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Are you a lawyer with a focus on municipal and administrative law and a special interest in the education sector? Then this might be the job for you. The Primary School Administration is now looking for an Administrative Lawyer for the Unit for Authority Enforcement and Legal Affairs.

The Primary School Administration is responsible for the city's municipal schools and works to create good conditions for students' learning and development. As an Administrative Lawyer here, you contribute to legally secure decisions and well-functioning processes that are important for the core mission of the schools.

About the role

As an Administrative Lawyer here, you have a broad and exciting role spanning several different legal areas, with an emphasis on municipal, administrative, and administrative procedural law linked to the Primary School Board's mandate and the school's operations. Part of the role also involves supporting issues related to public documents and confidentiality, and assisting in the drafting of various types of agreements and contracts. You provide legal support to managers and employees, primarily within the central administration, and participate in both operational and strategic assignments. The role also includes supporting the board in various types of legal matters.

In your role, you are a central part of the authority's work to ensure legally secure case handling and well-functioning processes. The tasks are varied and involve both supporting individual legal substantive issues within different legal areas and working at a more strategic legal level. The broad and varied role means that you will have great opportunities to develop your legal competence, in collaboration with competent colleagues in both the administration and the municipality at large. You will also have the opportunity to participate in various lawyer networks within relevant legal areas.

Another Administrative Lawyer works within the administration whose role is based on the school law area, but where your questions will often overlap. The collaboration between the Administrative Lawyers is close, and you divide the work, support and complement each other based on your different legal competencies, responsibilities, and interests.

About us – The Unit for Authority Enforcement and Legal Affairs

The Primary School Administration's Unit for Authority Enforcement and Legal Affairs is responsible for authority enforcement at the central administration level, provides legal support in various matters, and investigates complaints directed to the principal authority level. The unit is characterized by an open atmosphere, good cooperation, and engagement. It has a good reputation among those we serve and has had good results in employee surveys.

We are located in an activity-based office at Gamlestads torg 5, which provides good opportunities for both collaboration and work in quiet environments depending on the task.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• A law degree (Jur. Cand.),
• Good knowledge of municipal operations and their governance,
• Experience working in the areas of municipal, administrative, and administrative procedural law, for example from a politically governed organization (municipality or region) or court,
• Experience in qualified advisory and case-handling work, within an authority or equivalent.

For the position, it is meritorious if you have experience working with requests for public documents and confidentiality, as well as other work tasks relevant to the position. It is also meritorious if you have good digital competence.

Personal Competencies

To succeed in the role, you need to be able to combine independence with good collaboration skills. You thrive working both independently and in teams and can handle a sometimes high pace. You are driven by developing operations through collegial learning and can prioritize and structure your tasks, while taking responsibility for and driving issues forward. You see the whole picture of the operations and have the ability to combine law with other perspectives. You are analytical, meticulous, and solution-oriented. You have high integrity and can communicate clearly and guidance, both orally and in writing. Your contribution is central to supporting the operations and ensuring legally secure processes and that case handling stays within the bounds of law.

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As an employee in our administration, you are offered, among other things, wellness allowance, bike benefit, and employee support.

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About us

We are creating the future in Gothenburg – one lesson at a time

Every day, thousands of children and young people meet in our schools – with them, we shape Gothenburg's future. In the Primary School Administration, we are 10,000 engaged employees working together to ensure all students succeed and grow, regardless of background or conditions. You have an important role in creating an equal school with high quality, where you both get to develop and develop the operations. You build knowledge, community, and hope for the future together with your colleagues. With us, you get to make a difference – for real.

Gothenburg's Primary School Administration is responsible for the city's nearly 140 municipal schools, from preschool class to grade 9, adapted primary school, after-school centers, and cultural schools. Welcome to work close to the forest, the city, or the sea. We are Gothenburg.