Job Advertisement: Communications Specialist

Are you interested in working within marketing and relationship communication for recruitment purposes and contributing to the growth of Göta Engineer Regiment? Are you social, creative, and solution-oriented – then we welcome your application!

About the Department

You will belong to the regiment's communication department located in the regiment's staff. The department is responsible for the regiment's internal and external communication, marketing and relationship communication, as well as defense information.

We have a wide range of tasks, from providing communicative support for defense operations and exercises, planning and producing material for our digital channels, to meeting different target groups and explaining what the Armed Forces' role is in the defense of Sweden. You will play an important role in this. With the breadth of tasks, there are great opportunities for professional development.

Main Responsibilities

• Implement planned recruitment activities and contribute to development in the area.
• Inform about the Armed Forces, Ing 2, and opportunities for continued engagement within the organization.
• Play a central role in meeting recruitment target groups, especially conscripts during basic training, to inform them about pathways to continued engagement in the Armed Forces.
• Participate in fairs and events within the relevant recruitment area.
• Staff the conscription and assessment authority as needed.
• Contribute to other activities within the department as needed, such as: photographing activities, supporting school visits, and other tasks that strengthen recruitment and information work.
• Support the unit's marketing and relationship communication.

Qualifications

• Completed and approved military basic training within the last five years or active service in the Armed Forces (GSS/K, GSS/T) in the last five years.
• Passed in Swedish 1/A, Math 1/A, and English 5/1 from high school.
• Driver's license for manual transmission vehicles.
• Good physical ability.

Meritorious

• Good knowledge of the Armed Forces' tasks.
• Experience in oral presentation.
• Completed military basic training at Ing 2.
• Military driver's license.

Personal Qualities

You are engaged, communicative, and attentive as you will meet people with very different experiences and perspectives in your work. You need to have good collaboration skills and be outgoing as you are an ambassador for the entire Armed Forces. Furthermore, we see that you are a positive person and contribute to the team with a good atmosphere. You are prepared to be outdoors in the environments where we operate, such as participating in various exercises. Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

For the authority's mission to be successful, it is assumed that all employees act according to the values that exist. The Armed Forces' values uphold the equal worth of all people, justice, and equality and promote democracy and human rights (read more at www.forsvarsmakten.se).

We Offer You:

We offer a workplace with socially beneficial, interesting, and developing tasks and an operation with great variation and high complexity. As an employee of the Armed Forces, physical training is part of the job – three working hours per week. Annual tests in physical performance capacity are conducted. The requirements aim to ensure that personnel can solve their tasks and contribute to better health, well-being, and quality of life.

Our employees also have several different benefits, including:

• Professional development based on the needs of the operation and your goals.
• Good balance between work and leisure with flexible working hours and 28-35 vacation days depending on age.
• Salary supplements during parental leave and VAB, as well as the opportunity to exchange vacation days for extra pension contributions.

Other

• Employment form: GSS/K
• Employment degree: full-time
• Work location: Eksjö, travel may occur
• Start date: By agreement
• Salary: Individual salary setting
• Interviews are conducted continuously.

For information about the position, contact:

Communications Manager, Maddelena Lago
[email protected], 070-300 20 17

For information about the recruitment process, contact:

HR Generalist Fanny Jansson
[email protected], 070-924 81 08

Union representatives can be reached via switchboard: 010-82 180 00

OF: Peter Djerf
OFR/S Försvarsförbundet: Carola Blomdahl
SACO: Sofie Bergkvist
SEKO: Ulrika Söderberg

Welcome with your application by 2026-04-09. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter describing why you are suitable for this position and answers to the specified selection questions. We prefer cover letters and CVs in Swedish. Interviews will be conducted continuously. Please read more about what it is like to work in the Armed Forces on our website; Work Civilians in the Armed Forces.