Legal Specialist 60%

• 24 September 2026
• 60%
• Indefinite duration
• Olten

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Legal Specialist 60%

Working for the Olten social region means a meaningful mission focused on supporting people in precarious situations. As the largest social region in the canton of Solothurn, we are taking new paths and are completing our interdisciplinary team with a legal specialist.

Are you interested in social assistance, child and adult protection, and administrative law? Then you are in the right place with us as a legal specialist 60% in the Olten social region.

About us:

The Olten social region provides services in the field of legal social work for the city of Olten as well as for the municipalities of Trimbach, Winznau, Wisen and Hauenstein-Ifenthal. We offer financial assistance and social support to people in need of economic social assistance or when a guardianship is established due to a state of vulnerability.

The Olten social region innovates and creates new forms of collaboration. The legal service is an important step in this direction - as a legal specialist, you support employees in their casework, offer guidance in complex legal questions and manage correspondence independently.

General information

• Working time
• 60%
• Start date
• By agreement
• Employer
• Commune of Olten
• Type of contract
• Indefinite
• Type
• Job offer

Tasks

• Examination of complex social assistance decisions, processing of oppositions and complaints, drafting of criminal denunciations and opinions, support during the closing of complex procedures
• Legal drafting of basic documents and active support to the social commission (e.g. during legal hearings, negotiations)
• Examination of cost participation in child protection measures or damage cases in adult protection
• Support for questions relating to LACI, various social insurances and data protection

Requirements

• University degree in law (MLaw / lic. iur.)
• Knowledge of the social security system and administrative procedure
• Stress resistance, service orientation as well as high communication skills

We offer

• Varied and diverse work in different legal fields
• Responsible activity with a high degree of self-organization
• Possibilities for specialized continuing education
• An interdisciplinary team that looks forward to welcoming you and appreciates your work

Procedure

We look forward to meeting you:

Please send your complete application documents to bewerbungen@olten.ch

Additional information

For information about the position, please contact:

Madame Jolanda Kröll, director of the Olten social region; at 062 / 206 12 15