Legal Specialist (Maternity Cover, 60% - 80%)

Stadt Winterthur

Winterthur

Key information

Publication date:23 September 2025
Workload:60 – 80%
Contract type:Unlimited employment
Place of work:Winterthur

Job summary

At Stadtwerk Winterthur, we prioritize customer service and reliability. Join us to experience a supportive work environment with great benefits.

Tasks

Handle legal queries for Stadtwerk Winterthur across public and private law.
Draft municipal regulations and legal proposals for city council.
Support management with contract reviews and legal advice.

Skills

Completed law degree; experience in public administration or energy sector preferred.
Strong decision-making and prioritization abilities are essential.
Excellent communication and negotiation skills for effective support.

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Customer-oriented, reliable, and quality-conscious: We owe our success to these strengths. As an integrated company, we take care of all concerns of our customers regarding electricity, telecommunications, gas, water, district heating, waste disposal, wastewater treatment, and energy contracting; according to our promise: «We offer comfort». As a legal specialist, you will handle all kinds of legal and political issues within the Staff and Communication team. After the maternity cover from November 2025 to the end of March 2026, there may be the possibility of a permanent position.

Your Tasks

You deal with all relevant legal questions in the area of activity of Stadtwerk Winterthur and independently handle issues from all areas of public law (all three levels of government) and private law.

You process, among other things, legal remedies against decisions of Stadtwerk Winterthur, draft municipal regulations and legislative proposals including the associated city council resolutions or instructions to the city parliament.

You review and prepare contracts and support and advise the departments of Stadtwerk Winterthur in contract matters.

You support the management and departments of Stadtwerk Winterthur in legal matters. In doing so, you work closely with the department secretariat and other offices in the city administration.

Your Profile

Completed studies in law

Experience in public administration and/or the energy sector is an advantage.

You have a pronounced ability to act and decide, assertiveness, technical and legal basic understanding, and a networked way of thinking. You set priorities correctly and are resilient.

With your customer orientation, communication skills, negotiation skills, and your confident and fluent written expression, you optimally support the specialist departments.

What We Offer

An exciting legal field of activity

Motivated and committed team

Mobile working (home office)

Equality, diversity, and inclusion

Further benefits can be found on our website.

Contact

Your questions about the position will be gladly answered by Michael Stalder, Head of Staff and Communication, +41 52 267 63 31.
Learn more? https://stadt.winterthur.ch/ and https://stadtwerk.winterthur.ch/

We look forward to your online application.