Vacant job

The Development Unit at the Army Combat School (MSS) is looking for a Development Officer within the area of Representative for Armoured and Mechanized Battalion Type Units. Are you interested in independent work with opportunities to develop units, methods, and material systems? If so, you are welcome to the Army Combat School (MSS), the workplace where we create decision support for the development of the future Army.

MSS's role is to work together with other parts of the army to create the conditions for the Army to solve its assigned tasks in the best possible way, both nationally and internationally. MSS also handles tasks for the entire Swedish Armed Forces, such as the development and procurement of soldier-borne equipment, small arms, and support weapons. Within this framework, the Army Combat School educates the Swedish Armed Forces' future commanders using advanced training facilities and extensive knowledge.

About the Development Unit

MSS Development Unit provides the Army Staff, the Defence Staff, and other parts of the Swedish Armed Forces as well as other authorities with results from trials and studies, decision support, and advice. The unit is organized into a unit leadership and six departments, including one department focused on units and capabilities, a study and experimentation department, two type unit departments (battalion with material responsibility for standardized vehicles, one in Skövde and one in Kvarn, Borensberg), a command and control development department, and a publication department. The Development Unit leads capability development for type units (division, brigade, maneuver battalions, and independent companies) on behalf of and in close cooperation with the Army Staff.

Main Duties

A Development Officer plans and partly leads and coordinates development activities based on established operational goals. This activity is both broad and deep within a function/department that is often part of a larger operational area. The time horizon for type units can vary from a few years up to a 15-year perspective. The work is performed independently based on plans, guidelines, and practice within the subject area of type units as the representative for mechanized battalions within the brigade framework. This may include method, tactics, and combat technique development as well as organizational development, extending to the specification of new material systems.

Other Duties

• Plans, leads, or participates in projects concerning type units, such as studies, type unit developments at the brigade level, material or unit trials.
• Coordinates the influence of functions on type units.
• Maintains contact networks with influential areas within the Swedish Armed Forces (SAF) but also with FMV (Sw Defence Materiel Administration), FOI (Swedish Defence Research Agency), or other actors.

Qualifications

• The position is at level OF3/SO8, but with relevant background, experience, and service time, MSS can be a natural part of your career development and level-raising education.
• Experience from a battalion staff.
• You have good ability to express yourself in speech and writing in Swedish and English.
• Driver's license class B (manual).

Personal Attributes

We are looking for you who have a good ability to cooperate and collaborate, both internally and externally with the Army Combat School and the Swedish Armed Forces. You have a strong desire to develop yourself and your area of responsibility. You are driven but have patience and a good ability to work independently and goal-oriented. You have high integrity and are security-conscious. Great importance will be attached to personal suitability.

Merits

• Practical and long-term experience from a brigade, equivalent.
• Practical experience of development activities at units, schools, or centers.
• International experience.
• Experience (theoretical and practical) from the combat technique level, e.g., company/battalion, with the aim of bringing the user perspective of its constituent material systems.

Other

• Form of service: Permanent
• Service grade: Full-time
• Start date: By agreement
• Work location: Skövde
• According to cooperation, another location than Skövde may be the starting point for the work.
• Official travel occurs frequently, nationally and internationally.
• Part of working time will be located at other location(s).

Information about the position

Department Head Armoured Department, mj Greger Ahlén, 070-228 32 01
[email protected]

Information about the recruitment process

HR-Generalist Victoria Jungert, 070-265 54 69

Union representatives can be reached via switchboard: 010-826 50 00

OFR/O: Freddy Wozny
OFR/S: Britt Dahlman
SEKO: Crister Florin

Please submit your application by 2026-08-05. Your application must include a CV and a cover letter explaining why you are suitable for the position.

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

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Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:
The Army Combat School is an army-common school for the development, education, and training of the army's combat units. The Army Combat School educates officers and specialist officers, plans and conducts exercises, and trains combat units in advanced combat training facilities. In close cooperation with the Army Staff and other units, the Army Combat School develops type units, capabilities, methods, and materiel. Within the framework of the entire Swedish Armed Forces' growth, the Army Combat School plays an important role in the ongoing modernization of the army.

In the Swedish Armed Forces, there is a strong value base built on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness programs, and a good balance between work and private life. The Swedish Armed Forces utilize the qualities that diversity and equal gender distribution bring to the operations. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences in our recruitments. An employment with us involves placement in a security class.

Swedish citizenship is usually required. Security screening with register check will be conducted prior to employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be war-placed. The employment also includes an obligation to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position. Every permanent position starts with a 6-month probation period, provided you are not already employed by the Swedish Armed Forces.

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.