About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now seeking more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce reoffending – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society becomes safer and more secure for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation services, remand facilities, and inmate transport.
The Legal Department is a national department at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service headquarters. The department is responsible for directing and managing the authority's work on legal matters, providing legal support to all levels of the authority, submitting statements to various supervisory bodies, making initial and review decisions in inmate cases, representing the Swedish Prison and Probation Service in legal proceedings, and handling compensation and damages matters not assigned to others. Additionally, the department is responsible for the authority's advisory national legal emergency preparedness. The Client Legal Unit fulfills the Legal Department's responsibilities within the client legal area. The unit's sections for general client law are now seeking a lawyer with placement at the regional office in Malmö.
The Legal Department applies the possibility of entering into remote work agreements, which means that up to 60% of work can be done from home.
Job Description
As a prison law lawyer, one of your main tasks will be to handle and make decisions in review cases where initial decisions have been made by the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's local facilities, including prisons and remand facilities. You will also participate in work to coordinate and develop practice in prison law matters and be responsible for daily advice to local and regional levels. You represent the Swedish Prison and Probation Service in legal proceedings regarding inmate decisions in court. You may also handle cases involving compensation for damages. Your work will also include training other employees within the authority and preparing proposals for statements in supervisory matters, participating in work on legal monitoring of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's activities, and responding to internal referrals and participating in various operational development projects. Standby duty outside regular office hours may also be relevant.
Qualifications
We are looking for someone who is confident, stable, and has self-awareness. You work well with others but can structure your own work approach to drive processes forward. In your work, you make correct assessments and prioritizations by weighing complex information together and solving problems. You see the bigger picture, analyze, and take the broader perspective into account.
For us, it is important that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values of a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and belief in people's willingness and ability to develop. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group belonging affect you and others. Furthermore, through your approach, you are expected to contribute to everyone being treated equitably. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.
We are looking for someone who has:
A law degree or a legal university degree
Several years of experience with legal work
Experience with case handling and making administrative decisions, preferably within some part of the criminal justice system
Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish
It is also meritorious to have:
Experience making administrative decisions that are intrusive toward individuals
Experience with legal advice and training
Experience working with legal matters in the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
Notary qualification
Good specialist knowledge in general and special administrative law, such as prison legislation, or in criminal and procedural law
Other Information
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers in the selection questions and your CV form the basis for whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.
To be eligible for employment at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high standards regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and compliance with applicable laws. This means you stand up for democratic values and the state values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's activities.
Certain positions are classified in security class, and a security check with background check will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For certain classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security checks here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/
The position may involve war placement at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about war placement here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/
Individual salary setting applies.
Trial employment may be applied.
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for an even gender distribution and increased diversity.
To submit your application, click on the application link in the announcement. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the announcement.
We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment companies and sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has negotiated agreements.About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service
The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now seeking more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce reoffending – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society becomes safer and more secure for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation services, remand facilities, and inmate transport.
The Legal Department is a national department at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service headquarters. The department is responsible for…