Legal Counsel for the Group Works Council - Fixed-term until August 2027

At Vattenfall, we are working on the energy transition and need people who are fully committed to our customers and a sustainable society – people like you. We are a leading energy company in Europe with around 21,000 employees. For more than 100 years, we have been electrifying industries, supplying people with energy, and modernizing our lifestyle through innovation and collaboration.

For Vattenfall GmbH, we are looking for a Legal Counsel for the Group Works Council in a fixed-term position at the Berlin or Hamburg locations, effective immediately. You will support the Group Works Council through advice on strategic and technical issues. You will coordinate internal and external communication, ensure the proper processes of operational co-determination at the group level, and accompany international co-determination in the European Works Council.

Your Tasks and Responsibilities The legal support of the Group Works Council and advice on strategic issues constitutes an essential part of your work. You will provide conceptual support to the chairmanship of the Group Works Council, including the creation of presentations and lectures for internal and external communication as well as within the framework of negotiations. You will apply your know-how specifically in the design and conception of works agreements, the implementation of the rules of the Betriebsverfassungsgesetz, and application issues of operational and collective bargaining agreements.

Location Hamburg or Berlin

Your Profile You have completed a degree in law or will complete it in the foreseeable future, preferably with a focus on labor law. You already have professional experience in a comparable environment or, as an entry-level professional, already have a clear focus on labor law topics. You have good written and spoken English skills. You possess a very high degree of integrity, self-motivation, service orientation, and a sense of duty, and you work independently and in a structured manner. Precision and persuasiveness in speech and writing are important to you. A confident appearance and sociability, combined with a willingness for interdisciplinary cooperation, are your strengths.

What We Offer Working at Vattenfall is more than "just" an interesting job in a results-oriented company. You will become part of an exciting, innovative, and international working environment that can actively shape our future. We want to be the best in what we do. We offer you competitive compensation as well as opportunities for training and personal development. 37-hour week with flexible working hours in full-time or part-time, time accounts, as well as the possibility of mobile working 30 days of vacation, non-working days on 24.12. and 31.12. Promotion of individual development, e.g., through free training and support for part-time further qualification Company pension scheme Public transport company ticket or Deutschlandticket (50% employer subsidy) and Jobrad offer Various offers on the topic of health, e.g., MachFit vouchers and PME family service We want to enable our employees to achieve a balanced harmony between work and family. For this reason, we offer flexible options, such as the possibility to work in the Home Office.

Further Information We look forward to receiving your application in German by October 24, 2026, at the latest. We ask you to submit applications exclusively via our website, as we cannot guarantee that we will process applications that do not come through our website. For further information regarding this position, you can contact Rainer Kruppa at +491706303337. Questions about the application process will be answered by the recruiter Juliane von Bargen: juliane.vonbargen@vattenfall.de We are convinced that diversity contributes to making our company more efficient and attractive. Applications, for example, from persons of any age, gender identity, sexual orientation, or ethnic-cultural background, are very welcome. Severely disabled people will be given special consideration if they have equal professional qualifications. The safety of Vattenfall and its employees is of fundamental importance. For this reason, a Pre-Employment Screening is part of the recruitment process. The scope of the check varies depending on the function and area of application. The screening is carried out by a third-party provider, DISA. We look forward to your application!