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Personnel Officer

Do you want to work in an environment where you become a crucial link in a socially vital operation? As a Personnel Officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, you are a key part of an agency experiencing strong growth.

Main Responsibilities

As a Personnel Officer, you work with personnel matters within the unit and are responsible for supporting and developing routines and processes within the personnel function. The role consists largely of routine-based tasks, while new tasks may be added based on operational needs.

Examples of tasks and areas of responsibility:

• Military placement of personnel
• Personnel planning and leadership supply
• Staffing assignments within the Swedish Armed Forces
• Instructor reinforcement within the Swedish Armed Forces
• Coordination of the unit's reserve officers
• Student administration and coordination of students in relation to military schools and course activities, such as GOU, OP, HSOU, and HOP training
• Participate in or lead committees/staff work with a focus on personnel services, or support other staff work

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, which means good development opportunities and conditions for internal career mobility. Our employees have several different benefits, including:

• Competence development based on operational needs and your career goals
• Three hours of training per week during working hours, and you can receive compensation for sports clothes and start-up fees
• Good work-life balance with flexible working hours and 28-35 days of vacation depending on your age
• Salary supplements during parental leave and VAB (care for sick child), as well as the opportunity to exchange vacation days for extra pension contributions.

For us, it is important that you take care of yourself and each other.

Qualifications

• Education in and/or experience with personnel services
• Current or former commissioned officer in the Swedish Armed Forces, SO7-8 or alternatively OF2-3.
• Meets the Swedish Armed Forces' physical requirements (FM FysS)
• Good IT skills
• Category B driver's license

Meritorious

• Experience with training coordination
• Experience from government agencies or public administration
• Experience with IOR (Individual Operational Readiness)
• Academic education in Human Resources Management

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who has good multitasking abilities and thrives working with a mix of routine matters and new challenges. As a person, you are structured and have an easy time prioritizing your tasks. You have good collaboration skills, are proactive, and enjoy working both independently and in a team.

We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

Other Information

The position is suitable for both an officer with medium (5-10 years) or long (more than 10 years) experience. In the first case, perhaps as an intermediate step before further development to higher levels or another direction/type of assignment. For an officer with long experience, it can be a new area of work where experience from previous assignments provides basic knowledge in personnel management and planning, with an interest in deepening and long-term work within the personnel field. The employment is a full-time permanent position starting with a 6-month probationary period for those who do not already work within the Swedish Armed Forces. The employment includes international work obligation and an obligation to be placed in wartime duties. Remote work is not applied.

Work location: Örebro

Business travel may occur

Start date: By agreement

We welcome your application by August 17, 2026. Your application must include a CV and a cover letter. For questions about the recruitment process, contact HR Generalist Veronica Hardmo, [email protected]

The Swedish Armed Forces value the qualities that diversity and equal gender distribution bring to the operations. We therefore welcome applicants with different backgrounds and experiences in our recruitment.

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, year-round. The unit has a consolidated responsibility for the Swedish Armed Forces' technical command system, which 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 check will be conducted prior to employment according to Chapter 3 of the Security Protection Act. Employment entails an obligation to be placed in wartime duties and to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of assignment.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 references must always be presented.Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.