Legal Counsel at 90-100%

• 03 September 2026
• 90 - 100%
• Indefinite duration
• Genève

The Human Resources Directorate (DRH) of the Ville de Genève supports the human resources management of nearly 4'000 staff members distributed across 6 departments covering extremely varied fields of activity. This service, composed of about seventy people, delivers transversal HR services in areas as diverse as training, occupational health and safety, or equality and diversity in the professional context. The administrative management of personnel, social insurance, and salaries are also part of its responsibilities. In order to complete its team, the DRH is looking for a

Legal Counsel at 90-100% #

Your mission and responsibilities

• Handle legal matters concerning the personnel of the municipal administration, with the exception of HR litigation for appointed personnel, as well as legal correspondence addressed to the DRH.
• Inform and advise the DRH, the departments and services, as well as all external interlocutors.
• Prepare notes for the attention of the Conseil administratif.
• Draft and update normative provisions regarding personnel law.
• Draft or request legal opinions.
• Support the service management in the processing of specific files and/or transversal projects.
• Draft responses to motions, interpellations, petitions, or questions from the Conseil municipal in close collaboration with the service management and represent the service at various meetings or working groups.

Your profile

• Hold a Master's degree in law or a Master's degree with a bar admission (brevet d'avocate or d'avocat), and demonstrate confirmed experience in public law.
• Master administrative procedures in public law.
• Possess very good analytical, writing, and synthesis skills, and demonstrate rigor and precision.
• Be comfortable in contacts and able to advise interlocutors.
• Be able to work autonomously.
• Master standard IT tools.
• Experience in a public administration is an asset.

Conditions and registration procedure

Registration deadline: 24.09.2026
Start date: to be agreed
Function classification: Class M of the salary scale

Application file

The application file must contain the following elements: motivation letter; detailed curriculum vitae or, failing that, completed "Demande d'emploi" form (to be downloaded from our website); copies of diplomas and work certificates; recent photo (passport format).
In its desire to fight unemployment, the city encourages applications from the Office cantonal de l'emploi.

Application tracking

In the Ville de Genève, the recruitment process is decentralized. This means that each service or department is responsible for tracking applications for the positions it offers. An acknowledgment of receipt will be sent to candidates.

Employment conditions

Employees of the Ville de Genève must be domiciled in the authorized domicile zone and hold a valid work permit or authorization.

More information on the working conditions of the Ville de Genève: https://www.geneve.ch/emploi