Vacant job

Are you an experienced Security Clearance Officer looking to contribute your expertise to building robust security measures at a vital public authority?

The position is located within the unit responsible for Security and Preparedness. This newly established organization works on tasks aimed at strengthening the authority's capabilities in security, security clearance, cyber security, crisis preparedness, and civil defense.

Responsibilities

In this role, you will hold a key position where you not only work operationally with security clearance but also contribute to strategic development in the field. The area is undergoing significant change, allowing you to help shape the future work. You will have a broad and varied scope of responsibility, working both independently and in close collaboration with colleagues within the unit and other parts of the organization. This creates a diverse daily routine.

You will:

• Support the authority's security clearance work together with your colleagues by creating and improving the authority's frameworks in this subject area.
• Be part of a unit that provides internal support across the entire subject area of security and security clearance.
• Handle administrative tasks such as processing register checks, security clearance agreements, etc.
• Work with the control and follow-up of the authority's security clearance agreements and suppliers.
• Educate and guide the operations regarding security clearance.
• Contribute to the further development of operations, processes, and system support.
• Provide support to operations with special security clearance assessments when needed.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have:

• Post-secondary education from a university/university college/university college of vocational studies or equivalent work experience that the employer deems relevant.
• Broad experience within the entire security clearance area.
• Experience working with personnel security.
• Experience working with security clearance agreements, including control and follow-up.
• Experience working with information security.
• Very good ability to communicate and express yourself in Swedish, both orally and in writing.

Meritorious experience and competence:

• Experience of working in a public authority.
• Experience of working with operational development.
• Education and experience in signals security work.

Personal Qualities

To succeed in this role, we want you to be:

• Stable and confident
• Receptive and have good collaboration skills
• Structured and meticulous
• Solution-oriented
• Analytical
• Communicative and trustworthy

You thrive in a team environment. You are present and proactive to perform your tasks in the best possible way. You share knowledge and have a pedagogical ability. You contribute to the authority's professional development, collegial working methods, and social cohesion. We assume that you have a high level of security awareness and integrity and that you can work according to the state's values. We will place great emphasis on personal traits when making employment decisions.

About the Employment

Employment type: Permanent full-time position with a six-month probationary period. Start date by agreement.

Number of vacant positions: 1

Place of work: Uppsala

The position is security classified, and a security investigation including register check will be conducted on the final candidate. Swedish citizenship and a passed security investigation are required before a decision on employment is made.

Application

Apply no later than July 15, 2026. Interviews may take place continuously during the application period. Your merits must be verifiable by presenting original documents or a verified merit list. We apply an inclusive perspective and strive for diversity in all aspects. As a public authority, SGU is subject to the principle of public access. This means we are obliged to release your application documents if requested. SGU uses a web-based recruitment system through which you apply via our website.

If you want to know more, contact Security Manager Peter Wengrud or our union representatives: Anna Ladenberger and Tomas Lindberg for Saco-S, and Annika Törnkvist for ST-geologiska via our switchboard at 018-17 90 00.

The recruitment is conducted by SGU in-house, and we therefore decline phone calls from recruitment agencies and advertising salespeople.

About SGU

The Geological Survey of Sweden (SGU) is the authority for issues concerning rock, soil, and groundwater in Sweden. We provide geological information for societal needs in the short and long term. SGU falls under the Ministry of Climate and Enterprise. Our vision is that Sweden has a sustainable societal development, that land and water areas are used and developed for the purposes they are best suited for, and that the mineral industry and other natural resource sectors are vibrant and responsible. SGU currently has approximately 300 employees, the majority of whom work in Uppsala. Others are stationed at offices in Lund, Gothenburg, Malå, and Luleå. Read more at www.sgu.se (http://www.sgu.se)

File No: 411-1438/2026