Legal Officer

About the job

St. Gallen, Switzerland | 80-100%

What you can contribute

• Support and legal advice to the management bodies and departments of the court on a wide range of legal topics (including general administrative and procedural law, contract law, procurement law, organisational law, employment law)
• Drafting legal clarifications, motions, reports, opinions and orders for internal and external contacts as well as developing internal court regulations (regulations, directives, etc.)
• Representing matters in the management bodies
• Legal support or collaboration in the court's digitalisation projects (eTAF)
• Participation in legislative work at the federal level and preparation of opinions for the Federal Council, Parliament and administration

What makes you unique

• Completed legal studies (licence/master)
• Ideally several years of professional experience at a court or in public administration (federal/cantonal)
• Strong analytical thinking skills, sense of overall context, quick comprehension, precise linguistic expression, efficient and independent working style
• Flexible, solution-oriented, communicative and resilient
• Main and working language German or French, good knowledge of another official language

In a nutshell

The General Secretariat provides the necessary infrastructure for court operations and supports the management bodies and departments with a variety of scientific and administrative services. You develop well-considered yet pragmatic legal solutions in a small team. Your enjoyment of advisory work is reflected in your customer-oriented attitude and your openness to non-legal issues. In addition, you have a strong interest in administrative law and political contexts.

What we offer

• Working for Switzerland We are committed to the Swiss success model and work for the benefit of the population.
• Lived diversity Thanks to equal opportunities, we develop our skills and bring in different perspectives.
• Healthy workplace We support and advise our employees in the area of physical and mental health.

All benefits

The Federal Administrative Court, based in St. Gallen, deals with appeals against decisions of federal authorities. The majority of its rulings are final, and only a minority of those appealable to the Federal Supreme Court are further pursued. The high acceptance of its rulings is mainly due to the high quality and appropriate processing time. For this purpose, it offers its employees state-of-the-art workplaces, flexible working time models and a trilingual working environment.

Additional information

Ms Evelyne Vucic, Head of Human Resources, Tel. +41 (0)58 481 40 33
Ms Hannaleena Romano, Head of Legal Services, Tel. +41 (0)58 469 28 52

Questions about the position

Hannaleena Romano
Head of Legal Services
+41 58 46 92852

Questions about the application

Evelyne Vucic
Head of Human Resources
+41 58 48 14033