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Professional Information Officer at Skaraborg Regiment, P 4

Do you want to contribute to the growth of the Swedish Armed Forces while developing yourself within recruitment, communication, and staff work? Are you driven, social, and thrive on building relationships and inspiring others? Then you might be the person we are looking for.

As a Professional Information Officer at Skaraborg Regiment (P 4), you will play a central role in attracting, informing, and motivating conscripts and employees to continue their engagement within the Swedish Armed Forces. You will become an important part of the unit's work to ensure future competence supply and contribute to building our combat units.

Have you worked as a GSS/K (Continuously Serving Soldier) and are curious about how work within HR, recruitment, project management, or staff functions operates? Then this could be a natural next step in your development. The position gives you the opportunity to gain experience in personnel supply, project management, communication, and staff work while maintaining a close connection to military operations. For those who wish to broaden their skills within the Swedish Armed Forces, the role offers a unique combination of administrative work and unit activities.

About the Position

You will belong to P 4 Recruitment, which is part of the HR department and the Regimental Staff. You will be supervised by the Recruitment Coordinator and work closely with the unit's school information officers, focusing on supporting P 4 and the Swedish Armed Forces' recruitment goals.

You will have a varied daily routine with significant personal responsibility, where you plan, execute, and develop activities that contribute to attracting, recruiting, and retaining personnel. The role involves many contact points within the unit and good opportunities to build networks and develop professionally.

Responsibilities

As a Professional Information Officer, you will among other things:

• Plan, execute, and evaluate professional information sessions, recruitment activities, and attraction events.
• Be a key person for the basic training companies regarding questions related to recruitment and attraction.
• Support the Recruitment Coordinator in projects and development work related to attraction, recruitment, and personnel supply.
• Be responsible for collaboration with voluntary organizations and support the implementation of their training at P 4.
• Participate in the work with NVK (National Service Commission) and support the unit's NOAK forum.
• Inform, guide, and motivate conscripts and employees to continue their engagement through studies or employment within the Swedish Armed Forces.
• Participate in fairs and other internal and external activities where the Swedish Armed Forces meet future employees.

The position also offers good opportunities to participate in exercises and activities together with conscripts and employees. To succeed in the role, you need to have a good understanding of the unit's operations and be able to build trusting relationships with both conscripts and employees.

What We Offer

• An developmental position with significant personal responsibility.
• Experience in HR, recruitment, and staff work.
• Opportunity to develop skills in communication, project management, and personnel supply.
• A broad network within the unit and the Swedish Armed Forces.
• A varied daily routine with both administrative work and presence in unit activities.
• Opportunity to contribute to the growth of the Swedish Armed Forces and future operational capability.

Qualifications

Requirements

• Passed military basic training.
• Category B driver's license.
• Good ability to express yourself in speech and writing.

Merits

• Current or previous employment as GSS/K at Skaraborg Regiment.
• Experience in information, recruitment, or attraction work.
• Leadership experience, for example as group leader, instructor, or youth leader.
• Military service permit.
• Interest in or experience from instructor reinforcement of basic training.

Personal Attributes

We are looking for someone who is proactive, engaged, and has an easy time building trusting relationships. You enjoy meeting people, speaking to groups, and representing the Swedish Armed Forces in various contexts.

You work in a structured and independent manner while having good collaboration skills. You take responsibility for driving your work forward and have the ability to inspire and motivate others.

Great emphasis will be placed on personal suitability.

Other Information

Employment type: Fixed-term employment as a continuously serving soldier (GSS/K). The Swedish Armed Forces apply a six-month probation period for those not already employed by the agency.

Employment level: Full-time

Work location: Skövde

Business travel: The job involves some travel, as well as evening and weekend duty.

Start date: According to agreement

For inquiries about the position or information about the recruitment process, contact:

Emelie Gruffman, Recruitment Coordinator

076 850 05 35

[email protected]

Send your application containing a cover letter and CV by 2026-08-24.

Applications for this position will only be received via the Swedish Armed Forces' website.

Information about the Swedish Armed Forces and the recruiting unit:

Skaraborg Regiment, P 4 has operations from Älvdalen in the north to Remmene in the south. The command is located in Skövde, where the majority of conscript training takes place. The regiment's task is to recruit and train conscripts and personnel for two armored battalions, a heavy transport company, and a brigade reconnaissance company. P 4 is also responsible for a brigade staff that, in times of crisis and war, should lead large parts of the army's units. Read more at https://www.forsvarsmakten.se/p4

Every day and every hour, our employees make efforts that affect other people's lives, both big and small, at home and around the world.

In the Swedish Armed Forces, there is a strong value foundation based on openness, results, and responsibility. Professional development and personal health are valued and encouraged. There are good conditions for internal career mobility, wellness programs, and a good balance between work and private life.

Employment with us involves 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 war-placed. The employment also includes an obligation to serve abroad. The meaning of this varies depending on the type of position.

A CV and cover letter must be attached to the application for employment. If you proceed in the employment process, certified copies of grades and certificates must always be presented. Calls from external recruitment agencies and salespeople are declined.