Legal Officer

Further develop legal foundations: You design and update the financial legal foundations of the canton. In a small team and in interdisciplinary working groups, you create legal frameworks for an effective and transparent financial budget.

Legal advice and support: You advise the financial administration on legal matters and develop well-founded, practical solutions. For this, you analyse complex issues and assess them precisely in the light of the applicable legal bases.

Legal quality assurance: You accompany the review of constitutional amendments, laws, resolutions and contracts with regard to their financial and economic impact from a legal perspective.

Responding to consultations: You process consultation documents from the federal government: you analyse their effects together with the responsible departments, coordinate and draft statements, prepare them for approval and ensure timely submission.

Drafting reports: You write and edit reports for the government council or the Grand Council on financial legal issues, including responding to parliamentary motions.

Experience: You have several years of experience in legal tasks, ideally with knowledge of legislative processes and administrative activities. You have experience in financial budget law and in drafting reports.

Personality: You are characterised by an analytical and structured way of working. You prepare complex issues precisely, communicate clearly and maintain an overview even under high pressure.

Education: You have a completed law degree (MLaw / lic. iur).

Language: You have very good written and spoken German skills.

The Financial Administration Basel-Stadt is attached to the Department of Finance and keeps an eye on the canton’s financial situation. It is the competence centre for finance and accounting, manages the canton’s debts and ensures liquidity. The Financial Administration supports all departments in the processing and optimisation of business processes. These tasks are central to the financial management and further development of Basel-Stadt.

Note on the application process: Recruitment for this position is carried out together with the currently advertised position in the General Secretariat. If you are interested in both positions, please submit a separate application for each. The application deadline for both positions is 22 November 2026.