Investigator for the EU Internal Market – Digitalisation or Enlargement

Kommerskollegium is Sweden's authority for foreign trade, the EU internal market, and trade policy. We work, among other things, with the EU's free trade agreements, Swedish companies' opportunities to import and export, and trade-related development cooperation. At Kommerskollegium, you will find yourself in an international environment where major trade policy issues are mixed with concrete problem-solving for individual companies and individuals. Our vision is sustainable trade without barriers. Around 100 employees work here, and our activity-based office is centrally located in Stockholm.

Kommerskollegium is a growing authority with several new tasks. Since the summer of 2025, we are also a preparedness authority with sectoral responsibility for the new sector of foreign trade within the Swedish civil defence.

Read more about what it is like to work with us. (https://www.kommerskollegium.se/om-oss/jobba-hos-oss/)

2 Positions Available

Job Description

Do you want to help safeguard and strengthen the core of the EU cooperation, the internal market? Do you have a good understanding of the EU, free movement, and the current trade policy landscape? Apply for the role of Investigator for the EU Internal Market with a focus on digitalisation or EU enlargement.

As an investigator in the unit for the EU Internal Market, you work with monitoring trends, conducting both short and long-term analyses, and developing proposals for new initiatives. You support the Government Offices with background material and manage contacts with other authorities. Other tasks include responding to consultations, leading educational efforts, and providing information to businesses and citizens. The role may also involve participating in the authority's efforts within development cooperation.

We are looking for investigators for the EU Internal Market with a focus on either digitalisation or EU enlargement. Within the digital area, you work, among other things, with the free movement of services and the digital regulations that enable businesses and private individuals to operate within the EU. For the area of EU enlargement, you analyze and take new initiatives for candidate countries in their integration into the EU internal market.

The focus of the roles may vary over time, and other tasks within the unit's or the authority's areas of operation may occur. The work includes both domestic and international business travel.

Qualifications

We are looking for you who have a relevant academic degree with a legal focus, or alternatively an economic or political science focus. We would prefer that your education has had a focus on the EU and that you have a good understanding of one or more of the following areas: EU law, the EU's organization and decision-making processes, and the conditions for companies in the EU internal market.

You have documented and current experience of analysis and investigation work within EU issues from, for example, an authority, an EU institution, or within the business sector. It is also meritorious if you have work experience related to digital regulations within the EU or work related to the EU's enlargement processes. We would also appreciate that you have international experience, for example from working in the EU's institutions.

You express yourself easily in Swedish and English, both orally and in writing.

To succeed well in the work, it is important that you are meticulous, have good analytical skills, that you are driven, proactive, and want to develop through challenges. Furthermore, it is important that you are receptive, flexible in contact with others, and collaborate well.

Employment Terms

Salary: Monthly salary
Employment type: Permanent employment (with probationary period)
Duration: Permanent
Start date: As soon as possible according to agreement
Working hours: Daytime

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