Investigator in the Vaccination Field

The Public Health Agency of Sweden is a national knowledge authority working for better public health. The agency does this by developing and supporting society's efforts to promote health, prevent ill health, and protect against health threats. Our vision is a public health that strengthens societal development.

Are you a trained physician with experience in work or research related to vaccinations, immunology, microbiology, or infectious disease control? Do you want to work with investigations, government assignments, and monitoring in the vaccination field? If you are interested in working with these tasks and want to be part of our team, we welcome your application!

What will you be working on?

We are looking for you for a role that includes conducting vaccination investigations, government assignments, and handling referrals. In this role, you will work with disease and vaccine surveillance as well as monitoring. An important part of the work is knowledge dissemination, networking, and communication.

Your specific responsibilities will also include project management.

As an investigator, other usual tasks at the agency will also be included.

Who are we looking for?

Requirements for employment:

• Licensed physician with specialist competence in a relevant area for the tasks, such as infectious diseases, pediatrics, general medicine, immunology, clinical pharmacology, social medicine, and/or clinical microbiology or another relevant specialty. License and specialist training must be approved in Sweden. You have experience in work or research related to vaccinations, immunology, microbiology, or infectious disease control.

In addition, we see these competencies, abilities, and experiences as important for you to thrive with us:

Great emphasis is placed on:

• Personal qualities such as good collaboration skills, being responsible, flexible, and having a good attitude. You have an easy time adopting a holistic perspective.
• Documented analytical ability, through experience in independently analyzing and compiling health data from scientific publications and other literature, preferably focusing on monitoring vaccination programs/recommendations and new vaccines.
• Experience working in knowledge-based organizations and producing systematic literature reviews.
• Experience in developing and communicating guidelines, care programs, follow-up programs, or infection control documents.
• Experience working in expert groups, clinical investigations, research projects, or similar.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English in both spoken and written form.

Great emphasis is placed on:

• Research experience.
• Experience participating in work on vaccination issues, e.g., in expert groups, clinical investigations, research projects, vaccination programs, and/or follow-up.
• Work on infectious disease control issues.

Importance is placed on:

• Education in epidemiology and/or public health science.
• Experience in knowledge dissemination to the healthcare profession.
• Experience in management, project management, or other leadership.
• Education at the doctoral level.

What does the unit do?

The Vaccination Unit coordinates, is responsible for, and develops materials and recommendations regarding vaccinations and vaccination programs.

Main assignments:

• Coordinate, monitor, and follow up on the national vaccination programs at the national level.
• Develop materials and recommendations to the government on whether new vaccinations should be included in the national vaccination programs.
• Be responsible for regulations and recommendations in the vaccination area.
• Conduct systematic follow-up, analysis, and development of national vaccination programs and the diseases covered.
• Be responsible for the monitoring of several diseases that can be prevented by vaccination.
• Follow and support work on vaccine acceptance.
• Disseminate knowledge about infectious diseases, vaccinations, and other issues relevant to the unit's target groups.
• Collaborate on unit-relevant issues with Nordic countries, the EU, ECDC, and WHO.

What is it like to work at the Public Health Agency of Sweden?

We offer developing work tasks where you can influence and make a difference. Regardless of what you work with, you contribute to societal benefit. You do this together with engaged and competent colleagues in stimulating collaborations. The Public Health Agency of Sweden is a workplace that strives to provide equal opportunities for all and to be free from discrimination. The agency has its operations in Solna and Östersund.

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About the Employment

You will be employed as an investigator based at our office in Solna or Östersund. The position is a permanent full-time employment that begins with a six-month probationary period. Start date will be as soon as possible by agreement.

As an employee of the Public Health Agency of Sweden, you may be subject to military placement. Some positions are classified where Swedish citizenship may be a requirement. A security review will then be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

At the agency, there may be an opportunity to enter into an agreement for remote work up to 40 percent of your working time.

Are you interested?

If you would like to know more about the employment, you are welcome to contact unit manager Tina Crafoord at phone 010-205 25 77.

Union representatives are for SACO Pi Zetterquist, phone 010-205 22 95, and for OFR/S Jessika Spångberg, phone 010-205 29 22.

Read more about what it is like to work with us

Application

Welcome with your application for the position of investigator with us!

We have chosen to remove the personal letter from the recruitment process. Instead, you apply with your CV and by answering selection questions. The goal is to create a more inclusive recruitment process. Psychological tests and work samples may be used as part of the recruitment process.

Please upload relevant degree certificates in connection with your application.

Read in the application form how to proceed if you have protected personal information.

Apply no later than 2026-01-18 via the agency's website. Employer's diary number: 05316-2025-2.1.1