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The Swedish Police Authority is Sweden's largest authority with approximately 40,700 employees and is organized into seven police regions, several national departments, and a secretariat. The authority is undergoing extensive growth that will continue in the coming years to meet future challenges. Working for the police means creating safety in people's lives. Every day.

The Uppsala police area is one of the police areas in the Mitt region with Uppsala as the main town. The area stretches from Håbo in the south to Älvkarleby in the north and encompasses 8 municipalities. The police area is divided into three local police areas: Uppsala/Knivsta, Enköping/Håbo, and Norduppland. At the police area level, there is an investigation section and a local office.

The Enköping/Håbo local police area is part of the Uppsala police area. Within the local police area, there are intervention and crime prevention activities, investigation groups, as well as support and service. Here, we strive for a flexible approach where we work with crime fighting in focus and take responsibility for the whole in order to streamline operations.

JOB RESPONSIBILITIES

The assignment as group manager for BF-IGV. As the manager for BF/IGV, you report to the local police area manager and are part of the local police area's management team, where you collectively are responsible for ensuring that assignments are carried out and for driving the authority's change and development work. You have particular responsibility for the group's activities within crime prevention and intervention operations and their results. As a group manager, you represent the entire Police Authority both internally and externally and work to strengthen trust in police operations.

Being a manager and leader within the Police Authority means creating safety and building trust by exercising sincere, courageous, and attentive leadership with trust in others' competence and ability. As a manager, you drive development by inspiring and encouraging reflection and feedback in a way that is based on following the law and treating people equally. You create conditions and work for good relationships that contribute to us acting together based on what is best for citizens and the assignment as a whole.

QUALIFICATIONS

This is an opportunity for you who have:

• at least 6 months of continuous experience working as a supervisor, project manager, or similar
• experience participating in change and development work
• experience in the area of intervention operations
• Police degree

We consider it an advantage if you also have:

• experience leading others towards set goals and results
• participated in management forums
• managerial and leadership training for direct, indirect, and/or strategic levels
• experience participating in/driving collaboration with community actors outside the police organization/your own organization

When we hire, we will place great emphasis on personal qualities and leadership abilities. The basis for this assessment lies in the Police Authority's leadership criteria. The leadership criteria describe a desirable leadership style within the Police Authority and include the following abilities:

• analysis and holistic view
• goals and results
• development and change
• social security
• oral and written communication
• creating participation and motivation

Read more about the leadership criteria here (https://polisen.se/ledarkriterier/). If the link is not clickable, copy and paste the link text into your browser.

As part of the selection process, tests will also be used.

OTHER

Job title: Police Inspector
Work location: Enköping/Håbo
Working hours: Weekly planned 5:2
Start date: By agreement, preferably April 2026
Function: Group manager level 2

Apply by attaching your CV (we do not want a personal letter) and answering the selection questions. The questions are based on the requirement profile for this recruitment and your answers will form the basis for the selection process. It is therefore important that you answer clearly and thoroughly to the questions and do not refer to other documents, e.g., CV. Answering the questions is a prerequisite for your application to be considered complete.

Please note that requirements and any merits must be met at the time of application.

We use e-recruitment to streamline and ensure the quality of the recruitment process. Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Police's recruitment support Visma Recruit.

If you have protected personal information, references, or similar information that you consider to be sensitive, we recommend that you contact the responsible HR consultant before proceeding with your application.

If you wish to supplement your application, please contact the responsible HR consultant.

An employment with the Police Authority may begin with a six-month probationary period.

The Police Authority is Sweden's largest authority. We offer you a workplace that stimulates diversity, creativity, and personal development.

Please read about our benefits as an employee of the police here (https://polisen.se/erbjudande).

We conduct our operations according to the six principles of the state value base: democracy, legality, objectivity, freedom of opinion, respect, and efficiency and service. As an employee of the police, you are expected to act according to these and contribute to their maintenance. This is a prerequisite for legal security, legal certainty, and for the police's legitimacy in society. As a representative of the police, you respect everyone's equal value and create trust in the police.

Please read more about the police and our operations at polisen.se (https://polisen.se).

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