Legal Assistant
Kanton Graubünden
Chur
Key information
- Publication date:22 December 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Chur
Job summary
Join the trilingual canton of Grisons, known for its cultural diversity. Experience a dynamic work environment with excellent quality of life.
Tasks
- Participate in legislative reviews and draft regulatory acts.
- Prepare administrative decisions and government decrees.
- Conduct legal proceedings in health and supervision law.
Skills
- Completed law studies with professional experience in Switzerland.
- Strong communication skills in German, both written and spoken.
- Ability to work independently and in a team within diverse contexts.
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The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is diverse in 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 Assistant
Legal Service, Public Health Office of Graubünden | 80-100% | Chur
The Public Health Office is a central service of the Department of Justice, Security and Health of the Canton of Graubünden. It implements the regulatory acts of federal and cantonal law and thus makes a substantial contribution to high-quality, safe, and future-proof healthcare at the cantonal level.
The office is divided into the following specialist areas: authorizations and supervision of professions and institutions in the health sector, cantonal medical service, control of medicines and narcotics, finance and controlling, health promotion and prevention, as well as the central emergency medical call center of Graubünden.
The legal service plays a central role in supervising individuals and companies active in the health sector. It provides advice and support to the services as well as to the specialist sections on all legal matters; it provides legal information on health law and coordinates the implementation of the health insurance obligation. In addition, the Legal Service actively participates in legislative projects and ordinance revisions and is responsible for drafting decisions as well as administrative law contracts.
To strengthen the legal service within the Public Health Office, we are looking immediately or by agreement for an experienced legal assistant with solid knowledge of the Swiss legal system.
- Participation in legislative revisions (including drafting regulatory acts, conducting consultation procedures, and preparing draft messages)
- Drafting official decisions as well as participating in the preparation and design of departmental decisions and government decrees
- Drafting administrative law contracts
- Conducting administrative and disciplinary proceedings in supervisory law matters, proceedings concerning release from professional secrecy, as well as criminal proceedings regarding offenses, particularly managing proceedings and drafting public health police decisions
- Preparing statements for the Department or the Confederation
- Legal investigations in the health sector and providing information to authorities, private individuals, etc.
- Completed studies in law (licence or MLaw)
- Several years of professional experience within public administration, judiciary, or a law firm in Switzerland
- Independent, structured, and precise working method
- Language skills, confidence in oral and written German, as well as excellent IT skills
- Interest in political processes and dynamics
- Ability to work in a team, flexibility, and enjoyment of working in a diverse and interdisciplinary environment
- Ideally, proficiency in several cantonal languages
For specialist questions, MLaw Julia Hug, head of the legal service, is gladly available, tel. 081 257 29 22, julia.hug@san.gr.ch .
Application deadline: 30.01.2026
