#PRMG2607492VNotice of Vacancy for a Sub-Director Position (Central Administration) - Legal Advisory Service
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The French Ministry of Justice is creating a new Sub-Directorate for Legal Advisory within the Department of Expertise and Modernization under the General Secretariat. Located at 35 rue de la Gare, 75019 Paris, the position will start on 1 May 2026. The new unit will consist of 15 staff members across three offices: general legal advice, personal data protection, and normative coordination and legistics. Its main tasks include providing cross-cutting legal support to ministry departments with expertise in public contracts and digital law, ensuring GDPR and French data protection compliance (especially under the Police-Justice directive), coordinating normative work on legislation and European regulations, and handling access to administrative documents. The role requires strong managerial experience, expertise in administrative law, digital law and data protection, and the ability to manage urgent files and train staff.
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Key Changes
- Creation of a new Sub-Directorate for Legal Advisory effective 1 May 2026
- Recruitment of a Sub-Director to manage 15 agents in three specialized bureaus
- 15-day application window starting from the date of publication in the Journal Officiel
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Obligations
What this law requires
Ensure GDPR compliance and conformity with the French Data Protection Act (Law of 6 January 1978) and EU Directive 2016/680 (Police-Justice directive) for all ministry applications and data processing activities
Coordinate and oversee the compliance of all ministry applications with data protection requirements, including coordinating with the Data Protection Delegate
Animate and manage the network of 'information technology and freedoms' referents across ministry departments
Provide cross-cutting legal support to ministry departments with specific expertise in public contracts law and digital law
Coordinate normative work for the ministry on legislative matters (preparation of bills), regulatory matters (monitoring application of laws), and European regulations (monitoring application of directives) in liaison with the Government General Secretariat