Skoljurist

Uppsala International School (UIS) serves the needs of international families in the Uppsala Region and provides an exceptional international education for students aged 5-19. We are currently enrolling students for the upcoming academic year 2023/2024 and warmly welcome your application.

We follow the broad and balanced Cambridge International curriculum, delivering an International Education in English to students aged 5 to 19. Our education programme leads to IGCSE (at age 16) and A Level (at age 18) examinations.

• UIS is a fully accredited Cambridge International School.

• Uppsala International School is a non-fee-paying school.

Our campus at Palmbladsgatan 12, 754 50 Uppsala has a capacity to welcome up to 800 students. The campus provides ample space, high-quality facilities, and abundant resources necessary for students to develop and thrive on their educational journey.

UIS prides itself on being an inclusive school that embraces diversity in terms of backgrounds, nationalities, and abilities. The multicultural mix of students creates a vibrant learning environment, and we set high standards for all our students, both inside and outside the classroom.

About Position

You will mainly work with matters that have their basis in school legislation.

The work involves, among other things, preparing and handling cases before decisions on additional amounts, extra resource allocation, etc. as well as writing opinions linked to, among other things, the School Inspectorate and the Administrative Court.

As a lawyer, you work independently. You provide qualified legal advice to the administration's managers and administrators, conduct legal investigations, assist in confidentiality investigations, handle your own cases and have close cooperation with board secretaries and registrars. 

In addition to the above, you will also be responsible for, for example:
• advice in individual cases regarding the school law, confidentiality issues and helpful in opinions to regulatory authority,
• business development and quality assurance based on the legal perspective in a process-oriented manner working,
• some advice in municipal law and case management in collaboration with the administration's committee secretary,
• advice in privacy legislation (GDPR) and handling of personal data incidents,
• advice on procurement and contracts,

 Qualifications
We are looking for you as:
• has a law degree and a couple of years' experience of qualified legal work in a municipality, region or in a government agency
• can easily familiarize yourself with new areas of law,
• can express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish,
• with pedagogical skills can communicate legal issues with those affected in the business,
• has good cooperation skills
• have in-depth knowledge in the area of the Education Act,
• enjoys standing in front of audiences of varying sizes and giving training and has an ability to
adapt to the knowledge level of the recipients.

We would like you to:
• has experience in municipal law and general administrative law

OTHER
Selection and interviews will be carried out continuously, so submit your application today. According to the Schools Act, extracts from the police criminal record must be presented by people before they are employed in pre-school activities, schools and school child care. You can order this on the Police's website.

Prior to this recruitment, we have taken a position on recruitment channels and therefore refrain from further offers of competence mediation, advertising and recruitment assistance.

Duration, working hours
Full time. Permanent employment, entry: According to agreement.