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The Swedish Public Health Agency is a national knowledge authority working for better public health. The agency achieves this by developing and supporting society's work in promoting health, preventing ill health, and protecting against health threats. Our vision is a public health that strengthens societal development.

Do you have several years of experience working in public administration with supervision or supervisory guidance? Do you want to work with the Alcohol Act, the Tobacco Act and similar products, and the Act on Tobacco-free Nicotine Products? Then you have the opportunity to use and develop your competence with us!

Read more and apply today!

What will you work with?

As an Investigator, you will:

• Work on developing and creating supervisory guidance for municipalities, county administrative boards, and the Swedish Police Authority in their mandate to perform supervision and permit assessments according to the provisions in the Alcohol Act, the Tobacco Act and similar products, and the Act on Tobacco-free Nicotine Products.
• Provide advice and support, and follow up on municipalities' supervision and permit assessments, including some coordination of local and regional supervision.
• Collaborate with other authorities and participate in various internal and external meetings.
• Participate in other tasks within the unit's area of responsibility and operations, such as official statements, development of work processes, text review, and environmental scanning.

Travel is involved in the position.

Who are we looking for?

Requirements for the employment:

• Completed university education in law, political science, public health science, social science, or another relevant field.
• Several years of experience working in public administration with supervision or supervisory guidance.
• Experience writing texts with legal content, for example through handling supervisory cases, developing supervisory guidance, or answering questions within legally regulated areas.

In addition, we view these competencies, skills, and experiences as important for you to thrive with us:

Great emphasis is placed on:

• Experience of independent investigative work within state or other public operations.
• Experience working with advice and support towards other authorities/municipalities.
• Personal qualities such as good teamwork skills, responsibility-taking, high integrity, holistic perspective, and good customer service.

Significant emphasis is placed on:

• Experience working at an authority/municipality with the Alcohol Act, the Tobacco Act and similar products, or the Act on Tobacco-free Nicotine Products.
• Experience developing guidance material for authorities/municipalities.
• Experience creating material for internal and external presentations.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English, both spoken and written.
• Good computer skills and knowledge of MS Office (Word, Excel, PowerPoint, and Outlook).

Emphasis is placed on:

• Experience working with follow-up and statistical compilation.

What does the unit do?

The Alcohol, Tobacco, and New Drugs Unit works with the Alcohol Act, the Tobacco Act and similar products, and the Act on Tobacco-free Nicotine Products. Among other things, we provide supervisory guidance, work with the Alcohol and Tobacco Register, and the system for Knowledge Tests for Serving Permits. We also monitor, investigate, and propose the narcotic classification of new psychoactive substances.

What is it like to work at the Swedish Public Health Agency?

We offer developing tasks where you can influence and make a difference. Regardless of what you work with, you contribute to societal benefit. You do this together with engaged and competent colleagues in stimulating collaborations. The Swedish Public Health Agency is a workplace that strives to provide equal opportunities for all and to be free from discrimination. The authority operates in Solna and Östersund.

Read more about employment and culture (https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/om-folkhalsomyndigheten/jobba-hos-oss/medarbetarskap-och-kultur/)

About the employment

You will be employed as an Investigator with placement at our office in Solna or Östersund. The employment is a permanent full-time position starting with a six-month probation period. Start date is as soon as possible according to agreement.

As an employee of the Swedish Public Health Agency, you may be assigned to wartime duties. Some positions are classified security-level positions where Swedish citizenship may be a requirement. Security clearance will then be conducted in accordance with the Security Protection Act (2018:585).

At the authority, there may be an opportunity to conclude an agreement for remote work up to 40 percent of your working time.

Are you interested?

If you want to know more about the employment, you are welcome to contact Unit Manager Adli Assali, phone 010- 205 20 07.

Union representatives are for SACO Susanne Fridh, phone 010-205 23 17, and for OFR/S Jessika Spångberg, phone 010-205 29 22.

Visit our career page (https://www.folkhalsomyndigheten.se/om-folkhalsomyndigheten/jobba-hos-oss/)

Application

Welcome to apply for the position of Investigator with us!

We have chosen to remove the cover letter from the recruitment process. Instead, you apply with your CV and by answering selection questions. The goal is to create a more inclusive recruitment process. Work psychological tests and work samples may be used as part of the recruitment process.

Please upload relevant degree certificates in connection with your application.

Read in the application form how you proceed if you have protected personal data.

Apply no later than 2026-06-07 via the authority's website.

Employer's file number: 01718-2026-2.1.1