Legal Counsel

Introduction

A leading international teaching and research institution, UNIL has nearly 5,000 employees 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.

www.unil.ch/carrieres

Presentation

To complete its team, the UNIL legal service is looking for a

Legal Counsel

Job-related information

Start date: from December 1, 2025

Contract duration: indefinite

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 assigned by your hierarchy

• Contribute to drafting or revising directives 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 proven 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

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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 balancing different spheres of life.

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