Chief Legal Counsel at Kammarkollegiet

Kammarkollegiet · plný úvazek

Stockholm, Švédsko

Are you an experienced administrator in the public sector with drive, a strong interest in law and societal issues? Do you want to work at an agency with a high rate of development where you can grow alongside engaged and competent colleagues and contribute to Kammarkollegiet's continued journey? Then we have an exciting position for you! The Legal Secretariat is responsible for archives and records management and coordinates information management for the entire Kammarkollegiet. This includes monitoring the agency's compliance with the Freedom of the Press Act, Public Access and Secrecy Act, Archives Act and other relevant legislation. The Legal Secretariat also has overarching responsibility for administrative law issues and other matters that may require legal determination and that have not been delegated to a department. The Legal Secretariat is responsible for monitoring agency-wide legislation including Kammarkollegiet's instructions. Furthermore, the secretariat is responsible for updating Kammarkollegiet's rules of procedure and for coordinating the agency's remittance work, as well as maintaining inventories of movable property in the royal palaces and stables that belong to the state. The Legal Secretariat is responsible for policy and methodology development within its area of operation. Job Description The Chief Legal Counsel is head of the Legal Secretariat, which consists of approximately 12 employees. You lead and develop legal governance within Kammarkollegiet's areas of operation and ensure well-considered legal determinations and high legal quality in decision-making, governance and application of regulations. You work proactively to identify needs for legal development and ensure that desired legal development is implemented as far as possible. You ensure that the Legal Secretariat supports all parts of the agency and that the department actively contributes to the agency's extensive development work. The ongoing digitalization entails major changes and increased demands on how we handle data, documents and archives. Our long-term direction and business plan make clear that information management is a prioritized area. As Chief Legal Counsel, your task will be to help continuously improve and develop this area as well as the secretariat's other areas of responsibility. The Chief Legal Counsel has the right to represent Kammarkollegiet before courts and other authorities, according to special delegation, and has the right to make decisions for the entire agency on matters of disclosure of public records. The Chief Legal Counsel is also responsible publisher of Kammarkollegiet's regulatory collection, KAMFS. The Chief Legal Counsel reports directly to the Director General and is part of the agency's management group. Are you our future colleague? We are looking for you who have: - Swedish law degree/law examination (180/270 credits) - Several years of leadership experience with personnel and budget responsibility - Several years of experience working at another government agency or the Government Offices and good knowledge of the public administration - Experience working with governing documents - Experience conducting court proceedings - Experience in business development and change management - Solid knowledge of administrative law and state governance. Meritorious for the position are: - Appellate Court or Chamber of Commerce assessor - Experience from other legal areas that Kammarkollegiet handles - Experience in legislative work Personal Qualities To succeed in this role, you have the ability to create engagement and participation. You practice close leadership that provides the conditions for active employee participation. You have the ability to lead through change and continuously develop the business. You lead with stability and empathy. Your analytical ability means you can handle a high degree of complexity in your work and that you have the ability to understand how different parts of the business affect each other. You think strategically and act decisively and with integrity and judgment. You are unpretentious, have very good collaboration skills and can inspire, motivate and lead employees through clear communication. You have integrity and high personal maturity. Furthermore, you have a good ability to take your own initiatives, follow up and drive toward results. The position also requires that you can synthesize complex information and that you have good ability to prioritize and organize your work. Leadership includes the ability to recognize and leverage employees' different strengths and motivations so that collective competence is utilized and developed in a way that benefits the operation. We attach great importance to leadership and your personal qualities. More Information You will be located at our welcoming office in Gamla stan, Stockholm, where we work flexibly both at the office and with some possibility for remote work. The position is a permanent employment that begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date as soon as possible according to agreement. Employment with us may involve placement in a security classification. A security clearance with background check under the Security Protection Act (2018:585) may therefore be conducted. For some of our work assignments in security classification, Swedish citizenship is required. Application You apply by attaching your CV, relevant grades and certificates in Swedish, where you clearly describe in what way you meet the requested qualifications and merits. We also ask you to answer all selection questions so that we can determine how well you match the requested competence. For a more inclusive recruitment process, we do not accept personal letters. Welcome to submit your application no later than September 20, 2026. Contact Persons Anne Vadasz Nilsson, Director General, tel. 08-700 08 10. Trade union representatives are Karin Edstrand, Saco-S, mailto:[email protected] and Lisa Ericson, ST, mailto:[email protected]. Other In preparation for the recruitment work, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and marketing. We therefore kindly but firmly decline contact from media sales representatives, recruitment websites and similar.