Vacant job

The Swedish Enforcement Authority's task is to establish and collect debts on behalf of the state, municipalities, private individuals, companies, and various organizations. The Authority's main tasks are debt collection, enforcement, payment orders, debt adjustment, and bankruptcy supervision. The Swedish Enforcement Authority also works to prevent and combat economic crime.

The Authority shall work to ensure that a good willingness to pay is maintained in society and that over-indebtedness is counteracted. The Swedish Enforcement Authority shall provide information and good service so that the public and businesses have good conditions for making long-term and sustainable decisions. Furthermore, the Authority shall act impartially so that all parties have their interests met in a legal and correct manner.

The Authority is led by the National Enforcement Officer with the support of a Deputy National Enforcement Officer. There is also a supervisory board at the Authority.

The Swedish Enforcement Authority's operations are conducted within four core processes:

• summary process,
• enforcement,
• debt adjustment,
• bankruptcy supervision.

The core processes are distributed across three operational departments:

• the Claims and Payments Department,
• the Enforcement Department,
• the Over-Indebtedness Department.

In addition, there are six support departments for IT, personnel issues, communication, development, legal matters, and operational support. These departments are located at the headquarters in Sundbyberg and are responsible for steering, supporting, developing, and monitoring the operations. The work is carried out from 32 offices across the country. There is a Data Protection Officer who provides advice and support on data protection issues, as well as an internal audit function.

The Swedish Enforcement Authority has approximately 2,200 employees. The Authority is budget-funded with an administrative appropriation amounting to approximately 2,538 million SEK in 2026.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who are a demonstrably good manager and leader with:

• experience in leading through other managers,
• experience from working at a management level in a large organization,
• good knowledge of and experience with the Swedish civil service and its decision-making processes,
• understanding of the political structure within which the Authority operates,
• good knowledge of Swedish and English,
• an academic degree or equivalent.

You must also have the ability to

• lead and develop the Swedish Enforcement Authority's operations,
• drive change and efficiency work,
• have a strategic, professional, and trust-based approach to the client and the media,
• develop good cooperation forms both within the Authority and with other authorities and actors,
• within given financial and legal frameworks, organize and conduct the Authority's operations in the most effective and rational way,
• lead and develop operations within the framework of a good governance culture,
• work strategically with competence supply issues,
• represent the Authority and communicate its tasks in a clear and trustworthy manner both internally and externally, as well as nationally and internationally,
• represent employer interests and, together with other authority heads, develop the state's employer policy.

It is meritorious if you have

• experience with debt collection and over-indebtedness issues,
• experience from development and change work with a large IT component,
• experience in preventing and combating economic crime,
• experience with legal, administrative-political, and public finance issues,
• experience leading an operation with a large geographical spread,
• experience with EU work or other international cooperation.

Other

Only a Swedish citizen can be appointed as the National Enforcement Officer and head of the Swedish Enforcement Authority. The position is classified for security purposes. Therefore, a security investigation with register check will be conducted before a decision on employment as the National Enforcement Officer is made.

Confidentiality applies to information about individual candidates' identities.

More Information

More information about the position is provided by Martina Löfstrand, Unit Manager, and Carolina Lindholm, State Secretary. Questions regarding employment terms and the recruitment process are answered by Jan Lindberg Sezer, Office for Leadership Supply to Authorities. You can reach them via the Government Offices' switchboard at 08-405 10 00.

Expression of Interest

You are welcome to register your expression of interest, including your CV, in our recruitment tool by June 24, 2026, at the latest.

The Swedish civil service consists of approximately 200 authorities that report directly to the Government. The Government employs the heads of authorities and decides on their terms of employment. The salary is individual and determined based on the requirements of the position and the manager's qualifications and experience. Most authority heads are employed for a fixed term – normally, the first employment period is six years.