Procurement Officer at the Swedish Council for Higher Education

Do you want to work in an organization that creates opportunities for education, development, and exchanges both nationally and internationally?

The Swedish Council for Higher Education (UHR) is a government agency with a broad mandate in the field of education. Our vision is education, exchange, and development - for everyone who wants to move forward.

We are now looking for a procurement officer for the finance unit within the Department for Operational Support. The unit consists of 12 people who work with accounting, controlling, and procurement. The finance unit is the agency's responsible function for all procurement. For procurements that we do not carry out ourselves, procurement consultants are hired. You will contribute to further strengthening the unit's procurement competence and become a central person in the procurement area.

The Department for Operational Support works with and manages agency-wide issues, processes, and regulations such as annual reports and budget documentation, internal regulations, and communication strategies. Furthermore, the department is responsible for agency-wide business development. The department supports the Director General and serves as the agency's support function in areas such as finance, purchasing and procurement, salaries, legal matters, communication, office services, registration, archives, switchboard, reception, and HR.

What you will do/be responsible for

In the role of UHR's procurement officer, you will work closely with managers and employees throughout UHR. You will lead and carry out procurements and orders together with purchasers in the organization and provide qualified support to the operations in purchasing and procurement issues.

Your responsibility is to develop UHR's purchasing process and to follow up on the agency's purchases through active contract management. You will manage and develop support and processes to facilitate purchases and improve knowledge of public procurement. The role also includes, if necessary, holding internal training sessions on the purchasing process and procurement-related issues. In a strategic purchasing effort, you will be responsible for linking purchases and governance to the organization's goals, the external environment, and the supplier market.

Other tasks may also occur.

Who you are

You have:

• Relevant academic education with a focus on public procurement, preferably in law or economics, or a vocational education in procurement/purchasing or other education that UHR finds equivalent.
• Several years of experience in procurement/purchasing within the public sector.
• Very good knowledge of LOU (Public Procurement Act).
• Good knowledge of Swedish in speech and writing.

It is meritorious if you have:

• Experience working in TendSign or another procurement tool.
• Experience in business development and conducting spend analyses.

To function well in the role of Procurement Officer, you need to:

• be responsible and independently drive processes forward.
• take initiative and be development-oriented.
• have very good collaboration and communication skills.
• be structured and meticulous in your work approach.
• be attentive to the needs of the organization and have a solution-oriented approach.

We will place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

What we do and offer

UHR has several assignments in the field of education, the common denominator of which is to create opportunities for development through education and international exchanges. We have about 340 employees in Stockholm and Visby. UHR's goal is to be an attractive employer where employees and managers work together for long-term development. We offer a professional and stimulating environment with good opportunities for personal development. We are committed to a recruitment process free from discrimination and do not see further adjustments as a hindrance.

The employment is full-time and permanent with a start date by agreement. UHR applies a six-month probationary period. The place of employment is Solna.

Our terms and benefits

More about UHR

Apply and become one of us! Welcome with your application in the form of a personal letter and CV marked with diary number 2.2.1-00041-2026. When you make your application, we would like you to answer a number of selection questions. In the first selection, we will base our evaluation of candidates on the answers to these questions. This way, UHR evaluates candidates on equal terms. CV and personal letter will be read in the next step of the selection process. To ensure a comprehensive assessment, work samples or skills tests may occur as a complement to interviews and references.

The deadline for applications is February 3, 2026.

If you have any questions about the recruitment, please feel free to contact the recruiting manager Niclas Forsberg at phone 010-470 03 91. The representative for Saco-S is Kerstin Martínez at phone 010-470 04 69 and for ST Lisa Samsten at phone 010-470 03 67.

The Swedish Council for Higher Education has made a medieval decision for this recruitment. Therefore, we kindly ask for no contact with advertising sellers or other sellers of recruitment services.