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Are you a qualified lawyer looking to contribute to the fight against economic crime? At the National Economic Crime Bureau (Ekobrottsmyndigheten), you will work in a dynamic environment alongside highly qualified and engaged colleagues. We are now seeking a practicing lawyer with knowledge of data protection for our legal unit.

Workplace

The Legal Unit is responsible for ensuring quality, equality, and legal certainty in the agency's legal operations. The unit employs practicing lawyers and an archivist/clerk function. The agency's Data Protection Officer is also located within the Legal Unit.

The unit actively works on legislative processes, monitors legal developments, and provides qualified legal support to the agency. Responsibilities include responding to official inquiries, issuing opinions, and handling matters related to confidentiality and data protection. The unit also drafts and reviews steering documents, participates in training, and supports competence-building initiatives within the agency. It collaborates closely with other agencies with related mandates. The Legal Unit currently consists of approximately 14 employees and needs reinforcement regarding data protection and other relevant issues.

Job Responsibilities

As a practicing lawyer at the Legal Unit, you will have varied tasks including, but not limited to:

• Answering questions regarding data protection and digitalization
• Processing matters concerning public access to information and confidentiality
• Working on legal development issues and providing qualified legal support to operations
• Responding to official inquiries and monitoring developments in legislative matters
• Handling general administrative law issues

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• A law degree
• Several years of experience in qualified legal work at a strategic level from another government agency, court, or similar organization
• Good knowledge of and current experience working with data protection issues
• High legal competence and the ability to apply it in practice
• Excellent verbal and written communication skills in both Swedish and English.

Merits include:

• Knowledge of and experience with public access to information and confidentiality issues
• Notarial qualifications
• Experience working in an agency with a law enforcement mandate.

Personal Attributes

Economic crime is often complex, and the agency's work is characterized by a holistic approach where all employees take responsibility for the agency's overall operations and results. You are expected to contribute your perspective and expertise and be open to others. You will bring ideas and new approaches to improve and develop operations and your own competence.

Since the National Economic Crime Bureau's operations include both prosecutorial and police activities, there are high demands on your ability to solve complex issues from multiple perspectives and regulatory frameworks. You need to be a skilled lawyer with strong analytical abilities and good judgment. The role requires experience in presenting legally complex cases with well-founded solution proposals. The work often involves collaboration with others, both internally and externally, requiring excellent teamwork skills.

To thrive in this role, you must be independent, structured, and accustomed to handling multiple issues in parallel, even under time pressure. We view it positively if you are development-oriented and interested in contributing to the legal development at the agency as well as to the efficiency of methods and working practices in operational activities.

When hiring, we place great emphasis on personal qualities and abilities. To succeed in your role at the National Economic Crime Bureau, you must be willing and able to work in accordance with the agency's employee policy, the EBM model.

Contact Persons

For questions about the position, please contact Head of Legal, Ulrika Lundström, tel. 010-562 94 25.

Union representatives for Saco-S are Henrik Lundin, tel. 010-562 91 72; for ST, Karin Hallström Norberg, tel. 010-562 91 71; and for the Police Union, Sofia Ask, tel. 010-563 87 10.

Employment Information

• Employment Type: Permanent position starting with a six-month probationary period
• Location: Stockholm, National Economic Crime Bureau Headquarters
• Start Date: By agreement
• Salary: Individual salary setting applies

At the National Economic Crime Bureau, we focus on developing our employees' competence and therefore offer a varied training program. There are good opportunities for professional development, wellness activities, and a good balance between work and private life. Remote work opportunities are available.

We have high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. The position is classified for security clearance, meaning a security investigation with register check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) will be conducted before a hiring decision is made.

Apply

We welcome your application in the form of a CV and cover letter by July 1, 2026.

In your CV and cover letter, please describe how you meet our requested requirements and merits. We specifically ask that you describe how you use your legal competence in your work and how you apply it in practice.

Your application is a public document according to the principle of public access. If you have protected personal data, references, or similar information that you consider sensitive, we recommend sending your application marked with the advertisement reference number via mail to: National Economic Crime Bureau, Box 6001, 102 31 Stockholm.

We look forward to receiving your application!