Vacant job

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

Do you want to lead civil defence? Then you could be our next colleague.

Your responsibilities and tasks

You will join a team with other employees working on security protection. Your mission is partly to work operationally with security protection agreements, and partly to contribute to developing the mission and the process of security-protected procurement at an authority-wide level.

Your role includes, among other things:

• Conducting basic investigations and background checks on individuals and companies.
• Conducting security clearance interviews with employees and external parties.
• Establishing, following up on, and terminating security protection agreements.
• Planning and conducting training or other communication measures aimed at different target groups within the agency's operations and external actors.
• Conducting investigations, preparing decision support materials, reports, and governing documents.

You will participate in or lead activities within various processes aimed at further developing the agency's security protection and other parts of operational security, as well as increasing the operational unit's own ability to conduct systematic security work.

Further development is a natural part of our daily work. Depending on the agency's needs, your background, and your area of interest, there will be opportunities for development with us.

Your knowledge and competencies

We are looking for someone who has:

• Relevant post-secondary education or working life experience that the agency assesses as equivalent for the position.
• Good knowledge of legislation within the field of security protection.
• Experience of security protection work in an organization conducting security-sensitive operations.
• Experience in establishing, following up on, and terminating security protection agreements.
• Experience in conducting basic investigations and security clearances.
• Good ability to communicate in Swedish, both orally and in writing, and a basic ability to understand and communicate orally in English.

The following are meritorious:

• Worked in the public sector with corresponding tasks.
• Education in security-protected procurement (SUA) or equivalent.
• Experience in personnel security, physical protection, and/or information security.
• Experience in preparing security protection assessments.
• Experience in planning and conducting presentations/training.

In all our work, both internally and externally, we must act based on the state's values. As an employee and leader here, you are expected to act according to the agency's approach.

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

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It is important that you are secure and stable and have a relationship-building approach. You work systematically to achieve set goals. Personal suitability is highly valued.

About the employment

We offer you a permanent full-time position starting with a probationary period.

Your place of work will be in Stockholm or Karlstad, and travel within the employment occurs.

The majority of our positions involve placement in a security class. Swedish citizenship is usually required. In the case of placement in a security class, a security clearance with registry 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

The Department of Law and Security is led by the agency's Chief Legal Counsel/Head of Security Protection and consists of approximately fifty employees divided into three units plus a staff support to the department management: two legal units and one security unit. The security unit is primarily responsible for the agency's security work, and we have both experienced and more junior employees on the unit.

We have activity-based offices where you can choose your workplace based on your own needs. You also have the opportunity to work remotely to some extent. We also offer the opportunity to take out wellness hours and you receive a wellness allowance. For those employed by the state, there are also favorable holiday conditions.

All of us working at the Swedish Civil Contingencies Agency are expected to 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 with us (#)

Want to know more?

If you have questions, you are welcome to contact the recruiting manager at tel. 010-240 56 98. Union representatives are Mia Lindström (Saco-S), Anna Anelius (ST), and Ann-Britt Paradis (SEKO). All can be reached via the switchboard number 0771-240 240.

Apply by July 26, 2026

Open to all
We focus on your competence, not your other prerequisites. We are open to adapting the role or workplace to your needs.