Lawyer
Kanton Graubünden
Chur
Key information
- Publication date:18 September 2025
- Workload:100%
- Contract type:Permanent position
- Place of work:Chur
Job summary
Join the unique, multilingual canton of Graubünden! Experience a vibrant work environment with excellent benefits.
Tasks
- Provide legal support for procurement and construction projects.
- Act as a contact for public procurement offices in Graubünden.
- Draft legal documents and responses for parliamentary matters.
Skills
- Completed law degree and experience in public administration.
- Strong knowledge of German; Italian or Romansh is a plus.
- Ability to work in a team with a solution-oriented approach.
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Together for Graubünden
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden together with us.
The only trilingual canton in Switzerland is economically, culturally, and politically diverse. Graubünden, with 7106 km², is the largest canton in Switzerland and offers a high quality of life with 150 valleys, 615 lakes, 140 holiday resorts, and countless sunny days per year. The Cantonal Administration of Graubünden is as versatile as our landscape. Bring your unique skills and help shape the future of the Cantonal Administration of Graubünden together with us.
Lawyer
Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Mobility | 40-60% | Chur
The Department of Infrastructure, Energy and Mobility (DIEM) includes the areas of energy, hydropower, natural hazards, public transport, civil engineering, procurement, forestry as well as hunting, large predators, and fisheries. It is divided into five offices as well as the departmental secretariat, which, as a central staff unit, comprehensively supports the head of the department in the professional and political management of the department.
We offer you an interesting, varied, and challenging area of responsibility at the interface between administration and politics. You can expect an open, supportive working environment in the modern administrative center "sinergia" right next to Chur West train station, flexible working hours, as well as attractive opportunities for home office and further training. We also promote the compatibility of work and family through financial contributions to external childcare costs for children, flexible working hours, and generous family leave.
Due to maternity leave, we are looking for a lawyer starting November 1, 2025, or by agreement. The position is initially limited until May 31, 2026, with the prospect of extension or transfer to a permanent position.
Your area of responsibility
- Legal support of the matters assigned to the department in the areas of procurement and civil engineering in general and legal terms
- Contact person at the cantonal procurement competence center (support and advice for all public procurement offices in the canton of Graubünden; preparation of procurement bases, participation in training and further education)
- Drafting applications, orders, reports, and statements as well as drafts for parliamentary initiatives in the assigned areas
- Handling complaints and drafting legal documents for the courts
- Providing information and processing requests based on the cantonal Freedom of Information Act
- Situational support in cross-departmental projects
What we expect from you
- Completed law degree
- Professional experience in public administration, the judiciary, or legal practice
- Quick comprehension, confident appearance, resilience, teamwork skills as well as an initiative-taking, solution-oriented, and precise working style
- Flawless command of the German language is required. Knowledge of Italian and/or Romansh is desired.
We look forward to receiving your online application and to getting to know you.
For questions, lic. iur. RA Orlando Nigg, Head of the Procurement Competence Center and Projects, Deputy Secretary General, is available by phone at 081 257 36 18 or by email at Orlando.Nigg@diem.gr.ch.
Application deadline: October 6, 2025
