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Do you want to strengthen the municipality's work within security, civil preparedness, and essential societal functions? Then we need you! We are looking for a Strategic Security and Preparedness Coordinator who wants to contribute to developing the municipality's ability to prevent, manage, and develop work within security and total defense – both today and for the future.

Welcome to us at the IT and Security Unit!

Job Responsibilities

As a Strategic Security and Preparedness Coordinator, you play a central role in the municipality's work regarding security, civil preparedness, and crisis management. You work both strategically and operationally to coordinate, develop, and support the municipality's efforts in this area.

The role involves close collaboration with the municipal executive board, various departments, and external actors. You serve as a support in matters concerning security, preparedness, governance, and analysis, and also contribute with qualified investigative work and prepare steering documents within the field.

In this role, you will among other things:

• Coordinate and develop the municipality's work within civil preparedness and total defense.
• Work with crisis preparedness, continuity planning, and security-related issues.
• Participate in and support the municipality's work during special events and crisis management.
• Develop, update, and follow up on steering documents, plans, and routines.
• Write decision support materials, analyses, and investigations for administrative leadership and political bodies.
• Coordinate risk and vulnerability analyses and contribute to development and improvement work.
• Collaborate with internal departments and external actors within the security and preparedness area.
• Provide support and guidance to departments in matters concerning security, preparedness, and essential societal functions.
• Contribute to the development of working methods, processes, and structures within the municipality's administration and leadership work.
• Monitor the external environment in areas such as civil preparedness, security, and total defense.

About the Workplace

The Municipal Executive Office's assignment is to lead, coordinate, and follow up on the municipality's activities. We ensure that the municipality functions efficiently and that residents receive the services they need, while simultaneously supporting elected officials and administrations.

You will become part of a smaller organization where collaboration, participation, and responsibility-taking are important parts of everyday life.

What we are looking for in you

To succeed in the role, you have:

Education

• Relevant higher education or university degree in areas such as societal security, crisis management, political science, public administration, law, or other education deemed equivalent by the employer.

Experience

• Experience in qualified coordination work within public operations or other relevant organizations.
• Experience working with security, preparedness, or development issues.
• Experience in creating decision support materials, investigations, or steering documents.
• Experience working both strategically and operationally.
• Experience collaborating with various actors and departments.

Skills

• Good knowledge of civil preparedness, crisis preparedness, and total defense.
• Good understanding of public administration and municipal decision-making processes.
• Ability to analyze complex information and translate it into clear materials and practical actions.
• Good administrative and structural skills.
• Good ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish.

It is meritorious if you have:

Experiences

• Experience from municipal operations or other politically governed organizations.
• Experience working in a staff, crisis management, or special organization during incidents.
• Experience with security protection work, information security, or continuity work.
• Experience with project management, change management, or development work.
• Experience working with risk and vulnerability analyses.

Skills

• Knowledge of relevant legislation in the area, such as security protection, crisis preparedness, and public administration.
• Knowledge within information security and security protection.
• Knowledge of the structure and responsibility distribution of total defense.
• Knowledge within governance, process development, and operational development.

Personal qualities we are looking for

We are looking for someone who is responsible, structured, and analytical with a good holistic perspective. You have the ability to drive issues forward independently while thriving in collaboration with others.

You are confident in switching between strategic issues and operational efforts and have the ability to prioritize and create structure even in complex situations. The role requires you to be communicative and have an easy time building trusting relationships both internally and externally.

Since we are a smaller organization, it is important that you are unpretentious, flexible, and thrive in an environment where people help each other and contribute to the joint development of the operations.

A Category B driver's license is a requirement for the position. The employer will also conduct a security clearance check of current applicants.

What we offer you

We offer a developmental and important assignment where you get the opportunity to influence and contribute to the municipality's work with safety, security, and civil preparedness.

• With us, you get to make a difference in people's lives. Here you have close access to your manager and colleagues, influence, and decision-making power.
• Nynäshamn is a calm and secure municipality. Security is also found in our teams – we are unpretentious, encouraging, and back each other up when needed.
• Nynäshamn Municipality is part of one of Sweden's strongest growth regions. Our journey gives you the opportunity for challenges and varied tasks.
• We offer access to a gym. You also receive a wellness hour or wellness allowance.
• You have the opportunity to exchange vacation days and pension.
• We have an active staff association where you can rent cottages in the mountains and in the archipelago. You can also participate in various activities such as padel, kayaking, and horseback riding.
• Here we have flextime and shorter working hours during the summer. There is also the possibility of remote work.

Our recruitment process

We apply continuous selection and use a competency-based recruitment method for a fair and objective assessment. Diversity is an asset, and we welcome all applicants. Nynäshamn Municipality has chosen to remove the cover letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and CV form the basis for whether you are qualified to move forward in the process.

Some positions may require extracts from the criminal record.

We look forward to your application and hope you want to become part of our team!

Information about the position

Start date: According to agreement

Employment type: Permanent

Employment level: Full-time

Number of open positions: 1

Ref. no: KS/2026/0330/023