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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 more 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, remand prisons, and client transport.

The Umeå operational area includes the closed prison in Umeå, the open prison in Sörbyn, as well as the remand prison in Umeå. We are undergoing significant capacity expansion, and there is a lot happening in the operational area in terms of renovation and new construction. The largest professional group is prison officers, but healthcare professionals, administrative staff, educators, production managers, and others also work here. At the Sörbyn prison, inmates are engaged in labor market training, learning centers, various treatment programs, or work in the kitchen, carpentry, plant cultivation, textiles, etc. Sörbyn prison is an agricultural prison with grain cultivation and animal husbandry. At the Umeå prison, inmates are engaged in wood/industry, kitchen work, learning centers, and treatment programs. It is approximately a 10-minute walk from the nearest bus stop to the Umeå prison and remand prison, and Sörbyn prison is most easily reached by car. Staff parking is available at all units.

Job Description

As an Economic Support for Management, you will work in close collaboration with the Head of Prison, Deputy Head of Prison, and Prison Inspectors (first-line managers).

Economic Support for Management supports managers in the budget process, economic follow-up, and analysis. You work close to the operations to ensure good cost control, identify improvement opportunities, and prepare decision support materials for the management and management group. We are looking for someone who wants to immerse themselves in the operations, understand the processes, and contribute to developing the way the operations work. You have an "ear to the ground," catch opportunities and challenges, and translate them into economic analyses and strategic recommendations.

Examples of tasks:

• Budget and forecasting work
• Follow up on costs and analyze results
• Prepare and present economic analyses and decision support materials
• Support operations in investment and construction projects
• Analyze and follow up on recidivism effects
• Work closely with management and the management group as strategic economic support
• Contribute to the development of processes as the operations grow

Given that the Umeå operational area is growing, the role will develop over time, and through dialogue with Deputy Heads of Prison and other economic support staff, you will be able to influence the assignment.

Qualifications

To thrive and succeed in the role, you need to be able to work independently and have a good ability to plan and structure your work. Through a consultative working method, you provide support to managers in their long-term work with economic issues. The role involves many contact surfaces and close collaboration with different parts of the organization, which places high demands on both cooperation skills and communication. You also have good analytical skills and can translate complex information into clear decision support materials.

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

We are looking for someone who has:

• Upper secondary education
• Work experience with an economic focus
• Experience working with budget, analysis, forecasting, and follow-up
• Ability to express yourself well in speech and writing in Swedish
• Good IT skills
• Good knowledge of Excel

The following are also meritorious:

• Academic education with a focus on economics
• Experience of economic work within the public sector
• Experience of being a support to managers
• Experience of coordinating, planning, and following up processes with several actors
• Experience of a consultative working method

Other

The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has chosen to remove the personal letter and replace it with selection questions that are relevant to the position. The answers to the selection questions and the CV form the basis for whether you are qualified to move forward in the process.

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

Some positions are placed in security classes, and a security investigation with register control will be conducted before a decision on employment is made. For some security-classified positions, Swedish citizenship is required. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service welcomes applicants with different backgrounds and experiences. Read more about security investigation 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 war-time placement 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 an even gender distribution and increased diversity.

To submit your application, click the application link in the advertisement. Questions about how to apply and submit 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 with staffing and recruitment agencies as well as sellers of recruitment advertisements. The Swedish Prison and Probation Service has procured agreements.