Strengthen our team with lawyers at Sweden's largest state research financier!

This is a diverse role where you will work with agency-specific legal issues as well as issues related to research and international collaborations.

Role Description and Responsibilities

The lawyers at the Swedish Research Council belong to the Department of Legal Affairs, Archives, and Registration, providing support in all types of legal matters that arise within the agency. We now need to strengthen the department with a lawyer.

We are looking for someone at the beginning of their career with a few years of experience working as a lawyer. You will primarily support the agency's employees in the confidentiality assessment of public documents, but also work with issues related to research funding, research infrastructures, international collaborations, and legal matters typically encountered by an administrative authority. We work closely together and support each other as needed. You will work independently on certain issues and areas but not alone.

Your responsibilities include

• providing legal support to the registration office and the agency's other operations on issues of public access and confidentiality as well as other administrative law matters,
• conducting legal investigations, drafting proposals for decisions, and presenting cases,
• conducting training for the agency's employees,
• participating in various working groups and projects where you contribute your legal expertise.

Who are you?

We are looking for someone who has;

• a law degree,
• a few years of relevant work experience from qualified legal work within public operations,
• current experience working with confidentiality assessments,
• experience presenting legal issues to various stakeholders,
• very good knowledge of administrative law and public access and confidentiality,
• excellent proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written,
• good proficiency in English, both spoken and written.

It is advantageous if you have

• current experience providing legal support on issues related to public access and confidentiality,
• worked with legal advice at an educational institution or a state research financier,
• other experience that the agency considers equivalent may also be advantageous.

As a lawyer, you have a high level of integrity and are confident in your professional role. You have a strong ability to collaborate and communicate legal issues with colleagues from various professional backgrounds and to create and maintain good relationships within and outside the agency. You are meticulous and used to working efficiently while maintaining quality. Your approach is unpretentious, and your working style is strategic and proactive. You independently drive issues within your areas of responsibility.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Location

Our office is activity-based and located at Hantverkargatan 11 in central Stockholm. If the tasks allow, there is an opportunity to work remotely part-time.

Employment Type and Start Date

We offer a permanent full-time position with a 6-month probationary period. We would like you to start as soon as possible, considering any notice period.

Are you interested?

If you would like to know more about the job, please contact

• Victoria Söderqvist, department head 08-546 44 031
• Eva Sparreljung, HR specialist 08-546 44 079
• Bente Ahlström, Saco-S 076-525 76 18
• Nina Glimster, ST 076-526 72 15

How to apply

Submit your CV and cover letter via our recruitment system by March 13, 2026. Please mark your application with the diary number 2.2.1-2026-02030.

About us

The Swedish Research Council is Sweden's largest state research financier. Our work is about providing researchers with good conditions to contribute to society with high-quality research. We employ over 300 people in modern premises in central Stockholm and Gothenburg. We handle applications, evaluate and follow up on the conditions of research, and communicate about research. The Swedish Research Council also finances, develops, and operates research infrastructure. Our department for Sunet and related services provides a unique data network, an identity infrastructure, and secure and stable IT services. This enables national and global collaboration for Swedish research, higher education, and culture in a secure, simple, and accessible way.

Our employee culture is characterized by engagement and care for one another. We have an open collaborative climate and an inclusive culture where we strive for a balanced gender distribution and value diversity.

Read more about our workplace and meet some of our employees at www.vetenskapsrådet.se (http://www.vetenskapsr%C3%A5det.se).