Statistician at the National Board of Forensic Medicine

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 legal system 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 statistician for the coordination unit within the Department of Forensic Psychiatry, located in Stockholm.

Your mission

As a methodological statistician at the coordination unit, you will play a central role in developing, quality assuring, and supporting research and operational development within the department. In your daily work, you will manage registers, perform data extractions, and conduct statistical analyses. You will support the methodological design of research projects and other assignments. Your role also includes assisting in formulating analysis plans and describing methods in scientific articles.

You will belong to the department's coordination unit and will have close collaboration with the department's research staff, with opportunities to participate in research projects as a co-author.

The department has close cooperation with universities in both Stockholm and Gothenburg. In this role, you are also expected to support operational developers and management.

Qualifications

Degree in statistics, mathematical statistics, computer science, or other relevant education deemed equivalent by the employer.
Knowledge and experience of applying statistical and epidemiological methods in analysis or investigation activities.
Proficiency in programming in relevant statistical tools, preferably both SPSS and R or similar.

Meritorious

PhD in a relevant field.
Experience working as methodological support in the design of research projects.
Experience in registry research, with particular emphasis on psychiatric and criminal record data.
Relevant work experience for the position, for example in the forensic psychiatric field or within the legal chain.

Personal qualities and abilities

To succeed in this role, you need to be analytical, quality-conscious, meticulous, and interested in forensic psychiatry as a subject. You should also be flexible and have curiosity and openness to new challenges. You have excellent collaboration skills, pedagogical ability, and the ability to build relationships, as well as a strong ability to express yourself well in both spoken and written Swedish and English.

We would like you to enjoy a mentoring role, for example towards doctoral students and other employees who need guidance in statistical methods and analysis. Additionally, you need to have a service-oriented approach and be able to adapt your communication style to your audience.

We place great importance on your personal qualities.

Employment

The position is a permanent full-time position that begins with a six-month probationary period.

Start date is according to agreement. Placement in Stockholm.

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

Depending on the needs of the organization, there is the possibility to enter into a separate agreement for 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 framework and contribute through your actions to legal security, legal certainty, and trust in the authority.

We conduct a background check by checking criminal records before employment. RMV applies a competency-based recruitment process, which may include psychological tests, knowledge tests, or work samples. Before hiring licensed healthcare professionals, checks are performed 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 wartime.

The National Board of Forensic Medicine has received two new assignments – to conduct risk assessments on behalf of the Swedish Prison and Probation Service regarding conditional release and to carry out special risk investigations regarding security sentences on behalf of the court. The operations are in a phase 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 through 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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The Department of Forensic Psychiatry 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 fixed-term sentence. The Department of Forensic Psychiatry consists of two forensic psychiatric examination units located in Stockholm and Gothenburg, as well as the coordination unit located at the headquarters in Stockholm.