Staff Officer at the Army Staff's Communication and Command Support Systems Section

One of the Army Staff's focus areas is to build the new army. An army that focuses on capability in the field and in this builds new as well as restructuring existing units. The Army Staff develops and manages the army's war units as well as subordinate units and schools.

The above, combined with the continued establishment of the Army Staff as a cohesive force, makes the tasks very varied, developing, and dynamic. We are all solution-focused and take our tasks and responsibilities with great commitment where everything for the army is our driving force.

The Army – when and where it matters!

The Position Offers

As a staff officer at the Army Staff's Communication and Command Support Systems Section, you will work on many different issues within the function. Everything from operational management of ongoing operations nationally and internationally, to planning operations and exercises as well as defense planning at both tactical and operational levels.

About the Unit

The Communication and Command Support Systems Section is a section within the Army Staff's Implementation Department that works broadly across all of the Army Staff's processes and time perspectives. In everything from implementation, planning, and development of new capabilities and services.

As part of both the management, planning, and development of the Army's command support systems, the section is also responsible for Signal Protection in the Army, information management, frequency coordination, information system services, and functional management of the Army's network operations management within the framework of the mobile core network and other transmissions such as shortwave communication. The section is also responsible for leading the Army's communication preparations for major exercises and operations, both nationally and internationally.

The section also participates from a functional perspective in defense planning such as drafting operational plans, standing orders for operations. The section supports but also drives its own development issues. Both within the framework of Army Organization 25, but also within the framework of Interoperability, primarily cooperation within the Nordic countries and NATO integration.

The section is also part of the function at the operational level and participates weekly in various preparations with the Operational Staff J6.

Main Responsibilities

As a staff officer at the Army Staff's Communication and Command Support Systems Section, your main responsibilities will be to plan and lead the utilization of the Army's command support systems. In everything from various communication services to information system services. There will be opportunities to both broaden your competence or deepen already acquired knowledge in the command system area.

Depending on previously acquired competence within the function and frequency area, you will initially undertake a number of courses in the area.

Qualifications

• Trained professional officer (OF, OR)
• Knowledge in the command support systems area in general
• Driver's license B

Desirable

• Knowledge of ground command support systems (LSS Mark)
• Practical experience in leading command support systems at the tactical level, brigade or military region
• Experience of staff work within the communication and command support systems area
• Good presentation skills and proficiency in Swedish and English, both spoken and written
• Trained signal protection instructor/signal protection chief
• Technical competence in the command system area is desirable
• Experience from the command process at operational units is highly meritorious

Personal Qualities

Great emphasis is placed on personal qualities. We see that you have the ability to independently drive project-like activities and work. You should be able to independently plan and organize your work based on the section's overarching tasks. Able to independently, from a functional perspective, participate in various preparations within the Army Staff.

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the value base that exists. The Armed Forces' value base safeguards the equal value of all people, justice, and equality and promotes democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Other

Employment form: Permanent, 40-hour work week and flexible working hours agreement
Employment degree (full-time-part-time): Full-time
Work location: Enköping
Start date: By agreement

For inquiries about the position, contact:

Lt Col Henrik Malm, henrik.malm@mil.se, 08-788 95 54

For information about the recruitment process, contact:

HR Generalist Therese Pettersson can be reached via switchboard 0171-157000

Union Representatives:

OFR/O: Tobias Brandt
OFR/S: Claus Dehlin
SACO: Karin Gällmo
SEKO: Benny Augustsson

Application Deadline

Welcome with your application no later than 2025-03-31. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for this position.

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

The Armed Forces is undergoing extensive development work to build a stronger defense against the background of a deteriorating security situation and a new defense political direction focused on national defense. Leadership for a stronger defense aims to increase robustness, simplify command and obedience relationships, and through decentralization of mandates and responsibilities, increase the conditions for mission tactics.

In the Armed Forces, there is a strong value base based on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness, and a good balance between work and private life.

Employment with us means placement in a security class. Usually, Swedish citizenship is required. Security clearance with background checks will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment also includes an obligation to be placed in a war situation. The implications of this vary depending on the type of position.

To the application for employment, CV and a personal letter must be attached. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented.

Calls from external recruitment companies and salespeople are not welcome.