Unit Manager for Civil Duty

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About the Position

We are looking for a unit manager to lead the Civil Duty unit.

The unit was formed by splitting a previous unit that encompassed several tasks into two units in September 2025. Today, the unit consists of approximately three employees and six consultants. The unit is responsible for both investigating individuals' suitability for civil duty within energy supply and training those on civil duty through both short basic training and recurring refresher courses.

The assignment is new since the beginning of the year and involves some business development. The goal is to have 1000 individuals on civil duty within energy supply by the end of 2028.

The assignment involves collaboration with several other authorities as well as with actors in energy supply and the electrical installation industry. Within the assignment to train those on civil duty, the unit's activities include procuring and following up on training providers.

The assignment is characterized by a high degree of regulatory governance through, among other things, the Total Defense Duty Act and procurement regulations. These regulations must be followed for the assignment to be successful.

The assignment is also expected to include analyses of whether the introduction of civil duty after conscription should be implemented for energy supply. An introduction of civil duty after conscription could mean that Svenska kraftnät's assignment within civil duty is scaled up further regarding training responsibility.

As a unit manager, you have personnel, budget, delivery, and work environment responsibility, as well as a strategic responsibility to further develop the unit's capabilities.

As a unit manager, you will:

• Lead and develop the employees in the unit.
• Support collaboration with both internal and external parties.
• Be responsible for recruitment, competence development, consultant procurement, and staffing within your unit.
• Be responsible for budget and follow-up.
• Actively drive change work and improved working methods in collaboration with other parts of the organization.
• Represent the business in external contexts.
• Be part of the section's management group and represent the unit in relevant steering groups.
• Develop the section's activities in close collaboration with your managerial colleagues.

The unit belongs to the Security and Preparedness Department. The department has just over 100 employees.

The position is permanent and located at our headquarters in Sundbyberg, alternatively in Västerås or Åsbro.

About You

Requirements:

Personal Qualities:

We are looking for someone with managerial experience, who communicates clearly and actively and demonstrates mature leadership. You easily build trust and establish good relationships, and collaboration is a natural part of your work. It is natural for you to view your area of responsibility as part of a larger context, both within the unit, the rest of Svenska kraftnät, and within energy supply.

It is important that you take your own initiatives and have a positive attitude towards the challenges that arise. You plan, organize, and prioritize work effectively and drive your and the unit's work towards goals. In this recruitment, we place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Education:

You have a relevant university degree in political science, law, public safety, or engineering, or equivalent competence acquired in another way.

Furthermore, you have:

• Managerial experience with personnel and budget responsibility from a government authority
• Experience of work involving authority exercise against individuals
• Driver's license B.
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English.

Meritorious:

• Several years of managerial experience with personnel and budget responsibility from a government authority.
• Experience of work with preparedness and/or total defense work.
• Experience of responsibility for government assignments with special appropriations.
• Experience in conducting government procurement.

Good to Know

• The position is located in Sundbyberg, Västerås, or Åsbro.
• Remote work up to 50% may occur if the tasks allow.
• Travel occurs, mainly within Sweden.
• Driver's license class B.
• Application deadline: December 8, 2025.
• The position is a permanent employment without a probationary period.
• For final candidates, personality tests will be conducted.
• The employment concerns a position in a security class.
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Please feel free to contact the following persons for more information;

• Recruiting manager, Ann-Sofie Fahlgren, tel. 010-475 99 47.
• Responsible recruiter, Lennart Jansson, tel. 010-350 91 49.
• Union representatives.
• Annika Ingeborn, SACO, tel. 010-475 87 72.
• Erica Midfjäll, ST, tel. 010-475 87 31.

You can also reach us via email: [email protected].

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Additional Information

We place high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. Before a decision on employment is made, a security review will be conducted according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) in cases where the position involves handling security-classified information or participation in security-sensitive activities. If the employment concerns a position in a security class, the security review will also include a background check and, in some cases, a special personal investigation.

For employment at Svenska kraftnät, there may be a requirement for Swedish citizenship in certain positions. With the employment comes an obligation to be placed in wartime.

For more information about security reviews, Svenska kraftnät works to promote diversity and counteract discrimination and welcomes applicants with various backgrounds and experiences to our recruitments.

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