Vacant job

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now looking for more employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will be safer and more secure for everyone. We are the authority responsible for prisons, probation, remand centers, and client transports.

The Transport Department (TA) is tasked with transporting and supervising persons deprived of liberty. It is the clients of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service who are moved between remand centers and prisons, to court hearings, and hospitals among others. TA also transports persons deprived of liberty for the Police, the National Board of Institutional Care, the Migration Agency, and psychiatry. Learn more here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/fangelse-frivard-och-hakte/kriminalvardens-transportavdelning/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/fangelse-frivard-och-hakte/kriminalvardens-transportavdelning/)

Interviews will take place on Monday, January 19th, physically at the office in Solna, and for those who proceed in the process, a security clearance interview will be conducted in person on Tuesday, January 20th.

Travel may be required in the position.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

As an operator, you are operationally responsible for alarms around the clock. You also have the operational responsibility to lead and distribute transport assignments within your area of responsibility. This is based on a business perspective with the mandate to decide on, among other things, restraints and staffing. Planning is done based on high demands for security, efficiency, service level, and good resource management. In your daily work, you will have contact with, among others, clients, travel agencies, airlines, border police, and more. You will work in the administrative systems of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service and have some responsibility for personnel ranking.

Examples of tasks included in the position:

• Participate in the regular planning organization during office hours on weekdays without holidays
• Be responsible for all planning areas outside regular office hours on weekdays without holidays
• Handle incoming transport orders outside regular office hours
• Prepare situation reports containing follow-up and environmental monitoring.

You are a clear representative of the employer. You should be able to lead and support the staff and other transport planners in a stimulating and meaningful way, as well as maintain a high dynamic security profile in daily work. The needs of the operation and directed assignments from the prison inspector will affect the more detailed distribution of tasks within the area of responsibility. The work is sometimes conducted under time pressure, and we are on duty year-round and at all hours of the day.

QUALIFICATIONS

The work as an operator is a service and quality assurance function that requires you to be flexible, meticulous, and able to work both independently and in close collaboration with others within the section and unit, as well as with other actors both within and outside the authority.

You work well with other people. You are calm, attentive, and accommodating in your approach. You make correct assessments and priorities and are self-sufficient. You easily adapt to changing circumstances. You take initiative, start activities, and achieve results. The position requires a high level of responsibility and requires structured work.

For us, it is important that you share the fundamental values of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service regarding a humane view of people, respect for the individual, and belief in the human will and ability to develop. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute to ensuring that everyone is treated equally with your attitude.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability!

We are looking for someone who has:

• Completed upper secondary education in the form of a diploma/high school exam.
• Several years of work experience in transport planning and/or personnel planning.
• Current experience of working within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service or work in security or transport operations.
• Good knowledge of Swedish and English in both spoken and written form.
• Good computer skills.
• Swedish citizenship.

It is advantageous if you have:

• Logistics education or verified previous experience from logistics work at the planning or management level that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant.
• Experience of having worked in the Transport Department of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.
• Experience of having worked as a duty officer within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service or the police authority.
• Experience in the airline or travel industry at an administrative level or operationally at a higher level than clearance personnel.
• Experience working with transport planning or working in an alarm center.
• Experience of operational work in a supervisory position.
• Proficiency in additional languages besides those mentioned above.

OTHER

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replace it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and CV will form the basis for whether you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high standards of suitability, judgment, security, and confidentiality awareness, and comply with applicable laws. This means that you stand up for democratic values and the state values that apply to the operations of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service.

The position is placed in a security class, and a security clearance including a security interview with a background check will be conducted before a hiring decision is made. During the security clearance, you will be investigated as a person, your background, and your relationships from a security perspective. You need to be a Swedish citizen but may have a foreign background. During your employment interview, you will receive more information about the security clearance. Read more about the security clearance at: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/)

The position may involve military placement within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about military placement at: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click on the application link in the ad. Questions about how to apply and submit your CV should be directed to Visma Recruit. Questions about specific jobs will be answered by the contact person specified in the ad.

We kindly but firmly request no direct contact with staffing and recruitment companies or sellers of recruitment ads. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has contracted agreements.