Statistician at the Swedish National Agency for Education

Are you an experienced, driven, and humble statistician who wants to work in an important and complex field? Join us and develop together with knowledgeable and lovely colleagues.

Contribute to the future of education!

About the job

You will be responsible for producing, publishing, and developing official statistics together with your closest colleagues. As a senior statistician, your role is to initiate and plan development work, compile, analyze, and communicate statistics. You will also participate in, and sometimes lead, other assignments within the department related to monitoring and evaluation.

The Swedish National Agency for Education is the responsible authority for Sweden's official statistics on the education system and childcare. Every year, we collect data and report statistics on children, students, staff, costs, and educational outcomes. In addition to official statistics, we also publish other statistics. Our statistics are an important basis for decision-makers, researchers, other authorities, as well as the media and the public. The demand for our statistics is therefore significant. Currently, several reforms are being implemented in the field of education that will affect the statistics.

With us, you will have varied tasks at the intersection of statistics, programming, analysis, law, and communication, where your work plays a crucial role in knowledge building and research as well as in the public debate.

We offer a stimulating work environment with colleagues who have different skills and experiences. You will have an important and complex field of work: the school and education system as a central and multifaceted social institution, in the midst of political debate but also in people's everyday lives and of great importance to many.

“Those of you who like numbers and friendly colleagues will find many of them with us!”

Christina Sandström and Cajsa Anufrijeff Röhr, unit managers for the statistical units

We are looking for two individuals to join the statistical operations within the Swedish National Agency for Education's analysis department. In the department, your colleagues work on investigating issues in government assignments, monitoring or evaluating reforms and school development efforts, participating in international studies, and managing registers.

You will work at our modern and spacious office in Solna Business Park. You may also have the opportunity to work remotely up to 50%.

About you

To do a good job and thrive with us, you need to embody and live up to the state's values and our core values for employee behavior: role model, trust, responsibility, cooperation, and development. Read more at skolverket.se/jobb

In this job, you should have

a university degree with a focus on statistics or another field that we deem relevant,
current several years of work experience as a statistician,
current several years of experience working with large datasets,
current experience in independently driving issues,
very good knowledge of SAS or another program that we consider equivalent,
good ability to express yourself well orally and in writing in Swedish.

It is advantageous if you have experience working on the production of official statistics and issues within the education sector. It is also advantageous if you have worked at a government agency.

As a person, you need to

be driven, meticulous, and have good analytical skills,
be able to understand complex issues while maintaining a holistic perspective,
identify areas for improvement and take the initiative to find new solutions,
have a flexible and humble approach as tasks may vary in size and quantity,
have good collaboration skills and appreciate working with colleagues with different skills and experiences.

Important to know

The deadline for applications is January 17. The position is permanent and begins with a six-month probationary period.

When you register your application, you will answer a few questions instead of attaching a personal letter. Please read through the application form and prepare your answers before submitting your application.

The Swedish National Agency for Education works to ensure that all children and students receive a good and equitable education in a safe environment. We support the Swedish preschool, school, and adult education in various ways. As an employee at the Swedish National Agency for Education, you contribute to creating good conditions for children's and students' development and learning. Get to know us better by visiting our website skolverket.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss (https://www.skolverket.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss). Our mission – the future of education.