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The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency (MSB) is the leading, guiding, and coordinating authority in civil defense. We ensure that society is prepared for crisis, high alert, and war.

The need for information exchange is increasing in line with the strengthening of total defense. The security policy development places increasingly high demands on effective, accessible, and user-friendly solutions to ensure that actors within total defense have access to the right information at the right time – even when confidentiality requirements are high. Do you want to contribute to the development of total defense's ability to share information securely? Then you could be our next colleague.

Here, you will work on strengthening civil defense's ability to exchange security-classified information. You will be part of the team acting as the central representative for the signals security service within the Section for Secure Information Sharing. Here, you will have the opportunity to guide, lead, and coordinate the civil defense's signals security service to contribute to the development of secure information exchange within total defense.

Your responsibilities and tasks

As a case manager, you will be part of the team that, together with the Swedish Defence Radio Agency (FRA), the Swedish Armed Forces, and the Swedish Defence Materiel Administration (FMV), constitutes the central representatives for the signals security service.

The Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency, together with FRA, represents actors within civil defense in the work on secure cryptographic functions. The tasks include making decisions on which operators within civil defense should have secure cryptographic functions, as well as ensuring together with other central representatives that civilian operators receive the correct training, authorizations, information, and technical equipment for their operations.

Your duties further include supporting civilian operators within total defense. This includes training and advisory services regarding signals security in general. You are expected to contribute to ensuring that the needs of civil defense are represented by supporting the Swedish Armed Forces in both the development and implementation of new signals security systems, as well as technical support systems for command and cooperation in total defense. The task includes gathering the needs of civil defense regarding signals security and contributing to the requirement specification of new technical support systems.

Your knowledge and competencies

We are looking for you who have a relevant academic education or another educational background assessed as equivalent. You have at least three years of work experience in a field relevant to the role, as well as experience working with information security. Furthermore, you are accustomed to leading others to achieve change and to hold presentations for larger groups.

It is meritorious if you have:

• completed education as a signals security chief or signals security instructor.
• knowledge within security protection.
• experience working within the public sector.
• experience conducting risk and vulnerability analyses or capability assessments.
• experience working with contingency planning.

In all our work, both internally and externally, we must act based on the government's values. As all employees and leaders here, you are expected to act according to the agency's guidelines.

The guidelines apply in daily life, crisis, and war. They should be seen as a whole and build on each other; collaboration-oriented – proactive – action-oriented.

Read more about our guidelines

We are looking for you who work systematically to achieve set goals while contributing to the long-term development of the operations. You have the ability to see what needs to be developed and take initiative for improvements. You drive your work independently and make well-balanced decisions within your area of responsibility. You build good relationships and collaborate easily with both internal and external actors. Additionally, you use your pedagogical skills to lead and support others in a clear and secure manner.

About the employment

We offer you a permanent full-time position starting with a probationary period. Your place of work will be Karlstad or Stockholm at our Tomteboda office, and travel during employment occurs.

Most of our positions involve placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. In the event of placement in a security class, a security check with register control will be conducted prior to employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Most employees at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency are war-placed.

About us

On the Section for Secure Information Sharing, we are seven employees, and we are located in both Karlstad and Stockholm. On our section, we work to address total defense's needs and interests for the secure handling of information. The section does this by partly supporting total defense's work with secure information handling to facilitate command and cooperation within total defense, and partly by ensuring the protection and secure dissemination of socially vital information.

We have activity-based offices where you can choose your workplace based on your own needs and what the operations require. You may also have the opportunity for remote work to some extent. We also offer you the opportunity to take out wellness hours, and you will receive a wellness allowance. For you as a state employee, there are also favorable holiday conditions.

All of us who work at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency are expected and should contribute to increased gender equality and equal treatment for a work environment and society free from discrimination.

Read more about our organization, benefits, and what it is like to work here

Want to know more?

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the manager Sofia Sjölander. Union representatives are Carl Önne (Saco), Jan Herremo (ST), and Josefin Berglund or Ann-Britt Paradis (SEKO). All can be reached via the switchboard number 0771-240 240.

Apply no later than August 31, 2026