Legal Officer
Lausanne
Key information
- Publication date:05 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Place of work:Lausanne
Job summary
Join UNIL, a leading international research institution, employing 5,000 staff. Enjoy a collaborative work environment with numerous benefits.
Tasks
- Provide legal support and advice to the university's management and teams.
- Draft, negotiate, and validate contracts and agreements with partners.
- Guide on research contracts, intellectual property, and personal rights.
Skills
- Hold a Swiss law master's with 3-5 years of relevant legal experience.
- Excellent project management and prioritization skills are essential.
- Strong interpersonal skills and adaptability to diverse situations.
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Introduction
A leading international teaching and research institution, UNIL has nearly 5,000 staff members and 17,000 students, distributed between the Dorigny campus and the CHUV and Epalinges sites. As an employer, it promotes excellence, recognition of individuals, and responsibility.
Presentation
To complete its team, the UNIL legal service is looking for a
Legal Officer
Job-related information
Start date: from December 1, 2025
Contract duration: indefinite duration
Activity rate: 80%
Workplace: Lausanne-Unicentre
Your activities
As part of your activity, you will be required to:
- Support and legally advise the Management, management staff and assistants, services, faculties and any legal entity attached to UNIL on any matter within the service's missions
- Draft, negotiate, review and validate contracts, agreements and research, service, license, collaboration, material and data transfer, funding, sponsorship, event organization and student exchange agreements with public and private partners, Swiss and international
- Provide advice particularly on research contracts, intellectual property and personality rights (image rights) and coordinate procedures in these areas
- Support the service management's activity in transversal projects and manage and coordinate projects entrusted to you by your hierarchy
- Contribute to the drafting or revision of guidelines and regulations within your scope of competence and ensure legal compliance
Your profile
- You hold a Swiss law master's degree and have 3 to 5 years of professional experience in legal activities related to the position; a lawyer's license is an asset
- You appreciate a variety of activities and have an interest in contract law and confirmed experience in intellectual property
- You have excellent skills in managing complex projects, setting priorities, identifying and anticipating risks, and demonstrate good stress resistance while remaining pragmatic and clear
- Your social skills are recognized and you know how to adapt to different situations and interlocutors
- You know the academic environment and its challenges or are interested in discovering them and have a good level of English
- For you, team spirit, sharing knowledge and viewpoints is a source of enrichment and pleasure at work
Your benefits
A pleasant working environment in a multicultural and diverse academic setting.
Opportunities for continuing education, a multitude of activities and other benefits to discover.
More information at www.unil.ch/carrieres
For further information
Gwenaëlle Gilliéron, Director of the Legal Service
gwenaelle.gillieron@unil.ch, 021/692.20.04
Your application file
Application deadline: September 28, 2025
We invite you to send us your complete file in Word or PDF format.
Only applications submitted through this site will be considered.
Thank you for your understanding.
Job description
Remarks
Levels 1 to 12:
UNIL is committed to:
• Equality, diversity and inclusion within its community;
• Guaranteeing an open, respectful and conducive environment for personal development;
• Offering working conditions favorable to the reconciliation of different spheres of life.
