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About the Swedish Prison and Probation Service

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is growing – we are building new facilities, renovating, and expanding, and we are now looking for new employees. Our most important goal is to reduce recidivism – to break the vicious cycle. If we succeed, society will become safer and more secure for everyone. We are the agency responsible for prisons, probation services, remand prisons, and client transport.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service's task is to enforce the penalties imposed by the courts through probation and prisons, operate remand prisons, perform transports, and conduct person investigations in criminal cases.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service is now looking for an expert for the Planning Unit for Prisons, Remand Prisons, and Probation, located at the Planning Section for Prisons and Remand Prisons. Under the department, the agency's entire network of prisons, remand prisons, and probation offices is also organized.

The Planning Unit is responsible for developing and ensuring national leadership and management of operations at prisons, remand prisons, and probation within the framework of the agency's control and follow-up model and the department's mandate. The unit drives, develops, and coordinates forums internally and externally so that the department can achieve its goals. Furthermore, it includes responsibility for developing, managing, and analyzing the effects of quality management structures and quality work. The unit is also responsible for internal coordination within the department and between departments at the headquarters.

Job Description

The main tasks involve working with national operational mandates and the agency's processes for operational planning and follow-up. The work entails having coordinating and overarching knowledge, as well as quality-assuring the issues handled by the department. This is done in close collaboration with other departments at the headquarters and regional offices. The position also includes conducting national investigations, leading assignments, and performing follow-ups in specific areas, producing analyses thereof, preparing materials, conducting analyses, and formulating proposals for strategic development.

To some extent, you may also be involved in issues concerning other areas of responsibility for the section and the department. The work requires the ability to maintain a high strategic focus. In line with changes within and outside the department, you will contribute to identifying and analyzing issues of strategic importance for a well-functioning operation at prisons and remand prisons. The tasks involve a high degree of independent work, including planning, quality assurance, and follow-up, as well as preparing reports for decision-making support and handling official consultations.

Furthermore, you will serve as a resource for the Section Manager in driving and supporting work on national assignments that develop prisons and remand prisons in line with the agency's long-term priorities, as well as the development and standardization of the agency's working methods and processes.

National travel is involved.

Qualifications

For the role of expert, we are looking for someone with a high ability to collaborate and cooperate. You have an easy time connecting with others and solving problems in collaboration with others. You take responsibility for your own tasks and drive your processes forward independently. Furthermore, you are good at working with complex issues and can navigate through complex problems. You are accustomed to and enjoy switching between practical and more strategic perspectives.

It is important to us that you share the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's fundamental values regarding a humane view of humanity, respect for the individual, and belief in human will and ability to develop. You are also aware of and understand how background, culture, and group affiliation affect yourself and others. Furthermore, you are expected to contribute through your attitude to ensuring that everyone is treated equally. We place great emphasis on personal suitability.

We are looking for someone who has:

• An academic degree or other education combined with experience that the Swedish Prison and Probation Service deems relevant
• Good experience and operational knowledge from the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's core operations in prisons and/or remand prisons
• Experience with process-oriented working methods
• Experience of independent work at a strategic level requiring planning, analysis, coordination, and follow-up
• Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish
• Very good computer skills

The following is also meritorious:

• Management experience
• Experience working with operational development
• Experience in work requiring collaboration or coordination with experts in other subject areas or organizational levels

Other Information

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the cover letter and replaced it with selection questions relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and the CV form the basis for determining if you are qualified to proceed in the process.

To be considered for employment within the Swedish Prison and Probation Service, you must meet high requirements regarding suitability, judgment, security and confidentiality awareness, and adherence to applicable laws. This means you uphold democratic values and the state values that apply to the Swedish Prison and Probation Service's operations.

Some positions are classified for security, and a security investigation with register check will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. Swedish citizenship is required for some security-classified positions. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security investigations here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/sakerhetsprovning-vid-rekrytering/)

The position may involve being placed on war-time staff at the Swedish Prison and Probation Service. Read more about war-time placement here: https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/ (https://www.kriminalvarden.se/jobba-hos-oss/rekryteringsprocessen/krigsplacering/)

Individual salary setting applies.

Probationary employment may be applied.

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service strives for a balanced gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and upload your CV should be directed directly to Varbi. Questions about specific jobs are answered by the contact person specified in the advertisement.

We kindly but firmly decline direct contact from staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has procurement agreements in place.