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Do you want to contribute to strengthening the welfare system and combating economic crime?

We are looking for dedicated investigators with an economic background! Here, we work to prevent, detect, and investigate incorrect payments, welfare crimes, and labor market crime. Through our efforts, we contribute to a sustainable and legally secure society. Together, we get Sweden to work. Do you want to become one of us?

Our workplace

The Follow-up and Control Unit is part of the Business Area Correct Payments and is responsible for coordinating the agency's work against incorrect payments, welfare crimes, and labor market crime. The unit works to prevent, detect, investigate, and follow up on incorrect payments, prosecute benefit fraud and deception, and recover incorrectly paid allowances.

The unit consists of six sections with over 100 employees in locations including Falun, Kalmar, and Solna.

Do you want to contribute to safeguarding the welfare system? We are now looking for you who want to be part of the continued development of the Swedish Public Employment Service's control work!

Job Description

As an investigator, you are expected to independently and collaboratively review and investigate cases to ensure that the regulatory conditions required are met before decisions on support to employers or organizers are made. The role requires you to perform your work independently based on current guidelines, as well as collaborate with other parts of our operations.

Main responsibilities include:

• Conducting investigations and assessments of employers' prerequisites before decisions on wage subsidies, which includes reviewing compliance with conditions, economic impact, and identifying risks of incorrect payments.
• Gathering and analyzing relevant documentation through contact with employers, internal functions, and other authorities.
• Communicating with employers and colleagues to clarify and supplement information in investigations.
• Documenting investigations and writing decision support materials in accordance with the agency's guidelines, ensuring that decisions are based on current regulations.

We are looking for someone who has a good ability to work in a structured and methodical manner and can interpret and apply existing regulations. You have good communication skills both verbally and in writing, and you easily build trusting and long-term relationships with people around you. Furthermore, you are unpretentious, positive, service-oriented, and able to handle multiple tasks in parallel.

What we offer

The position is a permanent full-time employment starting with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement. The location is Falun, Kalmar, or Solna.

We offer favorable vacation agreements, flexible working hours, the possibility of remote work up to 49%, health care during working hours, and a health care allowance.

Our workplace consists of over 10,000 competent and dedicated employees. By collaborating and being open to new perspectives, we develop as individuals and as an organization. Together, we unlock opportunities that get Sweden to work.

Read more about our organization and mission on our website More about working with us (#).

Basic qualifications

• Completed upper secondary education in a field relevant to the employer, verified by a certificate of completion, upper secondary diploma, or vocational upper secondary diploma. For foreign degrees, the education must be validated by UHR (The Swedish Council for Higher Education).
• At least one year of documented and current work experience in case handling at an authority, or in economic work involving the interpretation of company accounts and other financial documentation.
• Good knowledge of Swedish, meaning good ability to communicate verbally and in writing, as well as high reading comprehension.

Other merits for the position

• University education of at least 180 higher education credits (120 credits under the previous system) in a relevant field for the position, for example, with a focus on economics or law.
• Documented and current work experience in control work, such as auditing documentation or investigative work.

The state values guide us in our daily work. As an employee, you are expected to work fairly, impartially, and with high integrity, and to contribute to maintaining and strengthening trust in our agency. More about state values (#).

In addition to these qualifications, you have the personal ability and aptitude to work in accordance with the Swedish Public Employment Service's employee criteria:

• Take responsibility for your work performance and your contribution to the whole
• Adapt to change and unforeseen events
• Take initiative for development and contribute to improvement

Application

We welcome your application by 2026-07-13.

Attach your CV and grades/certificates that prove the requirements for education and work experience in your application. When you submit your application, you will be asked to answer some selection questions.

To ensure you receive the fairest and most accurate assessment possible, it is crucial that you state the year and month for each employment, along with a short description of the duties. If this information is not provided, we may have difficulty making a correct assessment of your competence and experience, and you risk being excluded from the selection process.

The Swedish Public Employment Service applies an evidence-based recruitment process. You can read more about our recruitment process on our website More about our recruitment process (#). Selection tests may occur, and we will provide you with more information about the process via email after your application.

If you have protected personal data, please contact the recruitment partner named in the advertisement, and you will receive assistance with submitting your application.

We actively work to be an agency free from discrimination. It is important to us that all competence is utilized, and we welcome all applicants. We view it positively if you have knowledge of any of our national minority languages.