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Are you proactive, socially aware, and curious about learning new things? If so, you will likely thrive at SCB. We are the country's largest and foremost source of knowledge in statistics, making it a very educational workplace. Our work is genuinely important. Welcome to an open and unpretentious workplace with helpful colleagues!

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About the job

Are you a statistician who wants to work with socially important issues? Then you have a great opportunity to contribute with your expertise and develop with us!

SCB's mission is to provide society with reliable and useful statistics, both today and in the future. This work requires skilled methodological statisticians. To ensure that the statistics we produce remain current and relevant, we must constantly develop our statistical production - our methods and working practices. With us, you will use your methodological expertise in everything from survey design to statistical production. In the role of methodological statistician, you will initiate and drive improvement issues based on your methodological expertise and participate in development projects.

With us, you will have a varied job that involves collaboration with several parts of the organization. You will also be able to participate in national and international work. The role may also mean that you contribute to the work of our scientific council.

At SCB, there are about 60 methodological statisticians placed in four methodological sections. Your placement in the organization will be determined during the recruitment process based on our needs and your competencies. Regardless of where you are placed, the job involves close collaboration with statisticians and colleagues with other competencies both in your own section and in other parts of the organization. Therefore, we are looking for someone who enjoys working in teams, both permanent and temporary.

Do you want to ...

• provide qualified statistical methodological support within statistical production, for example in survey design, data collection, combining different data sources, handling missing data, statistical analysis, Machine Learning, and quality issues.
• translate statistical needs into the use of effective methods and initiate and drive development work in collaboration with other competencies.
• standardize, quality assure, and streamline processes focusing on the use of new data sources and digitalization.
• contribute to the development and improvement of statistical production in accordance with set objectives.
• work on national and international issues within the methodological area.
• contribute with expert competence in the implementation of various government assignments.
• work on international issues within the methodological area.

... then we believe this position could be really interesting for you!

About you

We want you to have:

• a master's or master's degree in statistics or mathematical statistics.
• the ability to express yourself well in both spoken and written Swedish and English.
• good programming skills.

It is advantageous if you also have:

• experience working with statistical production.
• good knowledge of survey sampling.
• good programming skills in SAS or R.
• experience working in a consultative role.
• experience driving development work.
• experience working in the public sector.
• relevant experience in the application of Machine Learning.
• PhD in statistics (or another subject that SCB deems relevant).
• experience working in a scientific context and writing reports and scientific texts in Swedish and English.

To ensure a good match for both you and us, we want you to be someone who:

• is problem-solving and analytical, allowing you to effectively and quality-consciously tackle complex problems.
• takes initiative and suggests activities that lead the work towards set goals.
• takes responsibility from a holistic perspective, weighing different perspectives and consequences when developing solutions.
• has good collaboration skills, as the work requires high demands for cooperation both internally and externally.

You who apply share our values: the courage to act, trust in each other's competence and goodwill, the drive to translate words into action, and each person's responsibility to contribute to the whole.

More information

This position is located in one of our methodological sections in Solna or Örebro.

The employment is permanent and usually starts with a six-month probationary period. The start date will be agreed upon.

Depending on the organization's conditions, there is also the possibility to work some time from home.

This position is classified for security, so we will conduct a security review with a background check before making a hiring decision.

Would you like to know more about the job? Contact section manager Mikaela Järnbert at tel 010 -479 42 43.

Union contacts

Krister Näsén, ST within SCB, tel 010-479 40 00.
Barbro Olsson, Saco-S association at SCB, tel 010-479 40 00.

Application deadline: 2025-04-21.
Diary number: SCB2025/311.

You apply by registering a personal letter and CV in Swedish in our recruitment system, which you will reach when you click on “Apply” below. You will also be asked to answer some selection questions.

Warm welcome with your application!

We kindly ask for no contact with advertisers and staffing companies in the recruitment process.