Lawyer for Authority Legal Support

Project overview

Assignment Description

We are seeking 1 lawyer for a consultancy assignment at the legal department of the Swedish Post and Telecom Authority (Post- och Telestyrelsen).

The legal department supports the authority's operations and management in matters concerning, among other things, legal quality assurance, data protection, and general administrative law. The department now needs temporary reinforcement to handle an increased inflow of requests for public records and simpler legal and administrative issues in connection with an upcoming organizational change.

The assignment's main focus is to process authority-wide requests for public records and support operations in matters of public access and confidentiality.

Responsibilities

The consultant will be placed in the regulatory unit and report to the unit manager. The work will be carried out in close collaboration with the legal department's lawyers, the authority's other departments, and archives and registry. Proposals for decisions on the disclosure of public records will be presented to the chief legal officer.

• Coordinating and processing authority-wide requests for public records.
• Identifying relevant documents in collaboration with the authority's various functions.
• Assessing whether documents are public and conducting confidentiality assessments.
• Handling the disclosure of documents and preparing and presenting proposals for decisions.
• Supporting other departments in handling requests for public records and confidentiality assessments.
• Performing simple editorial updates of steering documents and presenting them for decision.
• Preparing simple updates to the authority's regulations.
• Conducting simple legal investigations and reporting the results in writing or orally.

Requirements

Personal Qualities:

Other:

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• Law degree.
• 1–3 years of experience working with authority legal issues, including administrative law and the principle of public access.
• Completed judicial clerkship or experience working in a legal function at an authority.
• Good grades from law studies and, where applicable, judicial clerkship.
• Meticulous and efficient, with the ability to handle cases in a structured manner.
• Cooperative and solution-oriented.
• The work will be performed on the authority's premises and using systems and IT equipment provided by the authority.
• The consultant will be managed by the authority and must observe the confidentiality obligations applicable to the assignment according to the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act.

Project details

• Start: 2026-11-16
• Remote: hybrid
• Location: Stockholm, SE, SE
• Languages: Swedish