Crime Prevention Specialist

The Economic Crime Authority prevents, detects, interrupts, investigates, and prosecutes economic crimes. Our 800 employees have various competencies and professional roles, such as prosecutors, police officers, economic crime investigators, administrators, and other specialists, all working together against economic crime. This is our unique strength.

Do you want to be one of us and participate in combating economic crime? We are now looking for someone to work as a crime prevention specialist at the Economic Crime Authority in Umeå. With us, you will have the opportunity to contribute to preventing and combating economic crime alongside engaged and qualified colleagues while also having good opportunities for personal development.

Workplace

Preventing economic crime is one of the Economic Crime Authority's important missions. By utilizing the knowledge we have about economic crime and its causes, we develop crime prevention measures aimed at reducing economic crime and its harmful effects.

The crime prevention work is based on the authority's crime prevention strategy. The work focuses on collaboration with other authorities, municipalities, businesses, and organizations that have the capacity to take crime prevention measures. The work also aims to propose crime prevention measures in legislation as well as in supervisory and control environments.

The crime prevention office currently consists of 15 employees, including 12 regional crime prevention specialists and an office manager. The BF specialists are located at the authority's operational sites in Umeå, Stockholm, Linköping, Gothenburg, and Malmö as well as Uppsala. The placement for this position is Umeå.

Job Responsibilities

As a crime prevention specialist, you will participate in the authority's operational and strategic crime prevention missions at the regional and national levels. You will closely collaborate with other regional crime prevention specialists and work closely with the police operational unit and crime investigation chamber operations at your placement location.

Your responsibilities include, among other things:

• participating in regional and national collaboration groups with other authorities and external parties.
• producing cause analyses based on knowledge of crime prevention work and identifying and driving crime prevention measures.
• participating in joint assignments and lecturing for authorities, regions, municipalities, and private actors on how they can reduce the risk of being exploited for economic crime.
• responding to consultations regarding new legislation from a crime prevention perspective.

Qualifications

We are looking for someone who has:

• a university degree or equivalent higher education in areas such as economics, law, political science, sociology, criminology, or police education
• knowledge of crime prevention work in the public or private sector acquired through work in the last 5 years
• the ability to translate theoretical knowledge into practical action
• experience and a good ability to drive development work, lead and manage processes, and create engagement among your colleagues and partners
• good ability and experience in lecturing and otherwise representing your employer externally
• good communication skills in Swedish, both spoken and written
• good knowledge of the Microsoft Office suite and other digital tools.

It is meritorious if you also have:

• knowledge of economic crime and unfair competition from the public or private sector
• experience working at a crime-fighting authority or at the national/regional/municipal level with crime prevention issues
• experience working at another authority directed against crime against welfare systems or other public payments
• experience working against labor market crime, for fair competition and sustainable procurement
• experience in practically investigating, analyzing, and compiling various information in writing
• experience working in the legislative process, e.g., with consultations.

Personal Characteristics

When hiring, we place great importance on personal qualities and abilities. We are looking for a team player who takes responsibility for the whole and the best interests of the organization. You are responsible, engaged, and unpretentious. You work in a structured, careful, and efficient manner and thrive in a development-oriented environment. You are also analytical and pedagogical. The tasks require very good collaboration skills and a positive attitude towards working with various professional groups both internally and externally.

To succeed in your role at the Economic Crime Authority, you want and can work in accordance with the authority's employee policy, the EBM model.

Contact Persons

If you have questions about the position, please contact Frida Nohlås, Deputy Unit Manager, phone 010-562 94 68.

Union representatives for Saco-S are Henrik Lundin, phone 010-562 91 72, for ST Karin Hallström Norberg, phone 010-562 91 71, and for the Police Union Sofia Ask, phone 010-563 87 10.

Information about the Employment

Employment type: Permanent employment starting with a six-month probationary period
Work location: Umeå
Start date: By agreement
Salary: Individual salary setting applies

At the Economic Crime Authority, we work to develop our employees' competencies and therefore offer a varied training program. There are good opportunities for professional development, wellness, and a good balance between work and private life.

We set high demands on our employees' security and confidentiality awareness. As the position is classified, Swedish citizenship is a requirement, and a security clearance with a background check according to the Security Protection Act (2018:585) will be conducted before a hiring decision is made.

Apply

Welcome with your application in the form of a CV and cover letter by March 13, 2026. In your CV and cover letter, we would like you to describe how you meet our requested requirements and merits.

Your application is a public document according to the principle of public access. If you have protected personal information, references, or similar information that you consider sensitive, we recommend that you send your application marked with the advertisement's reference number by mail to the address Hälsingegatan 43, Box 6001, 102 31 Stockholm.

Warm welcome with your application!