Lawyer

• 15 June 2026 • 80 - 90% • Temporary • Lausanne • Log in to see the salary estimate from jobup.ch Job Description ## Within the General Directorate of the Environment (DGE), several units ensure coordination as well as administrative and logistical support. The Legal Affairs Unit (JUR) is in charge of both advisory, expertise, and legal monitoring missions, while representing the service or department before the courts to defend its interests. It also plays a key role in the strategic and transversal coordination of certain files. As a lawyer within DGE-JUR, you assume very varied tasks in the legal and technical fields related to DGE activities. The main expected missions are summarized below: Responsibilities ## • Provide advice and resolve legal issues. • Assume the instruction of administrative procedures, coordinate technical aspects with specialists, and ensure the drafting of decisions in the areas of activity of the DGE. • Assume the management and processing of appeal procedures in the areas of activity of the DGE. • Ensure legal monitoring and updating of reference documents (tables, models, processes, etc.). • Participate in DGE-JUR activities and contribute to their development. • Replace or support lawyer colleagues. For more details, you can refer to the attached specification sheet. For more technical questions, you can contact Ms. Carine Chafik Meylan, head of DGE-JUR, at 021 316 91 13. Qualifications ## • Master's degree in Swiss law; internship or lawyer's certificate or comparable and relevant additional training. • Confirmed professional practice in a court office, as a lawyer, or as a lawyer; good mastery of public law, environmental law, and administrative procedure. • Mastery of German and/or Italian, a plus. • Sense of organization, good resistance to pressure, rigor, and precision in writing. • Ability to adapt, flexibility, team spirit, and collaboration. • Autonomy and initiative, ability to analyze and synthesize. • Sense of public service and discretion. • If interested, please send us your application file in a single PDF document (including a cover letter), for document management reasons. WHO ARE WE? ## Active throughout the cantonal territory, the General Directorate of the Environment (DGE) develops and delivers public policies and services of the State of Vaud in the fields of energy, natural resources, pollution prevention and management, landscape protection, and biodiversity, among others. Multidisciplinary teams, bringing together cutting-edge skills, carry out projects for the future of the canton and the preservation of the population's quality of life. Committing to the DGE means actively contributing to the Vaudois ecological and energy transition. The DGE also promotes working conditions that respect the well-being of its staff, reconciling professional and private life as much as possible. For more information, click here to visit our website. Why join the State of Vaud? ## The State of Vaud offers a wide range of jobs and development opportunities. Working conditions are guided by the themes of equality, inclusion, sustainability, and professional ethics in an environment conducive to reconciling professional and private life. To learn more about our benefits, visit our Employer State page. • Publication date 15/06/2026 05:00 • Locations Lausanne, Switzerland • Apply before 11/07/2026 21:55 • Start date 01.09.2026 - 2-year fixed-term contract • Salary class 12 • Type of contract Fixed-term auxiliary contract • Activity rate 80-90% • Address General Directorate of the Environment (DGE) Avenue de Valmont 30b 1014 Lausanne