Vacant job

We are now looking for you who want to be part of an important societal mission with many exciting areas of operation and the opportunity to make a difference for the future of the Swedish Armed Forces.

Main Responsibilities

As a Training Officer, your task is to train, develop, and exercise skills in both individual personnel and units. You will be part of a work team with roles such as assistant, exercise leader, or course commander. You will receive training assignments that you are responsible for planning, preparing, and leading during implementation. The work involves regular travel with overnight stays, sometimes for several weeks and including weekends.

What We Offer

The Swedish Armed Forces have a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. The operations offer great variation and complexity, as well as high demands on IT security, which means good development opportunities and conditions for internal career mobility. Our employees have a number of different benefits, including:

• Competence development based on operational needs and your career goals
• Three hours of exercise per week during working hours, and you can receive compensation for exercise clothing and start-up fees
• Good work-life balance with flexible working hours and 28-35 days of vacation depending on your age
• Salary supplement during parental leave and sick leave for children, as well as the opportunity to exchange vacation days for extra pension contributions

Qualifications

• Specialist officer with a passed examination from one of the Swedish Armed Forces Specialist Training programs, or alternatively a re-commissioned NCO officer
• 3-year upper secondary education
• Driver's license at least class B and manual transmission
• Swedish citizenship
• Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and English

Meritorious

• Experience in training units at least up to platoon size
• Good ability to act as an exercise leader on the shooting range
• Experience in conducting FUSA (Field Unit Support Activities) with hand-carried weapon systems
• Pistol instructor
• Security guard instructor
• Ability to train in basic medical services
• CBRN competence with the ability to conduct leak testing
• Experience and habit of working in a dynamic, changing context

Personal Qualities

We are looking for you who enjoy working in a training role. A pedagogical approach and effective training where the student's development is the focus is what you strive for. Being up-to-date and being a role model is important to you. You have great empathetic ability and can easily put yourself in the student's situation. This allows you to know when it is time to accelerate or brake in the training pace.

Furthermore, we are looking for you who are responsible and careful even when the work pace is high. You have the ability to handle several different tasks and processes simultaneously. You have good cooperation skills and find it easy to adapt to new tasks. You approach the assignment in a structured way and have a good ability to work independently. You have the ability to lead and distribute work so that a larger work team can be effective together.

Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Other

The form of employment is as a professional officer on a full-time basis. If you are not currently employed by the Swedish Armed Forces, your first 6 months will be a probationary period. Travel is required in the position. The location is Örebro, and the start date is as soon as possible or according to agreement. For questions about the recruitment process, contact HR Generalist Ellen Schagerström, [email protected]

Welcome to submit your application by 2026-06-14. Your application should include a CV and a cover letter. Also attach a copy of relevant military certificates, documents, and permits. Civil certificates and service assessments if available.

Applications for this position will only be accepted via the Swedish Armed Forces website.

--------------------------------------------------------Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:The Swedish Armed Forces Telecommunications and Information Systems Unit, FMTIS, ensures the Swedish Armed Forces' ability to communicate and lead - around the clock, all year round. The unit has a consolidated responsibility for the Swedish Armed Forces' technical command system that supports military operations at sea, on land, and in the air – in Sweden and abroad. The unit has nearly 2000 employees at more than 32 locations around the country. Read more at https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/fmtis (https://jobb.forsvarsmakten.se/fmtis)

An employment with us implies placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. Security clearance with register control will be conducted before employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be war-placed and to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position.

A CV and cover letter must be attached to the application for employment. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of certificates and documents must always be presented.

Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.