Welcome to Hammarö!

Hammarö is a municipality with a forward-thinking attitude and strong growth, located by Lake Vänern, surrounded by cliffs and water. Many choose to move to us, which means we are constantly growing and developing. What reflects everything happening in our municipality is the proximity to the city, the residents, the water, and each other. With us, you will have a workplace in the middle of our beautiful archipelago!

Within the municipal board, you work closely with the decisions made in the municipality. By seeing the big picture and where we are headed, we work with everything that may concern the municipality's residents and employees. We are the ones working behind the scenes, holding together the common thread that leads the municipality in the right direction into the future.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

We are looking for a data protection officer who wants an independent assignment with great responsibility.

The task is to ensure that personal data is handled in accordance with the General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) and other relevant laws in the area. In this role, you will work for the municipalities of Hammarö, Kil, and Forshaga. Here, you will have the opportunity to truly influence our collective work moving forward.

You will be based in Hammarö and work flexibly between the three municipalities. You have significant responsibility for how you organize your work.

As a data protection officer, you will review and provide support and advice on data protection issues to the municipalities. This means that you will work independently and together with a network of data protection coordinators in each municipality. The role is strategic, advisory, and development-oriented.

You will, among other things:

• Follow up and review the work with GDPR and other applicable laws in the area
• Be the contact person for the Swedish Authority for Privacy Protection (IMY)
• Support in data protection issues and assist in incident management

QUALIFICATIONS

For this position, we are looking for someone with an academic degree in law, information security, or another area deemed equivalent by the employer. You have good knowledge of data protection legislation and several years of experience working with data protection issues. Experience from the public sector, IT law, or insight into the Public Access to Information and Secrecy Act is an advantage. A driver's license (B) and proficiency in Swedish, both spoken and written, are required.

As a person, you are relationship-building, communicative, and attentive. You can explain complex issues in an understandable way and enjoy working independently and in a structured manner. You are a confident person who collaborates well, has a clear drive, and does not hesitate to set demands when the situation requires it.

Selection will be ongoing, and interviews may occur before the application deadline.

Warm welcome with your application!

OTHER

To ensure the quality of the recruitment process in Hammarö municipality and to enable good communication with our applicants, we ask you to submit your application digitally and not via email or paper format.

Warm welcome with your application!

In preparation for the recruitment work, Hammarö municipality has taken a stance on recruitment channels and marketing. Therefore, we kindly decline contact with media sellers, recruitment sites, and similar.