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As a Trade Project Manager at Swedac, you will contribute to developing our work in trade promotion. You will develop initiatives within trade promotion, with the starting point being the needs of Swedish companies for a functioning quality infrastructure in trade with other countries.

The workplace is either in Borås, where the authority's office is located, or in Stockholm, where Swedac currently has three employees with office spaces in the Growth Agency's premises. The role involves extensive travel, both between locations and internationally.

About the role

In this role, you work to strengthen Swedish trade by developing and using quality infrastructure as a strategic tool. The role involves contributing with analyses and expertise to strengthen Swedish trade through quality infrastructure. You will participate in external relations with authorities and the business community.

Your main responsibilities

• Contribute to trade-promoting initiatives related to quality infrastructure within the unit.
• Participate in building and developing relationships with Swedish companies with international operations.
• Analyze how quality infrastructure can be used to promote trade.
• Participate when Swedac contributes its expertise to authorities, foreign missions, and international collaborations.
• Participate in international efforts and smaller projects that promote Swedish trade.
• Create materials for meetings, take meeting minutes, and perform other administrative tasks.

What you will contribute

• Increased understanding of how quality infrastructure strengthens trade and development.
• Strong collaborations between Swedac, the business community, and international actors.
• Increased competitiveness and sustainable development for Swedish companies.

Organizationally, you are placed in the unit for international development cooperation and trade, which is one of three units in the department for authority development and service.

We are looking for you who have:

• At least a bachelor's degree in a field that the employer deems relevant.
• Very good knowledge of Swedish and English.
• Experience working with Sweden's promotion on a Swedish authority, or experience from regional trade promotion, or experience that the employer deems equivalent.
• Experience from working in the private sector, especially with international trade, is meritorious.
• Experience from working with quality infrastructure is meritorious.

You stand behind and uphold the state's value base. We place great emphasis on your personal qualities.

Swedac – We create trust in society through safety and quality in goods and services

Swedac is a government authority working to ensure that products and services are safe and of high quality both in Sweden, within the EU, and globally. We also aim to promote trade as an important tool for prosperity development. Measurement technology, accreditation, and market surveillance are three of the building blocks that are all our areas of operation and, together with standardization, form what is referred to as quality infrastructure.

Read more about Swedac at www.swedac.se.

More information and contact

Swedac wants to utilize the qualities that an even gender distribution as well as ethnic and cultural diversity bring to the operations. We strive for a work environment where every employee is given the opportunity to combine professional and private life for balance in life; therefore, we apply trust-based working hours and the possibility of remote work for part of the working time.

For more information regarding the position, you are welcome to contact Natalie Lalin, HR Specialist, until and including July 24, after which Fredrik Lindahl, Head of Unit for International Development Cooperation and Trade, will be the contact person. Both can be reached via tel. 0771-99 09 00 (switchboard). Representatives for Saco and ST can also be reached via the switchboard.

We welcome your application by August 9, 2026. Send your application with a CV to [email protected], reference: 2026/1787. In your CV and cover letter, we would like you to describe in what way you meet our requested requirements and merits.

The interviews are planned for week 34 in Stockholm. Personality tests and work samples may be conducted during the recruitment process.

Start date is by agreement. We apply individual salary setting and your permanent employment begins with a 6-month probationary period.

Processing of personal data

Incoming mail and email to authorities become public documents and can therefore be released, unless specific confidentiality rules apply. This means that information sent to Swedac may be released if someone requests to see them, unless the authority assesses that the information is covered by confidentiality. When information comes in regarding another person than the job applicant, e.g., reference persons, etc., Swedac assumes that consent has been obtained from the person concerned.

Swedac's processing of personal data is carried out in accordance with current legislation and the Data Protection Regulation (GDPR). This means that Swedac protects personal data with necessary measures and that bidders/suppliers always have the right to contact Swedac to find out what personal data Swedac has registered. Read more about rights in Swedac's policy https://www.swedac.se/swedacs-integritetspolicy/

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