Lawyer

Tasks

• You draft and review credit and procurement approvals for citywide coordinated projects of the Department of Civil Engineering for the responsible authorities (e.g. Head of Department, City Council, Municipal Council, eligible voters).
• You support the response to political motions with financial legal content.
• You develop sophisticated problem solutions and accompany consultations.
• You convey complex content related to credit and procurement law to partners with different interests and viewpoints.
• You work cross-departmentally with project managers and lawyers as well as with the departmental secretariat of the Department of Civil Engineering and Waste Management.

Profile

• University degree in law (lic. iur. or MLaw)
• Experience in administration, court practice or equivalent professional experience
• Preferably knowledge of administrative law and especially financial and procurement law
• Excellent linguistic, analytical and conceptual skills as well as a flair for quickly reducing new complex content to the relevant legal questions
• Precise, independent, prudent and solution-oriented working style as well as resilience and skill for interdisciplinary collaboration

We offer

• The opportunity to help shape the future of the largest Swiss city.
• A culture characterised by the values respectful, reliable, ambitious and inclusive, and an employer who lives equality, diversity and inclusion.
• Passionate and committed colleagues whose hearts beat for Zurich.
• A workplace within walking distance of Zurich main station.
• Attractive employment conditions, such as contributions to meal costs, a solid pension fund with above-average employer contributions, and the opportunity to balance work and private life with flexible working hours and home office.

About us

For a high quality of life: The approximately 350 employees of the Department of Civil Engineering shape mobility and public space daily in the largest city in Switzerland.

Interested?

Please apply via our online tool stadt.zuerich.ch/tiefbauamtjobs.

Please address your application to the Department of Civil Engineering City of Zurich, Soraya Brand, HR Business Partner, Werdmühleplatz 3, 8001 Zurich.

For information, please contact Antonija Burić-Mende, Co-Head of Applications, T +41 44 412 21 79 and Gian Albertin, Co-Head of Applications, T +41 412 51 03.