Case Officer for the Coordination Unit within the Forensic Psychiatry Department

Do you want a meaningful job where your skills contribute to strengthening legal security? The National Board of Forensic Medicine is the expert authority that provides the judiciary with the basis for important decisions – from forensic medicine and forensic analyses to forensic psychiatric investigations. Whether you work in core operations or in a supportive role, you are part of something bigger: contributing to a legally secure society.

We are now looking for a case officer for the coordination unit within the forensic psychiatry department based in Stockholm.

Your Assignment

Your tasks include writing and preparing reports, as well as participating in the processing of various development projects. The assignment also includes assisting with data for various types of follow-ups, such as during annual reports and other operational follow-ups. You will compile and respond to referrals and assist in project follow-ups, as well as participate in the department's general development work. The assignment involves providing support in the handling of strategic issues.

You will belong to the department's coordination unit and support the coordination manager in the coordination work. You will also assist the department head and other unit heads within the forensic psychiatry department.

Qualifications

• Academic education in political science, public administration, or another equivalent field.
• Experience in case processing work within the public sector.

Meritorious

• Work experience in a similar role in the state.
• Experience working in project form.
• Relevant work experience for the position, for example in the forensic psychiatric field or within the legal chain.

To succeed in this role, you need to be a skilled writer with a good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing. You need to have good analytical skills and a high sense of quality. You should be easy to collaborate with, communicative, and solution-focused. As a person, you are structured, meticulous, and have a good ability to create order and prioritize in complex workflows. You enjoy working both independently and in close collaboration with others.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Employment

The position is a permanent full-time employment that begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date is according to agreement. Placement in Stockholm.

The authority's units are located in various places in Sweden, so travel in the service may occur.

Depending on the needs of the operation, there is an opportunity to enter into an individual agreement on remote work for part of the working time.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine applies individual salary setting.

RMV is part of the legal chain, and we place high demands on employees' judgment and security thinking as well as respect for law and order. As a representative of the National Board of Forensic Medicine, you follow the state value base and contribute through your actions to legal security, legal certainty, and trust in the authority.

We conduct a background check by checking the criminal record before employment. RMV applies a competency-based recruitment process where there may be psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples. Before employing licensed health and medical care personnel, checks are made with the National Board of Health and Welfare and the Health and Social Care Inspectorate.

Upon employment at the National Board of Forensic Medicine, there is an obligation to be placed in a war position.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine has received two new assignments – to perform risk assessments on behalf of the Prison and Probation Service regarding conditional release and to perform special risk investigations regarding security sentences on behalf of the court. The operation is in a state of change, and new employees are being recruited.

Do you also want to contribute to a legally secure society? Welcome with your application by January 18, 2026. Grades and other documents should be brought to a possible interview.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine is committed to a recruitment process free from discrimination and strives to provide equal opportunities for all.

Want to know more?

For more information, please contact unit manager Kristin Andersson, phone 010-483 49 99. You can also contact HR specialist Bonde Svedberg at phone 010 483 48 98. Our union representatives can be reached via our switchboard at phone: 010-483 41 00. Union representative for Saco is Maritha Torkildsen Nilsson, for ST/OFR Selma El Hadi, and for Seko Christer Johansson.

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We are the medical link in the legal chain. Here, nurses, psychologists, forensic psychiatrists, social workers, caregivers, administrators, and many more work on behalf of, among others, the police, prosecutors, and courts.

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The forensic psychiatry department investigates on behalf of the court whether a person suspected of a crime committed it under the influence of a serious mental disorder. We also conduct risk assessments when life-sentenced individuals apply for a time-limited sentence. The forensic psychiatry department consists of two forensic psychiatric examination units located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, as well as the coordination unit located at the headquarters in Stockholm.

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