Job Advertisement: Position in Food Supply

Everyone in Sweden should have safe food and drinking water – even in times of crisis or war. The Swedish Food Agency plays a crucial role in this, and we are now ramping up our efforts. Would you like to contribute to our capability-building work and the establishment of a new food preparedness? Here is your chance to work with national support to municipalities and regions and make a difference.

Food Supply Unit

The position is located in the Food Supply Unit and serves as an enhancement of support to municipalities and regions in their work with food supply. We lead the establishment of a new food preparedness. The focus is on national coordination of crisis and preparedness planning for food supply, in the stages after primary production. We support municipalities, regions, and the business sector in their work with food supply. We work closely with the food industry through various projects, as well as through the public-private collaboration group within the food chain that the Swedish Food Agency is responsible for. The Food Supply Unit is one of five units in the Department for Food and Drinking Water Supply. The department works to enhance capabilities within drinking water and food supply. To solve tasks and assignments, we often collaborate across the different units within the department as well as with other departments in the agency.

Your Role

As an employee with us, you will work nationally to support municipalities and regions in their work with food preparedness. You will develop support materials, guiding texts, and methods that strengthen food preparedness in essential societal operations, such as meal services, social services, and healthcare. The role primarily involves strategic work but also includes elements of follow-up and analysis. You will be part of a competent and engaged team where collaboration, knowledge exchange, and initiative are in focus.

As an employee in the Food Supply Unit, you will operate within the unit's area of responsibility with a focus on building a new food preparedness. The unit often takes on larger assignments related to supply issues, and you are expected to contribute to this. The area is under strong development, which means that the nature of the work may change over time. The competencies and experiences you bring with you and acquire are of great importance for shaping the work.

You, along with your colleagues, take responsibility for the organization's common assignments and resources as well as the needs of target groups. Furthermore, you make thoughtful priorities in your work and deliver in accordance with set goals. You monitor the external environment to gather new perspectives, maintain relevant competence, and adapt your work to the organization's requirements and conditions. It is important that you stay updated and follow trends by engaging with research, for example.

Your Competence

We are looking for someone with an academic education that the employer deems relevant. A requirement is that you have experience working in a municipality or region, for example as a preparedness officer or a similar role in preparedness planning. It is also expected that you have a very good understanding of crisis preparedness and total defense. Furthermore, you have the ability to work strategically and develop supportive materials.

It is advantageous if you have worked at a national authority or another public sector entity. Experience in the food sector, meal services, or training/exercises in the preparedness area is also beneficial.

You must have excellent knowledge of Swedish in both spoken and written form, and good knowledge of English is an advantage.

Your Personal Qualities

As a person, you are communicative and maintain high quality in presentations and sharing of information, both in front of an audience and in written materials. Creating and maintaining relationships and networks comes naturally to you. To function in the role, where meeting other people with different backgrounds is central, requires a lack of pretentiousness combined with a dose of humility and the ability to empathize with the target group's situation.

You act responsibly, collaboratively, and in a developing manner. You are solution-focused and invite and are open to collaborations and new perspectives that improve our deliveries. You enjoy working in a team and are open to new working methods and share knowledge and lessons learned to strengthen our collective capability.

Welcome to Contact Us

You are welcome to contact the recruiting manager Mats Johansson. The representative for Saco-S is Johanna Jansson and for ST Annika Gunnarsson. All can be reached through our switchboard, tel. 018-17 55 00.

The application deadline is 2025-12-19. Due to the Christmas and New Year holidays, we will review applications in early January, and you can expect feedback from us during week 2. Apply via the job advertisement on Lediga jobb (livsmedelsverket.se), marking your application with diary number 2025/04280.

The application must be written in Swedish.

More Information About the Position

Employment type: Permanent, full-time. We apply a 6-month probationary period.

Start date: Immediately, by agreement

Organizational affiliation: Department for Food and Drinking Water Supply/Food Supply Unit

Location: Uppsala

All permanent staff at the Swedish Food Agency are assigned to war duties within the agency.

This position is classified in a security class, and Swedish citizenship is therefore a requirement for employment. A security review with a background check will be conducted in accordance with applicable security protection legislation.

Before the Interview

Grades, certificates, and ID documents that support your application should be brought to a possible interview.

We base our assessment on the information available in the application documents, so please be clear about how you meet the qualifications.

Welcome with Your Application!

This recruitment is conducted entirely by the Swedish Food Agency. We therefore decline phone calls from recruitment companies and advertisement sellers.

Why the Swedish Food Agency?

The Swedish Food Agency works to ensure that food and drinking water are safe, properly labeled, and sustainable for Sweden's consumers. We play a key role in Sweden's civil defense and for a robust food supply. Through effective and quality-assured work, all employees take responsibility for assignments and development, and through our shared leadership, we promote engagement and learning.