Kanton Graubünden
Chur
Legal Expert for the Legal Service Roads, Forests and Wildlife
- 03 August 2026
- 100%
- Permanent position
- Chur
Job summary
Join the unique trilingual Canton of Grisons, Switzerland. Enjoy a diverse economy, culture, and a high quality of life.
Tasks
- Provide legal assistance on forestry and natural hazard matters.
- Support hunting, fishing, and public works sectors as needed.
- Draft requests, contracts, and legal documents for the department.
Skills
- University degree in law; public administration experience preferred.
- Ability to handle complex legal cases effectively.
- Fluency in German and knowledge of other local languages advantageous.
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About the job
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in its economic, cultural and political profile. With an area of 7106 km², Graubünden is the largest canton in Switzerland and with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 tourist resorts and countless days of sunshine per year, it offers a high quality of life. The cantonal administration of Graubünden is as diverse as our landscape.
Legal Expert for the Legal Service Roads, Forests and Wildlife
Department Secretariat | Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Mobility | 80-100 % | Chur
The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Mobility (DIEM) includes the sectors of energy, hydropower, natural hazards, public transport, construction, civil engineering, procurement, forests as well as hunting, large predators and fishing. It consists of five offices as well as the department secretariat, which as the central coordinating body supports the director in the technical and political management of the department.
The department secretariat provides its services at the new administrative centre "sinergia" in the immediate vicinity of Chur West station in a modern, open and digitally oriented working environment. There is also the possibility to work partly from home.
For the DIEM department secretariat we are looking for alegal expertfrom 1 November 2026or by agreement.
- Legal assistance in relation to cases assigned to the department focusing on forest and natural hazard protection issues
- Targeted support in the areas of hunting and fishing as well as civil engineering
- Ensuring orderly processing of cases together with the services responsible for legal assistance
- Preparation of requests, decisions, contracts, reports and opinions, as well as drafts relating to messages, parliamentary interventions and regulatory acts in the areas assigned to you
- Preparation of appeals and drafting of briefs for the courts
- University degree in law, additional training is an advantage
- Practical experience gained in a public administration is desirable
- Ability to analyse complex cases in such a way as to enable a decision to be made
- High motivation, initiative, ability to cope with stressful situations and work in a team
- Good communication skills
- Absolute command of the German language is assumed
- Good knowledge of several cantonal languages is an advantage
If you have any specialist questions, Martina Rehli, General Secretary, tel. 081 257 36 70, Martina.Rehli@diem.gr.ch or Giusep Quinter, Head of the Legal Service Roads, Forests and Wildlife, tel. 081 257 36 77, Giusep.Quinter@diem.gr.ch will be happy to assist you.
Application deadline: 20 August 2026
