Lawyer with Notary Qualification for the Legal Department

Stockholm – our capital city with millions of dreams, expectations, and ambitions. We work for everyone living here today and in the future. We are now looking for you who want to think big, new, and differently with us – for the people of Stockholm.

The City Executive Office is the administration of the municipal executive board. We are responsible for governance, monitoring, and development of the city's operations based on the vision and budget decided by the municipal council. We have just over 350 employees who mainly work with strategic issues that are of great importance to the city's operations.

Welcome to us

The Legal Department within the City Executive Office of Stockholm is responsible for providing qualified legal advice and services to the city's committees, administrations, companies, and foundations.

The department also provides services to the municipal council and the municipal executive board.

We are about 60 employees, of which around 35 are lawyers. The department is organized into four units: the general legal unit, the social and school legal unit, the operational support unit, and the municipal council/municipal executive board secretariat.

In the social and school legal unit, we work with legal issues within the areas of social services and education. The unit has twelve lawyers. We are now looking for a lawyer with notary qualification for a temporary position as deputy city attorney in the unit. The temporary position extends until March 31, 2027.

We offer

• great opportunities to contribute to social benefit
• clear areas of responsibility and a high degree of autonomy
• a workplace where competence and collaboration are important foundations for job satisfaction and good results
• a large network within the City of Stockholm with many areas for collaboration
• good development opportunities
• a centrally located workplace by the City Hall
• flexible working hours
• healthcare allowance and training facilities in close proximity to the workplace.

Feel free to read more about our offer here.

Your role

Your main tasks will include:

• advising the municipal administrations
• representing the city as a representative in courts, primarily in cases under the Act on Special Provisions for the Care of Young People (LVU)
• providing opinions on legal matters
• conducting training.

The area of work is primarily social law such as SoL, LVU, LSS, and municipal family law. School legislation, municipal healthcare, general administrative law, freedom of information and secrecy legislation, and municipal law are also commonly encountered areas of law.

Your qualifications and experience

You who are applying have:

• a law degree
• completed notary service
• very good ability to express yourself well in Swedish, both orally and in writing

It is advantageous if you have:

• current experience of working within social law
• current experience in one or more of the other aforementioned areas of law
• experience of litigating in court as a representative.

As a person, you are communicative and have a good ability to build and maintain relationships both internally in the workplace and externally towards clients. You are meticulous and have good judgment, which allows you to handle complex situations in a safe and effective manner. In your work, you are quick, structured, and deliver high quality. Furthermore, you express yourself clearly and precisely, both orally and in writing, to ensure clear and effective communication.

We place great emphasis on personal qualities, motivation, and commitment to the position.

Other

To have a complete application, you must attach grades and documents that you wish to refer to.

In connection with your application, you will answer a number of questions that form the basis for our continued selection work for this specific position.

In your personal letter, we would like you to provide a brief motivation of why you would be suitable for the position and what you can contribute in the role.

The employment is a temporary position due to parental leave until March 31, 2027.

The City of Stockholm works with competence-based recruitment aimed at recognizing each person's competence and thereby counteracting discrimination.