Fully Qualified Lawyer (m/f/d) in the Bundeswehr

Bundeswehr - Do what really matters.

The Bundeswehr is one of the central pillars of Germany's national security and one of the largest employers in the public service. As a fully qualified lawyer, become an important part of Germany's security architecture with tasks that are equally challenging and fulfilling, going far beyond classical legal activities.

Locations Nationwide (including Koblenz, Köln, Bonn, Mannheim)

Job Description:

Core Tasks

• In the Bundeswehr administration, as a Referent / Referentin (m/f/d), e.g., in one of the Bundesämter of the Bundeswehr, you will undertake responsible legal tasks, e.g., in policy-making, individual case processing, and objection processing, up to judicial litigation representation.
• You will apply your expertise in diverse specialized fields, answer demanding legal questions, advise civilian or military leaders on all fundamental legal issues, and accompany complex projects and proceedings. During deployments, you will provide important legal assistance.
• You will fulfill your tasks particularly in personnel management, administrative or procurement law, construction or tenancy law, contract negotiations at the interface with industry, or damage compensation matters, as well as in labor/collective agreement/and/or civil servant law.
• In the administration of justice, you will perform tasks in legal advice, legal training, as well as at the Wehrdisziplinaranwaltschaften and Truppendienstgerichte.
• As a Rechtsberater/Rechtsberaterin (m/f/d), you will advise military leaders on matters of special administrative law, particularly military grievance and military disciplinary law, but also criminal, constitutional, international, and status law.
• As a Wehrdisziplinaranwalt/Wehrdisziplinaranwältin (m/f/d), you will investigate facts of serious military service offenses and represent the Bundeswehr in judicial disciplinary proceedings before the Truppendienstgericht.
• As a Rechtslehrer/Rechtslehrerin (m/f/d), you will convey the legal foundations of action to soldiers at the training facilities of the Streitkräfte.

What matters to you

• You will undertake diverse tasks, work independently, and assume leadership responsibility.
• You will perform varied activities that include different tasks and focuses (consulting, teaching, etc.) as well as the possibility of working abroad.
• You will be appointed to a civil servant relationship (Beamtenverhältnis) and, following a probationary period that is usually three years, will be appointed as a lifelong civil servant (Beamte/Beamter auf Lebenszeit).
• An attractive salary awaits you. The advertised position is rated with the salary group A 13 to A 14 of the Bundesbesoldungsgesetz (BBesG).
• Within the framework of professional development, you will benefit from diverse career perspectives as well as a multitude of exciting areas of responsibility at different locations.
• You will work for an employer in secure economic conditions that promotes a balanced work-life balance through flexible working hours, part-time models, and home office.

Qualification Requirements:

What matters to us

• You possess both legal State Examinations (Staatsexamina) with a total score from the sum of both State Examinations of at least 13 points.
• You possess German citizenship.
• Through your entire conduct, you commit to the free democratic basic order in the sense of the Grundgesetz and advocate for its compliance.
• You agree to participate in a medical fitness assessment and, if necessary, an extended security clearance.
• There is no age limit for employment, but with regard to potential appointment as a civil servant, you must generally not have completed your 50th year at the time of appointment. Otherwise, you may potentially be employed in an employment relationship (Arbeitsverhältnis).
• You have good English and preferably other language skills.
• You are willing to be employed nationwide and, in the administration of justice, particularly in the first years of service, to be transferred to offices throughout the entire federal territory.
• In the administration of justice, you are willing to support the Streitkräfte where they are deployed, whether throughout the federal territory or abroad.
• You are willing to perform your activities in soldier status if required.

Other information:

The Bundeswehr promotes the professional equality of women and men and therefore particularly welcomes applications from women. In accordance with the Sozialgesetzbuch IX and the Behindertengleichstellungsgesetz, we expressly welcome applications from severely disabled people; individual consideration will be made regarding the fulfillment of the application criteria. The Bundeswehr supports the goals of the Nationaler Integrationsplan and welcomes applications from people with a migration background.

Supplementary information:

Application / Contact

The complete job description including the application process can be found at the end of this page under Information on Application.

Please apply preferably ONLINE via our application portal (employer's website).