Legal Counsel - IT Law at the Legal Affairs Unit

Sida's Legal Affairs Unit is seeking an in-house counsel for a permanent position specializing in IT and digitalization law, including AI, information security, data protection and compliance, as well as public procurement and commercial IT solution agreements. Sida is a government agency that contributes to implementing Sweden's policy for global development. The Legal Affairs Unit is part of the Administration Department, which alongside legal matters is responsible for procurement, accounting, document and archive management, quality assurance and investigations, as well as internal governance. The Legal Affairs Unit is responsible for the agency's legal matters and helps ensure good legal quality in development cooperation and in Sida's internal administration. This also includes legal support for development cooperation conducted at Sweden's overseas missions (embassies, etc.) and Sida's guarantee operations. The unit is responsible for Sida's contract templates for our partners including multilateral organizations, reviews contract drafts before decisions, and has coordinating responsibility for the agency's internal regulations. The lawyers also conduct internal training sessions. The Legal Affairs Unit currently employs 20 staff members, one of whom is the agency's data protection officer. The unit's manager is also Sida's chief legal counsel. All employees within the unit are based in Sundbyberg. About the Position The in-house counsel's main area of responsibility is legal advice on matters relating to contracts, business law and administrative law, including public access to information and confidentiality matters and public procurement. This position involves taking overall responsibility at Sida for legal matters concerning digitalization and IT law, including AI, information security, data protection and compliance, as well as procurement and commercial IT solution agreements, and working closely with the parts of Sida's operations responsible for IT and digitalization matters. Responsibilities Take overall responsibility for advising on the agency's IT legal matters, including e-government, data protection (GDPR), information security, cybersecurity legislation (NIS2) and the EU's AI Regulation, and review to ensure compliance Provide legal support for procurement of IT and digitalization solutions under the Public Procurement Act (LOU) and negotiate and establish complex commercial IT agreements, including SaaS, license and cloud service agreements Provide security-related legal support linked to the agency's security-sensitive operations and serve as legal advisor on cyber and personal data incidents, including assessment of reporting obligations, in close cooperation with the Digitalization and Security Department and the agency's data protection officer Prepare legal investigations and provide guidance within the agency on complex matters Contribute to innovative and legally secure methodology and development work within your area of responsibility and in the agency's overall operations related to data protection, digitalization and IT law Provide training to staff within your area of responsibility Work is performed both independently and in collaboration with others and requires self-motivation and initiative, integrity, and the ability to work as part of a team and share responsibility with others at the agency. Qualification Requirements Education Law degree (270 ECTS) or equivalent Languages Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, spoken and written Work Experience and Knowledge At least 3 years of experience in qualified legal work from, for example, a court, government agency, law firm or equivalent Several years of documented experience in qualified IT law work in multiple areas such as e-government, data protection, information security, AI and compliance Experience negotiating and establishing commercial IT agreements, such as SaaS, license and cloud service agreements Functional Competencies/Abilities: For this role, you need to: Be self-directed and responsible for your own development Take initiative and be proactive Have the ability to manage stress, uncertainty and risks Be skilled at collaboration and building trusting relationships Have the ability to translate ideas into concrete action Contribute to innovation and new thinking Handle resistance, be flexible and solution-focused Communicate strategically to influence, negotiate and mobilize Both contribute and absorb knowledge and evidence Translate experiences and lessons learned into action For this role, it would be beneficial if you have: Experience with legal work in the public sector and good knowledge of administrative law and public access to information and confidentiality Experience with security law and work in security-sensitive operations Advanced knowledge of information security and legal issues related to AI Knowledge of and experience with public procurement (LOU) related to IT and digitalization Experience training staff within your area of responsibility Good to Know This position is a permanent employment Start date as soon as possible Sida offers the opportunity to work remotely to some extent if it works for operations When contacting us, please reference ref. no. 151/26 Further information about the position's responsibilities is provided by Unit Manager Ola Andersson, tel 076-722 22 32 Any questions regarding terms and other labor union matters should be directed to Sida's union representatives for Saco: [email protected] and ST: [email protected] Sida's recruitment process uses screening questions as a tool to make an initial selection. Please be careful with your answers so they accurately reflect your competence and experience. https://www.sida.se/jobba-med-bistand/jobba-pa-sida/anstallningsprocessen/ Sida is a government agency. This means that information and application documents you submit to us may be disclosed in accordance with the principle of public access if anyone requests them. Normally, no confidentiality applies to the information processed in the database. If you have protected personal data, you should contact the contact person specified in the advertisement by telephone. Note! Sida communicates with applicants primarily through our recruitment system ReachMee. Depending on which email client you use, emails sent from ReachMee may end up in your spam filter, so we encourage candidates to keep an eye on this. About Sida We have over 800 employees distributed between two offices in Sweden and at Swedish embassies in our partner countries. Learn more about us and what we offer at: https://www.sida.se/jobba-med-bistand/jobba-pa-sida

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