employment includes an obligation to serve abroad when required for the operation.

Other

To ensure quality and streamline the recruitment process, we use an electronic application form in collaboration with Varbi for all job vacancies. Please fill in 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 information, 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. Therefore, we kindly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.