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Main Responsibilities

The Intelligence Office is responsible for gathering, processing, analyzing, and disseminating intelligence to support the government and the Armed Forces regarding external threats to Sweden and Swedish interests. The Intelligence Office has a range of different collection capabilities and maintains close cooperation with other defense intelligence agencies and intelligence functions within the Armed Forces.

Together with your colleagues, you will analyze the world by exploring open sources and various imagery, acquiring and adapting information, processing information, and pedagogically describing and explaining what has been processed. As a collection leader, you will be responsible for the joint effort to produce material in a timely manner for the right recipients, which is quality assured through ongoing dialogue with relevant clients. The collection leader also drives and manages the development of methods and processes to further enable the utility of the function. The tasks also include collaborating internally with other parts of the Armed Forces and externally with other authorities and international partners.

Requirements:

• Academic degree, officer's degree, or other experience deemed equivalent and relevant by the employer
• Strong analytical skills and a structured, critical approach to sources
• Good ability to express yourself verbally and in writing in Swedish and English
• Good ability to describe processed information and conclusions

Desirable:

• Documented good leadership skills
• Experience leading analytical work
• Experience in military intelligence work
• Experience with processes in the Armed Forces Headquarters
• Experience in exercise planning
• Experience serving in a defense intelligence agency
• Experience developing operations as well as digital methods and processes
• Knowledge in GEOINT/IMINT/OSINT
• Knowledge of NATO
• Driver's license (B)

Personal Qualities

We are looking for a team player who is unpretentious and collaborative. To thrive in this role, you need to be well-informed, proactive, solution-oriented, stimulated by new challenges, and creative with a willingness to learn new things. You believe in continuous development and act proactively to drive progress forward. You can juggle many tasks while being structured, meticulous, and systematic. As a person, you are comfortable working in several digital systems simultaneously. The position places high demands on your social ability to build and maintain good relationships.

You are content knowing the importance of your and your colleagues' work without being able to share details with outsiders. You possess high personal maturity and well-founded values in line with the Armed Forces' core values, as well as high integrity and strong security awareness. You should be able to represent the authority in both national and international contexts.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

The qualifications mentioned above must be verifiable upon request through certificates, references, and work or selection tests. Selection will be ongoing.

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the existing core values. The Armed Forces' core values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice, and equality, and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

Other

Employment type: Permanent employment starting with a six-month probationary period
Start date: By agreement
Work location: Stockholm, limited access to remote work
Weekend and standby work may occur, as well as travel for work.

For inquiries about the position or the recruitment process, contact: [email protected], please write “Process Leader/Collection Leader” in the subject line.

Union Representatives

Union representatives can be reached via [email protected]

We warmly welcome your application by 2025-12-16. In your CV and cover letter, we would like you to describe how you meet our requested requirements and merits. You apply via jobb.forsvarsmakten.se

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

The Military Intelligence and Security Service (Must) is part of the Armed Forces Headquarters in Stockholm. We provide the government and the Armed Forces with qualified decision-making support regarding global developments and threats to Sweden's and the Armed Forces' security. Our vision is “A safer Sweden in an uncertain world.” Must is a knowledge organization and offers both exciting and nationally significant tasks. Here, both officers and civilian experts work in various fields, such as political science, IT, economics, engineering, mathematics, and HR.

A large part of Must's operations are classified, and we therefore ask you not to disclose that you have applied for a job at Must to anyone other than your closest contacts. Please read more about Must and our operations here.

Every day and every hour, our employees make contributions that affect other people's lives, both in large and small ways, at home and around the world.

The Armed Forces gives you the opportunity to develop as a person and grow in your professional role. We are a responsible employer and have an open organization where we support each other.

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

The Armed Forces harnesses the qualities that diversity and gender balance bring to the organization. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences in our recruitment processes.

Employment with us involves placement in a security class. Usually, Swedish citizenship is required. A security clearance with a background check 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 apply for employment, a CV and cover letter must be attached. If you proceed in the hiring process, certified copies of diplomas and certificates must always be presented.

Calls from external recruitment companies and salespeople are not welcome.